Michael Goi also chats with EW about potentially revisiting his “brutal” horror flick.
Michael Goi never meant for kids to find his film.
You evenfilmed a video warning peopleabout it.
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Did you anticipate the strong reaction when you were making the film?
MICHAEL GOI:Well, sure.
When we made the movie, we self-financed it.
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When we made the movie, I knew that it was going to be controversial.
So I wasn’t surprised by the reaction, really.
We never set out to deceive people into thinking that it’s real.
But it is a movie, it’s a motion picture.
I never made the movie for kids.
I made the movie for adults.
In retrospect, the message may have been clearer if the movie hadn’t been so frank and brutal.
So in that way, there’s a no-win situation.
I didn’t understand it until I watched your movie."
And I said, “What are you doing watching my movie?”
There’s no way an 11-year-old should be watching this movie.
WasMegan Is Missingunrated or R?
I forget if it was actually ever officially submitted when Anchor Bay/Starz picked it up.
[Laughs] But we always knew that it was going to be an unrated film.
If you were to kind of revisit this movie now, would you do anything different?
I don’t know that I could make this movie now.
And I said, “No, I just don’t want to make the movie again.
I don’t want to go there again.”
But if I were inclined to make it, I don’t know that I would change them much.
And they said, “Well, why would you do that?
And I said, because it’s part of the point.
Does that mean a sequel or a follow-up is out of the question?
I wouldn’t say noyou know, never say never.
His daughter Polly was abducted and murdered.
