The Sacrifice Game Interview: Turning a Disney Prince Into a Cult Killer
16You want to see some serious acting range? Go watch Mena Massoud in Disney’s live-action Aladdin and then check him out in his upcoming horror film, The Sacrifice Game directed by Jenn Wexler.
The story takes place at The Blackvale School for Girls in 1971. Samantha (Madison Baines) and Clara (Georgia Acken) can’t go home like the rest of the students and are stuck spending the holidays at school with their teacher chaperon, Chloë Levine’s Rose. What starts as a holiday break bummer takes a very dark turn when the trio gets some unexpected visitors, a gang of cult killers led by Massoud’s Jude.
That brief synopsis well establishes that this is a very different kind of role for Massoud, but trust me when I tell you, no short description can do the wild turns Wexler, Massoud and co. take in The Sacrifice Game justice. As the night progresses, things get increasingly dark, twisted, and violent, affording the actors a wealth of opportunities to swing for the fences, and Oscar-winning prosthetics and makeup FX team, Morot FX Studio Inc., the chance to whip up some downright delicious gory movie magic.
While in Austin for The Sacrifice Game’s US premiere at Fantastic Fest, Wexler visited the Collider interview studio to walk us through her journey from her first feature, The Ranger, to getting the green light for The Sacrifice Game. She also went into detail on the casting process and highlighted how exciting it was to see how evil Massoud could get.
Hear about that and loads more straight from Wexler in this The Sacrifice Game interview!
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