Coming from the theater world he didn’t naturally lean towards depicting insane scenes of violence, and he also had no intention of having the movie come across as a B-level horror movie.
It turns out that there were a couple of factors that influenced the choices, and they started with the two above.
As he continued, however, he also expressed his larger philosophy when it comes to on-screen viciousness.
Prior to Thoroughbreds’ theatrical release this past weekend, I had the pleasure of hopping on the phone for an interview with Cory Finley, and one of the subjects discussed was his approach to violence in the movie.