One of horrors hottest rising directors explores the back story of the malevolent Ouija game.
It may be the rare horror follow-up that actually surpasses the first.
Den of Geek: The first film wasnt very well received by critics but was still a big success.
What was appealing to you about going in and doing a sequel to that?
Which is another thing that is very rare, because its easy to say that going in.
He was like, Great.
Lets attempt to make this something youre excited about.
It was hard to say no after a little while.
There were a lot of people that really responded to the first movie.
I like the challenge of that.
How can we help shape where it could go?
You dont get people, you just get casualties.
Yeah, a lot of horror movies can just be about the body count.
There is this idea that you dont need to flesh out the characters because theyre ultimately expendable.
For me its always character first.
For Hollywood, they just count the votes.
Unfortunately, you are working against the market data that the audience themselves help create.
I think youre seeing a lot more work coming out of the genre thats more sophisticated.
I think that its a very exciting time for horror because of that.
Who was the hardest character to cast or the most challenging to find the right person for?
Thats asking a lot.
We were just very lucky to have found Lulu and she ran with it and made it her own.
I spent most of my time just staying out of the way.
Was all that done on purpose to capture a little bit of that older texture?
We wanted to try and recreate that.
I think we were all in a pretty nostalgic place when we were making it.
The first poster has dust on the negatives.
The thing was really exciting to see them dive into it too.
There are moments in the score.
It was something Im listening to on a cassette tape.
It was really fun.
Yes is the short answer.
Have you had any contact with Stephen King?
Have you spoken with him about it?
Hes been involved since back in 2014, thats when we first started talking to him about it.
Any sign ofBefore I Wakesurfacing anytime soon?
What the latest on that?
I actually just bought my copy on Blu-ray from Italy.
I dont know whats happening and its been a frustrating couple of years with that one for sure.
I read about Relativity going up for sale in the trades like everyone else.
I really am hoping that that is very much the case.
Ouija: Origin of Evilis out in theaters Friday (October 21).
