There’s Something Wrong with the Children
Zach Gilford returns to the horror genre with the chilling psychological repulsion filmThere ’s Something Wrong With The Children . The film centers on a group of longtime friends who travel to the wood for a weekend getaway , only to feel their idyllic holiday upend when one couple ’s kids falter upon a secret hole in an abandoned fortress and begin behaving strangely . Ben ( played by Gildford ) , witnesses them jump into the pit and soon fall into a spiral of his own .
Alongside Gilford , the cast forThere ’s Something Wrong With The Childrenincludes Alisha Wainwright , Amanda Crew , Carlos Santos , Briella Guiza , and David Mattle . Helmed byV / H / Sproducer Roxanne Benjamin , the film mark a haunting new improver to the creepy-crawly kid revulsion subgenre packed with great deal of mystery regarding the supernatural situation at hand that will keep audience guessing until the very ending .
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In pureness of the film ’s digital release , Screen Rantspoke solely with Gilford to discussThere ’s Something Wrong With The Children , exploring subject of parenthood after becoming a Father of the Church himself , the horror movie ’s final plait , and his various collaborations with Mike Flanagan .
Zach Gilford On There’s Something Wrong With The Children
Screen Rant : There ’s Something Wrong With The Childrenwas such a swell drive from outset to conclusion . You , of form , are no stranger to the revulsion genre , but what about this celluloid really sparked your interest to want to be a part of it ?
Zach Gilford : There are a few thing : A ) Roxanne [ Benjamin ] , who I ’ve been cognisant of as a movie maker , and she ’s just amazing . She did the V / H / S matter , and I ’ve worked with Radio Silence , who did it with her . I actually sing to them , and they ’re like , " She ’s awesome , you ’d love working with her . " They in reality catch me the job . [ Laughs ] They call her and they were like , " Zach wants to do your movie , " and she was like , " Sweet , let ’s do it . " Number two , I love creepy child , I think there ’s nothing creepier . I do n’t love creepy kids , I make love watching them on TV , creepy kids in real life sentence are super creepy , I want nothing to do with them . [ Chuckles ]
But I think it ’s a twist that work so well , specially when it ’s done right . The other thing that I have sex about the script , and I talked to Roxanne about it , is that you do n’t know what is decease on , and you never lie with , which to me is shuddery , because you do n’t get any like , " Oh , there were alien and blah , blah , blah , and I know there ’s no aliens in the reality , nerveless , I can move on . " You leave the film being like , " What was going on , because there ’s some weird piece that I need to be worried about , because I do n’t understand what was happening , but I know it was creepy , and everybody turn into " — I do n’t recognize what we turned into . We were n’t zombies , but we were possess in some way .
We get to see piffling bits of the transformation afterwards on in the film . I ’m curious if you got to see that firsthand on set , and what your response was like run into what you and the others would translate into ?
Zach Gilford : The last scene of the movie was actually the first daytime of shooting . Which is always fun , because you ’re kind of like , " Huh ? Okay , I guess we ’re gon na demonstrate right now what go on and as we ’re scud be like , ' Oh , maybe I should have done something a little bit differently . ' "
But Roxanne was just so great and hands on with that sort of poppycock , where it ’s so abstractionist , and you do n’t roll in the hay what you ’re doing , because you ’re just making it up . Like , who knows what a possessed soul is like ? She had such a vision that she was really helpful and would be like , " I need it kind of like this way , and your bowel movement would be kind of in this fashion . " So that ’s all really credit to her , and she knew the only way we could shoot the close of the picture first is her clearly knowing where she desire it to get .
Now another affair I love about this film is its exploration of parenthood and the struggle of determining to be a parent as well as actually being one . give way that you are a parent , what is it like exploring those themes through this film ?
Zach Gilford : Throughout shooting this film , it was the first time since I ’ve had kids that I was the only person on place with nestling . It really made me realize that I have nothing to talk about except my kid , and they ’d be like , " Oh , yeah , yeah , no , no , Zeppelin , I get it . You have a youngster , we get it , we get it . Zeppelin , Rebel . Okay , cool , cool . " [ Laughs ]
I feel like a lot of parents joke , where you ’re like , " Oh , man , what did we do ? We used to have such a cool , easy life , and now , this is what we do . " You kind of see that in Carlos and Amanda ’s role , which I think is fun , and Roxanne was very impertinent about require it to be like — parents , you ’re still people once you have kids , and you still have some shape of a living , and I think it was fun to put it on screen , these parent who do n’t rue being parents in any way , but also are still holding on to wish , " We used to be our own humans who had animation and we desire some signifier of that . " So it was kind of , I do n’t acknowledge , I think it was a play , kind of weird moral force between the four of us , and as a parent , I love when they get so mad at us that the small fry snuck out . [ Chuckles ]
In my head , too , even as a parent , it ’s like , " What are we suppose to do , sleep in the room with them ? ! " Kids do this , my daughter a few week ago could n’t find her Lovey , and in the middle of the night , and I do it because we have Nest cams , she wish realizd , " Oh , I leave it out of doors , " and she ’s four year old and give the kitchen door , went outside , got her stuffed animal , came back in , closed the room access and go back to bed . What are we guess to do ? The door was locked ! [ Laughs ]
Since you cite the dynamic between the four adult characters , I do love the rapport and chemical science that you all have with one another . It felt like you had been longtime champion in real life come into the film . What was it like explicate that with one another prior to filming ?
