From the Executive Producers of Saw and Bird Box, Atlas Industries, Hantz Motion Pictures and Spin a Black Yarn announced today that principal photography has wrapped on their chilling new feature-length horror film We Need to Do Something.
Bloody Disgusting scored a first look at the film directed by Sean King O’Grady and starring Sierra McCormick (“The Vast of Night”), Vinessa Shaw (“Hocus Pocus”, “Eyes Wide Shut”, “The Hills Have Eyes”), Pat Healy (“Cheap Thrills”, “Comp liance”, “Bad Education”), newcomer Lisette Alexis, and John James Cronin (“NOS4A2”).
In the film, “After Melissa (McCormick) and her family (Shaw, Healy, Cronin) seek shelter from a storm, they become trapped. With no sign of rescue, hours turn to days and Melissa comes to realize that she and her girlfriend Amy (Alexis) might have something to do with the horrors that threaten to tear her family – and the entire world, apart.”
Principal photography took place almost entirely on Atlas’ soundstage in Detroit during September and October, following a week of rehearsals with the entire cast, explains the press release. The challenges of filming during a pandemic were met with rigorous protocols by a small tight-knit cast and crew, who dedicated a month of their lives to create the bubble that enabled the film to be completed safely without any artistic compromise.
The film was written by Max Booth III, adapted from his novella of the same title, whose new novel Touch the Night was recently published by Cemetery Dance.
“Without directly addressing the nightmare we are currently living through, Max created a hellish allegory that still manages to capture the collective trauma we’re all experiencing,” said O’Grady.
We Need to Do Something is produced by Bill Stertz, Josh Malerman, Ryan Lewis and Peter Block and is executive produced by Lauren Hantz, Donovan Leitch and Katherine Waddell, and co-produced by Colin Duerr.
