Based on the urban legend known as "The Black-Eyed Kids" and co-starring the iconic Tobin Bell, Let Us In is now on Digital and On Demand via Samuel Goldwyn Films, and we caught up with director/co-writer Craig Moss (the filmmaker behind the Bad Ass films) to discuss the importance of making a scary story that's family-friendly, working with a horror icon, and setting the film against the backdrop of a creepy urban legend.
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Craig, and congratulations on Let Us In! How did you and co-writer Joe Callero come up with the idea for this film, and how many drafts of the script did you go through before cameras were ready to roll?
Craig Moss: It’s a pleasure, thank you for having me. Joe and I set out to make a film and we ran across a bunch of urban legends,...
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Craig, and congratulations on Let Us In! How did you and co-writer Joe Callero come up with the idea for this film, and how many drafts of the script did you go through before cameras were ready to roll?
Craig Moss: It’s a pleasure, thank you for having me. Joe and I set out to make a film and we ran across a bunch of urban legends,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
One week in the fall of 2014, the Birmingham Mail reported on alleged sightings of a paranormal phenomenon known as black-eyed children. The paper interviewed paranormal investigator Lee Brickley, who said a woman told him she had seen a spooky child whose eyes were "completely black, no iris, no white, nothing". This urban legend then filled the front pages of papers like the Daily Star in the following days. What was just a story that started on an online mailing list would soon be the cause of frenzy. These “sightings” increased, gaining enough interest for director Craig Moss and co-writer Joe Callero to make a supernatural slasher all about the myth.
As Let Us In explains in its opening frame, these creatures resemble children with pale skin and black eyes who can be seen hitchhiking or on doorsteps of residential homes. These hooded figures appear for ten days at a time,...
As Let Us In explains in its opening frame, these creatures resemble children with pale skin and black eyes who can be seen hitchhiking or on doorsteps of residential homes. These hooded figures appear for ten days at a time,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Sara Clements
- DailyDead
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