What Antlers Director Scott Cooper Borrowed From Alien, The Exorcist, And The Shining [Exclusive]

It’s a rite of passage for any horror filmmaker.

If you’re making a scary movie, you could do far worse than to borrow liberally from the undisputed classics.

When it came to making “Antlers,” the moody and atmospheric horror film with high ambitions of being even more than that (read Chris Evangelista’s review here), co-writer/director Scott Cooper didn’t hesitate to use arguably the unholy trinity of the genre as inspiration. /Film’s Jack Giroux recently caught up with the filmmaker for a wide-ranging conversation about his latest movie, which marks new ground after his last project, 2017’s Christian Bale-starring western “Hostiles.” “Antlers” stars Keri Russell,…The post What Antlers Director Scott Cooper Borrowed From Alien, The Exorcist, and The Shining [Exclusive] appeared first on /Film.

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