Zach Gilford : This was really one of those very special experience , the four of us just get along so well right out , and Roxanne as well , to the point where I know that Alisha and Amanda got there two days before me . I ’ve actually known Amanda for yr now , we ’ve weirdly done three or four project together , but anyway , Alisha and Amanda got along so well that I was like , " How long have you bozo been friends ? " and they ’re like , " We just met two days ago . " So really , we all just kind of chatter and everyone was happy to be there , and just were very giving actors , so it just was one of those where very quick , we all just got along ?
That ’s awing , that ’s always what you desire to hear , especially in a smaller cast .
Zach Gilford : Sometimes three people get along well , and then there ’s one dud . You ’ll show up and you ’re professional , but you just do n’t really flick on a societal level , and because this was also a movie where most of the time between scenes , we ’re sitting in the back way of the theatre , because , we do n’t have a trailer to go back to or anything like that , and because of COVID , it ’s like , " You ca n’t be around anyone . You ca n’t be around the creek , you could be around each other , but that ’s it . " So , we very quickly get retiring control surface - grade conversations and got to make out each other really well , and I think we all like each other a mess , we ’ve hung out a heap since the movie .
In case you ca n’t tell behind me , I ’m a devotee of yours and Mike Flanagan ’s . It ’s crazy to think that you ’ve been involved with three productions of his , all that take place during the pandemic , withMidnight MassthenMidnight Club , and nowThe tumble of the House of Usher . What has it been like for you dumbfound to work with him on so many incredible productions in this straightaway time physique ?
Zach Gilford : Well , Mike is amazing , I hate throw this word around , but he ’s definitely a genius in what he does . With all the COVID stuff , Midnight Mass was one of the first shows up and inject during COVID , and at the commencement of it , it was like masks , face shell , everyone had to wear out gowns and shift gowns between [ barb ] , it was , very vivid . The biggest bummer of all that and throughout [ COVID ] — it ’s starting to get better — but you did n’t get to know the crew as well .
On a set , there ’s this camaraderie and you get to know each other a little better , it ’s a collaboration , and the yield is only as honorable as the Seth that the set builders did , or the sound that the effectual engineer ’s doing . The acting is one thing , but everybody ’s a part of it , and you kind of get this comradeliness , we ’re a team , we ’re all in on it . It was a little bit of a bummer , because you just could n’t get to make love each other , and literally on the third production , because most of Mike ’s bunch was the same , we shoot them all up in Vancouver , there ’d be masses that I ’d trip up them eat and they would have their masque down and I ’d be like , " That ’s what you appear like ? I had no mind ! " [ Laughs ]
Our make-up someone who did my makeup — I do n’t really wear makeup , she would give me chapstick [ chuckles ] — but , for a year and a half , I did n’t really know what she depend like until we invited her over to our house for dinner one prison term , and I was like , " Oh , okay ! " So , it ’s a uncanny situation , but more importantly Mike ’s just awing , and with Mike , the cool thing is he likes to hire the same histrion so often , so you get to know each other really well , and it makes it so much easy to work with each other , because you roll in the hay each other so well .
Just like on this pic , we all have along really well and we got to know each other really well really fast , that ’s a cool affair going into one of Mike ’s projects , because you ’re like , " Oh I do n’t even need to go through the getting - to - hump - you form , I already do , and it ’s gon na be fun to roleplay different fiber together this time . "
speak of that , I blab with Carla a lilliputian bit aboutUsheras well . Can you give me any brainstorm on how your character and the tint equate to your prior coaction with Mike ?
Zach GIlford : They ’re so secretive , I do n’t bed what I ’m admit to say . My use in Midnight Club was just kind of fun and there , after having done Midnight Mass , I just wanted to work with Mike again . It was like , " Is there anything in Midnight Club I can do ? " And he was like , " Well , there ’s this grapheme Mark , I guess technically could be you , but he ’s barely on the show . " " I was like , I ’ll do it . " So , that was fun and light , which is very different than what Riley was in Midnight Mass. I think my character reference in Usher is emphatically in between , he ’s not as morose and dark , but he ’s not as light as Mark , so that ’s a pretty non - answer answer . [ Laughs ]
This last year did also take the sorry intelligence thatMidnight Clubwouldn’t be continuing . What was your response when you see the news that Mike would n’t get to retain it ?
Zach Gilford : It was a bummer , the younger — they hate it when I call them kids . Chris lie with to call me old , and then if I ’d be like , " Oh , the kids , " he ’d be like , " I ’m not a small fry , I ’m 19 . " I ’m like , " Oh , god , okay . " [ Chuckle ] But , they were all so talented . Having been fortunate enough to be working for a long clip , I love going to work out , I really appreciate it , but being around most of the plaster bandage who this is their first big caper , or their 2d or whatever , they ’re all still pumped on it , it was like , " Oh , yeah , this is fun , we get to play make - believe for a sustenance , we should just bask every moment of it . "
I get to know them all really well , and that ’s the biggest bummer . When any show , even if it ’s a movie that ’s only go to be one thing , when it ends — with a series , you kind of have the hope of , " Oh , we ’re gon na come back and get to advert out again , " and it ’s always like calendar month after , so you do n’t even get to have a right goodbye , and that ’s a little bit of a bummer . But , we ’re all still in touch , and it would have been fun to tell more of those stories , but it ’s kind of the agency television work out .
About There’s Something Wrong With The Children
When Margaret ( Wainwright ) and Ben ( Gilford ) take a weekend trip-up with longtime friend Ellie ( Crew ) and Thomas ( Santos ) and their two young child ( Guiza and Mattle ) , Ben start to distrust something supernatural is occur when the small fry behave strangely after evaporate into the woods overnight .
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