For Heath, who wrote the script and co-directed the movie with Jakupi, a horror film is ‘emotionally non-specific’, that they evoke ‘a range of emotions’. In great horror films like this one, the horror is a consequence of the suffering undergone by the protagonist. Jakupi expanded on this, saying that horror films are a ‘great medium for metaphor’, allowing filmmakers to explore taboo or difficult subjects, and audiences to confront them from the comfort of a movie theatre.

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