ʻO ke kuleana ua wehe i ka kūleʻa nui ma ka pahu pahu i kēia hopena pule i hala aku nei a me nā buzz nui e pili ana i ka ʻano makaʻu weliweli. I kēia mau lā, ua kamaʻilio mākou me Alex Wolff, ka mea pāʻani ke keikikāne i loaʻa i ka pupule e kū nei i kona ʻohana. Ke kūkākūkā nei i nā mea āpau ʻO ke kuleana, weliweli, a ma ʻō aku o ka mea hana keaka.

iHorror: ʻO wai kou inoa a me ka inoa o kāu ʻano?

ʻO Alex Wolff: ʻO Alex Wolff, a ʻo Peter Graham ka inoa o ke ʻano.

IH: He aha kou hopena i kou heluhelu mua ʻana i ka script ʻO ke kuleana?

AW: Ke manaʻo nei wau, ʻike ʻoe ... ua huhū loa wau iā ia. Super visceral. Ua hele koʻu makuahine i ka hope o kaʻu heluhelu ʻana i ka palapala a ua ʻuwā nui wau a ua like me "Auē!" no ka mea makaʻu maoli ia a hele i waho wau no ka mea manaʻo wau hoʻokahi wale nō wau.

IH: He aha ka mea i hoihoi ai iā ʻoe i ka papahana?

AW: ʻOi wau i loko o A24. Manaʻo wau he mea kupaianaha lākou aʻo ia ka mea mua. A laila a hoʻoneʻe loa wau i ka moʻolelo, a laila hālāwai wau me Ari [Aster] a hoʻoneʻe loa ʻia e ia ma ke ʻano he kanaka a ma ke ʻano he hui.

IH: He aha ka hana me Ari Aster, ka luna hoʻokele?

AW: Kupaianaha. ʻO ia ka ʻoi loa. He akamai ʻo ia. ʻO ia maoli nō. ʻIke like ʻo ia i ka manawa e hana pū ai me nā mea hana keaka a kamaʻilio pū me lākou i ke ʻano mahalo loa a hauʻoli nui ʻo ia iā ʻoe e manuahi a manuahi a me kēlā mau mea āpau. ʻOiai ʻo ia i ka manawa like he kanaka hiki ʻole ke hilinaʻi ʻia me ka pahupaʻikiʻi. ʻO wau e ʻōlelo nei, neʻe wale ʻo ia i kahi ala hoihoi, kū hoʻokahi a pīhoihoi hoʻi.

IH: Pehea ʻoe i hoʻohui ai me ke koena o ka poʻe hana keaka, e hana nei ma ke ʻano he ʻohana?

AW: ʻĀ, he ʻohana maikaʻi ʻole ia no laila manaʻo wau ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou hoʻopili ʻana ma mua o kā mākou hana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

IH: Pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i kou ʻano, Peter Graham?

AW: Manaʻo wau he ʻōpio ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo nei i kāna mea ʻoi loa e kāohi i nā mea āpau e hana nei me kona ʻohana a me kona ola. Ua hoʻokau ʻia ʻo ia i kahi hanana kahi mea weliweli loa e hana ana a ke hana nei ʻo ia i ka mea maikaʻi loa e kū ai me ia akā lohi, kona ʻano o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me kona ʻano hōʻoluʻolu a me ke kūpaʻa o ke ʻano a hāʻule wale i nā ʻāpana.

IH: A pehea ʻoe i hoʻomākaukau ai no kēia kuleana?

AW: ʻIke ʻoe, ua heluhelu wale wau i ka script me kahi puʻupuʻu a ua hoʻāʻo wau e kiʻi iaʻu iho i kēlā wahi. I kēlā wahi o ... ʻano anarchy ʻona a ʻano maikaʻi i noho ai ma laila no ka lōʻihi e hiki iaʻu.

IH: He aha kāu e manaʻo ai nāna e hana ʻO ke kuleana weliweli loa?

