Bloodthirsty

Bloodthirsty (2021)

Ambition can be killer.

When indie singer Grey struggles to write her sophomore album, she teams up with a mysterious producer at his secluded cabin. Though their bond strengthens her music, it also starts to irreparably alter Grey’s body and mind.

Date of release
2021-04-23
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (74)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Horror
Director
Amelia Moses

Casting

Interesting facts

Bloodthirsty is a Canadian horror film, directed by Amelia Moses and released in to festivals in 2020 and commercially in 2021. It stars Lauren Beatty as Grey, an indie singer-songwriter who begins to transform into a werewolf while working at a remote wilderness recording studio with producer Vaughn. The film premiered on October 1, 2020, at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, and was released on video-on-demand on April 23, 2021.

Production

The film originated with producer Mike Peterson. As Montreal-based director Amelia Moses recalled, "I was finishing up my first feature [Bleed with Me], and I was looking for some friendly advice from a producer about distribution in Canada." She was put in touch with Peterson, who told her he was seeking a director for a project. "He checked out my previous work and sent me the script, and I assumed it was still in development.

Lauren Beatty, who had worked with Moses on Bleed with Me, said Moses "came on to this project pretty late and reached out to me because, obviously, the main character's [a] queer singer-songwriter and [she] knew that I'm both those things in real life, so she approached me with it." After getting the part, "I think it was within five days [that] I had to leave to start shooting. So Lowell had sent me all of the songs that would be in the film.

Greg Bryk said he had been shooting a movie Hill-Tout was directing and Peterson producing, "and they approached me and asked if I was interested in being a part of it."

Bloodthirsty was shot in three weeks, primarily at an old mansion southwest of Edmonton, Alberta, with some studio and bedroom shots done elsewhere in that city. Director Moses said the home was "strange and very different than the typical kinds of houses you'd see in Edmonton and lots of other cities. It also had a lot of stuff to work with.

The werewolf effects were achieved through practical effects — makeup and prosthetics — and not CGI. Beatty said,

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