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The following post includes spoilers for the beginning of the movieThe Lodge.
Watching the new horror movieThe Lodgeis like watching a body explode in very, very slow motion.
We have not actually watched bodies explode in slow motion.)
That casting must mean something.
It does, but not quite the way that we might think.
The movie cuts to Laura tidying her home before she sits down to sip wine at the dining table.
The setting is cheerful as the camera slowly draws closer to her very familiar face.
The camera stays trained on her just a little bit longer, forcing us to reckon with our shock.OhGod!
We were looking for somebody an audience wouldneverthink could kill herself, says Fiala.
In our minds there was nothing better for [the film] than Alicia Silverstone, Fiala says.
We tried to make it as surprising for an audience as possible, says Franz.
No dark corridors, ominous music, or horror sound design.
Then life goes on.
The kids keep playing, the radio moderator keeps talking.
Just normal life, which makes the suicide even more shocking, sad, and real.
Franz and Fiala even considered openingThe Lodgecold with Lauras death.
And if youve noticed that Silverstone and Keough share an eerie resemblance, youre not wrong.
Are they victims just like Grace, or are they responsible for whats happening to her?
[Screenwriter] Sergio Cascis original draft left us with our mouths agape.
We even turned a page back and reread the whole thing, says Franz.
We were shocked, and we wanted the audience to feel the same.
