We didn't look at it as a movie as much as a movie starring kids. What would the kids be feeling in the situation? What would be most scary for them in that situation?

So much of it was laid out there for us in the book, so we had to then put our own POV on it. As writers, we just looked at it from the point of view of these characters. Mikki Daughtry: We approached it as a kids' movie, but also not as a kids' movie because we weren't professional children's writers. The opportunity to get back into horror and the opportunity to actually work with Sam Raimi on this amazing story felt like all the stars aligned to us. It was fun to do a movie that my own family could appreciate.Īt the same time, like Mikki said, we grew up on Evil Dead and Friday The 13th and on Nightmare on Elm Street. Mikki and I read it, and we all loved the book so much. Tobias Iaconis: I think he was 11 at the time, and he loved it. And Tobias will tell you about Gabriel, his son.

We had not written a kid's movie before, but I think we're both youthful enough to have a sensibility about it. We went straight to Five Feet Apart, which was Young Adult romance, and we came back to horror.īut we love kid-friendly stuff, so when we were invited to pitch on this book, we jumped out. The Curse of La Llorona was our first movie, and we've always been horror junkies with a side of romance. Mikki Daughtry: We adapted this movie from a fantastic book. Screen Rant: What inspired you to tackle a kid-friendly horror style instead of the usual horror genre?

It Rains in February by Leila Summers