DIRECTOR EXCLUSIVE
Into The Spider-Verse
French director Samuel Bodin talks about horror film Cobweb, his debut feature
WORDS: IAN BERRIMAN
Woody Norman is lonely lad Peter.
“I hear you knocking, but you can’t come in.”
Never hit a bully who has big brothers. With bats.
KNOCK KNOCK! WHO’S THERE? Sorry, we can’t say: spoilers! That’s the question at the heart of new chiller Cobweb. It centres on eight-year-old Peter, who starts to hear unexplained thumps coming from behind his bedroom wall. Rats, his dad suggests – except rats don’t usually whisper…
Could it be a ghost? Many years ago, a neighbourhood girl went missing while trick or treating. As the film progresses, Peter’s mother (Cloverfield’s Lizzy Caplan) and father (The Boys’ Homelander, Antony Starr) start to seem increasingly suspicious… We won’t ruin it for you. Let’s just say that the film keeps you guessing, delivering several effective twists.