AW: Kaha kiʻi ʻia nā huapalapala. No laila ʻekolu dimensional a no laila nuanced. Manaʻo wau he mea ia e hiki ai i ka manawa o ka weliweli, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama e pili ana i kēia mau huapalapala i kēlā me kēia mea e hiki mai ana iā lākou, ʻo ia ka mea nui ʻoi aku ka pīhoihoi i ka honua holoʻokoʻa, kēlā me kēia mea i loaʻa iā lākou manaʻo e like me ka hana ʻana i kou ʻohana ponoʻī a i ʻole ke hana ʻia nei i nā huapalapala āu e mālama ai a no laila ke hana nei me kou poʻo.

IH: ʻO wau iho, he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hoʻoweliweli paha kāu?

AW: ʻAe. ʻO kaʻu punahele paha ia ʻO ke kaikamahine a Rosemary. Akā ʻike wau i kēlā me kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli, aloha nui wau i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli o ʻEulopa a ʻaʻole no ke kani maikaʻi, akā manaʻo wau ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi o lākou. Akā, e like me kēia manawa makemake wau i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Aloha Mommy, a kupaianaha kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. aloha au ʻO ka Babadook, ʻO ka Witch, ka mea a A24 i hana ai. Kupaianaha ia. Manaʻo wau i ke kumu Halloween Kupanaha loa ia. ʻO ka pepehi kanakaʻo Texas Chainsaw maikaʻi loa. Aloha au iā Ti West, nāna e hana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kupaianaha. E like me kāna i hana ai i kēia kāhea ʻia Ka Hale o ka Diabolo ʻo ia paha kaʻu mea punahele o nā manawa āpau a Ka Ahaaina a ka Ahaaina, kekahi o kāna mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe pū kekahi. ʻIke maoli kēlā kanaka i kāna hana.

IH: He mau papahana e hiki mai ana āu e makemake ai e kamaʻilio?

AW: Ua kākau wau, kuhikuhi, a hōkū ʻia i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, i kāhea ʻia koʻu hiʻohiʻona mua ka Pōpoki a me ka mahina. ʻO ia, manaʻo wau e puka koke. He mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe kaʻu e hoʻopuka nei. A he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kaʻu i kāhea ʻia mai Ka hale o ka la apopo. Aia i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni. A kiʻi ʻia kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻO ka hopena pule hope loa a Stella. Loaʻa i nā mea he nui e hele mai ana, a Pōpoki a me ka mahina ʻo ia paha ka mea aʻu e hauʻoli loa ai.

IH: Aia kekahi mea hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi iā mākou e pili ana i ka moʻolelo?

AW: Pōpoki a me ka mahinae pili ana i kahi ʻōpio 17 i koi ʻia e noho i New York ʻoiai mālama ʻia kona makuahine ma kahi hale rehab no ka mea ua make kona makuakāne i kekahi manawa i hala. ʻOiai ʻo ia ma NūIoka pono ʻo ia e noho me ke kanaka wale nō i hiki ke mālama iā ia, ʻo ia ka mea hui pū kahiko a kona makuakāne. ʻOiai ʻo ia ma laila e hui ʻo ia i kēia mau keiki nāna lākou e lawe ma lalo o ko lākou ʻēheu a like me ka nānā ʻana i ke ʻano ʻōpio i ke kū maoli ʻana me ka maoli o ka make weliweli a kona makuakāne a me nā mea e pili ana i kēia mau mea āpau i kona ola.

IH: Pehea kou manaʻo i ka hopena o ka poʻe ʻO ke kuleana?

AW: Lana ka manaʻo, makaʻu lākou i ka shitless a lana ka manaʻo e huhū loa lākou iā ia a manaʻolana ʻaʻole lākou e ola hou. A lana koʻu manaʻo ua huhū lākou no ke koena o ko lākou ola.