“We pitched [screenwriter] Dan Beers the idea of a family making horror movies,” Kevin elaborates. “He did Zoom meetings with all of us individually and not only asked us to talk about ourselves, but also to talk about each other.

“So he gathered all this information, and when we got the first draft of the script, we were like, ‘Holy shit, how did you even know that?’ And it’s not pieces of dirt, but ways of being: language, our ways of relating to each other. He really picked up on something.”

That level of attention to the family interactions allowed the cast to provide input throughout the filming process, as seen in a dance performed by Sosie’s character.

“I spent an embarrassing amount of time choreographing it, and then we spent an embarrassing amount of time rehearsing it,” she says, laughing. “But it’s really fun, and ended up being a cool part of the movie.”

“I think the movie definitely reflects all our personalities individually, and how we relate to each other,” says Travis. “But we’re still acting, we’re playing characters.”

“We’re not playing ourselves,” interjects Sedgwick, more definitively.