Neal (Jonny Weston) has returned from a two-year exile following his tragic attempt to defeat the monster, only to find his father ticking ever closer to a breakdown, a new stepmother who fears him, and his little brother Paul (Gattlin Griffith), terrorized by the same monster. While Neal and Paul work together to try and fight the nocturnal menace, their parents are taking desperate measures to get the family back to normal. With no support from their parents, the brothers have nothing to rely on but each other, and courage beyond belief.
Under the Bed arrives on DVD and Blu-ray July 19th and will receive a VOD release on July 3rd. We talked with Miller about the films use of practical effects, the influence Miller took from films like The Gate and The Goonies, and why the target audience isnt just adults.
Shock Till You Drop: The film employs a lot of really cool practical effects. Can you tell us a little bit about the FX team and how you came to work with them?
Shock: There isnt a lot of backstory about the creature or its origins. Was there ever any consideration to providing more information regarding the history of the creature?
Shock: The story played out kind of like a fairy tale for adults. Im curious if your target audience was older children as well as adults, because this is the kind of movie that would have appealed to me when I was younger, but I still enjoyed it very much as an adult.
Shock: I really appreciated the relationship between the brothers in the film. It felt very authentic.
Miller: I grew up in a family with three brothers. We were each fourteen months apart. We were ten, nine, eight, and seven. We were that group of kids that would sneak down to the basement and watch horror movies together or tell stories together. So, it was important to me that people believe these brothers and believe that their relationship was real. I wanted people to be able to relate to that.
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