I love talking to filmmakers about what it takes to see the movie we get on screen, but I rarely have the chance to talk to an entire crew. Well, luck for all of us, it's Horror Week here at No Film School, and I'm delighted to share that I got to chat with a lot of the crew of Curse of the Sin Eater, who unveiled a lot of information about what it takes to make a great horror movie on every facet of production. Let's dive in. Our Interview with the 'Curse of the Sin Eater' CrewNo Film School: Where did the concept for Curse of the Sin Eater come from?Adam Davis (Co-Writer/Co-Producer): The inspiration for the film came from my dad, who is interested in quirky, offbeat stories and rituals. He read about the concept of sin eating, which was a real thing people did in Wales and the surrounding countries in the seventeenth century and told me about it. The concept of a sin eater in modern day was something I felt I could sink my teeth into, as I'm attracted to writing stories about power imbalances, especially between the rich and poor, and the forms sins could take resonated with my Catholic upbringing. I took the idea to my writing partner Will Corona-Pilgrim, and we cooked up the story about a struggling construction worker who gets the deal of a lifetime with some seriously terrifying consequences—it's not a one-to-one, but I always thought of this...
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