I had a tube practically down my throat, and I’m on top of this girl and vomiting all over her. Jane Levy recounts filming it, “ At one point I vomit all over somebody. But FilmDistrict, who bought this…they all said, ‘ we want this the hardest R you guys can give us…’” And because they swing so much as to what they decide on a weekly basis is an NC-17 or an R or a PG-13, I just don’t know. The woman who guided ‘The Grudge’ through to get a PG-13 assured us that ‘oh no, nothing in this is gonna get you an NC-17.’ I keep bumping up against that self-mutilation thing. Per producer Rob Tapert, “ I have always been exceedingly concerned about. Even if they wind up using a little bit of it in the film, it’s probably just for small stuff like wire removal etc…Ģ. I didn’t see any green screens and I saw tons of evidence of well executed practical gags. Then head inside for a bonus 10 Facts About The New ‘Evil Dead’Įverything I saw onset backed up claims by Alvarez that there would be no CGI in the film. Be sure to read PART ONE and PART TWO for a more in depth analysis on this visit. Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Elizabeth Blackmore, Lou Taylor Pucci and Jessica Lucas star in the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film. You just can’t fake a production like this for two days while press is around. I’m not just talking about the scenes we witnessed, but the messy aftermath of everything they’d been shooting up until that point. I’m not talking about a bunch of disinterested dilettantes talking about “how much they love the project.” I’m talking about seeing the bloody proof of it firsthand. And the cast? Enduring all of the prosthetics, pain and hundreds of gallons of blood? Not f*cking around. The film’s DP, Aaron Morton, isn’t f*cking around either when it comes to getting those crazy roving tree shots we love so much. Nor are Robert Gillies (the production designer) or Roger Murray (the prosthetics and props maker). With a lot of these visits you get the feeling that people are just fort of putting on their best face to meet you, and you’re not entirely convinced of their commitment to making a great movie.
I’m not going to mince words here, I have never walked away from a set this confident and hopeful that a movie will turn out well. Last summer I spent two days in Auckland, New Zealand to check out the set of TriStar and FilmDistrict’s upcoming Evil Dead remake.