It’s safe to say that every single character is on the receiving end of immense pain in the stunt-heavy They Will Kill You.
That’s certainly the case for stars Heather Graham (Suitable Flesh) and Myha’la (Bodies Bodies Bodies), who both get into the Satanic fray in the action horror comedy.
The pair revealed their tricks for taking a punch and making it plausible in a recent chat with Bloody Disgusting, and Myha’la extends endless praise to lead Zazie Beetz, who spent months training to get combat ready for the film.
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Beetz leads the cast as Asia, who must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult’s mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering.
Kirill Sokolov (Why Don’t You Just Die!) directs from a script co-written with Alex Litvak. The film also stars Heather Graham, Patricia Aquette, and Tom Felton.
I wrote in my SXSW review, “Sokolov’s striking composition, dedication to carnage-fueled stunts and fight choreography, and an all-too-game cast anchored by a dedicated and fierce Zazie Beetz prevent this slight but energetic crowd-pleaser from careening off the rails.” And, “it’s so brazen and unabashed in its pursuit of cinematic thrills and splatstick chills that it succeeds in its aim, which is to deliver a riotously great time at the theater.”
IT filmmaker Andy Muschietti produces alongside Barbara Muschietti and Dan Kagan. Executive producers include Sokolov, Litvak, Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, and Carl Hampe.
They Will Kill You is in theaters now.
