Mortimer, too, found making the film to be a therapeutic experience.

Otherwise, it doesn’t really work.

You’re basically acting what’s happening in your gut, so it’s kind of an amazing feeling.

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It’s like therapy in a weird way, because it’s so cathartic."

That’s not to say the shoot was an easy one.

“I think Bella had to cry for four days straight.

So it’s really emotionally taxing on them.

We were all joking that we’d all do a comedy afterRelicto give ourselves a break.”

“I just knew that she was the real deal.

Indeed, James seems to have no intention of venturing into more straight-ahead, thrill-based horror.

For James, however, there were two people whose reviews mattered most.

“We actually found out aboutRelicbeing programmed in Sundance about a week before my grandmother passed.

Remember what we said about the tears?