The Evil Within

The Evil Within (2017)

You can't run from a nightmare

The sadistic tale of a lonely, mentally handicapped boy who befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most.

Date of release
2017-06-13
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (129)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Horror
Director
Andrew Getty

Casting

Interesting facts

The Evil Within is a 2017 American independent psychological horror film written and directed by Andrew Getty in his directorial debut, starring Frederick Koehler, Michael Berryman, Sean Patrick Flanery, Dina Meyer, Kim Darby, and Brianna Brown. It was originally titled The Storyteller. The film's conception and development were a personal project of Getty's, who largely self-financed it at an estimated cost of $4–6 million; the film's production entered development hell and took fifteen years to complete. Following Getty's death in 2015, editing for the film was completed by producer Michael Luceri.

Production

The Evil Within was inspired by the childhood nightmares of Getty himself. According to a post-production producer who had worked on the film and a friend of Getty, Ryan Readenour: "When he was young he would have these really powerful, sick, twisted dreams, and [they were] so shocking to him that he didn't think they came from him." Getty conceived the idea that it could be a storyteller who created these dreams, and The Storyteller was then use…

Filming began in 2002, and the film was shot largely in Getty's own mansion in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. He also converted one of the rooms in his mansion into a post-production suite. He made his own unique camera rigs, built expensive sets, and with his FX team he created elaborate animatronic robots, including an octopus that can play a drum kit.

This was the final film to feature Matthew McGrory who appeared in an uncredited cameo from footage shot before his death in 2005. The health conditions of both McGrory and Berryman (who had been ill for some years) had slowed down the production and scripted scenes had to be replaced.

Getty continued to work on the film for many years after the filming, creating his own special effects and trying to perfect the film. He died in 2015 before the film was finished, with the coloring and editing not completed. Producer Michael Luceri, who had also edited the film, finished the film.

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