Here is where Zach Cregger obtained the magic of Aunt Gladys

Weapons are one of those horror films that persists after watching it, finding new ways to panic you even after the lights have revealed. But the most indelible part of the obsessive tale of Zach Cregger is his villain, Aunt Gladys, played by Amy Madigan. We learned the origins of the character, his style inspirations and how Cregger calibrated the revelation of his sinister powers. But now Congger raises the lid on the way he has found the particular magic style of Gladys.

Addressing Entertainment Weekly, Cregger described its unexpected source equipment. One was Wade Davis’ The snake and the rainbow Book (not the adaptation of the film Wes Craven, he specified); The other was Mekons’ song “Dancing in the Head”.

“This song is just a manual of instructions on how to create a zombie,” he said. “It’s not a song, it’s just someone who explains this ritual to you. I love it because it is a strange ritual where you dip a dollar ticket in rum and put it in the fire and organize four mirrors for the four corners of the earth and that I want to make a human skull and all these things. I said to myself: “ One day, I want to compose my own crazy reception. This film was my chance to do that.

Weapons The production designer helped Cregger to refine the “water bowl” ritual of the signature of Gladys. “You had to be simple and very digestible,” recalls Cregger. “I needed people to get it the first or second time they saw it.”

Head to EW to find out more about Cregger, including his detailed explanation for how he and Madigan collaborated on the memorable final scene of Gladys – a frantic pursuit with his equally unexpected source material, including, including Raise the Arizona And Break.

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