There's Someone Inside Your House: Actor Sydney Park says the climax was changed and reshot during the pandemic

There's Someone Inside Your House actor Sydney Park is often referred to as scream queen as she was born on the scary holiday of Halloween. But she considers it as an honour and now, with her first teenage slasher film, it fits even perfect. But she does not seem to mind. "It’s amazing, but I guess it was meant to be, yeah," she said in a recent interview recalling how her birth was a horrifying experience for her mother and she is constantly reminded about it.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor revealed they shot the climax of the film There's Someone Inside Your House again after it was changed by the makers. Initially, the film revealed the killer much sooner. "So we ended up going back and doing reshoots because we were like, ‘Oh no, that [early reveal] kills it. That really makes it die out. So why not just reveal it when it’s time to reveal?” she told the portal. 

The killer-reveal-scene was not the only one that was reshot, a year later, during the time of the pandemic, but a couple of other scenes as well, revealed the actor. She thanked the streamer Netflix for its support towards the film and said the company flew them out to Vancouver again for the shoot and the entire team had to quarantine for two weeks before they could get to work. However, it looks like it turned out to be the best for the movie.

Speaking about her recent Netflix release, she said it's a coming-of-age horror story with a psychological and dark tone. But it also has woven scenes of love and insecurities of being a teenager. She calls the film a tribute to the John Hughes Breakfast Club, while 'keeping the integrity of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer'. 

Park knew who the killer was throughout the production. She said she actually wanted it to be revealed to her and enjoyed knowing who the serial killer is. She also spoke about her experience shooting the film with the director Patrick Brice and other co-stars. She felt it was fun to play up the suspicious feeling even though everybody knew who the killer is. 

She also opened up about her character Makani in the movie. Makani has a dark backstory and which is why she too gets targeted by the killer. She is seen accidentally pushing her friend into the fire and trying to live with the guilt. It was daunting for her to play the character and get into her head and understand what she's feeling. But now, she says she has come to 'really adore and admire Makani'. Speaking about her prep for the role, she told the portal, "I created a playlist for her and listened to that the whole duration of filming. I did my research, obviously, with the book, but I even created my own backstory and moments." 

The film has great CGI, which makes the scene of driving through a cornfield look so real. Though the drive was shot in a studio, Park said the scene was shot in an actual corn maze with controlled fire, which helped her act even better, she admitted. 

Even though she said she had fun shooting the film, she does have one regret - she did not remember to get the mask created with the moulds of her face. The masks were created at a studio in Monrovia, California and Park recalls how she had travelled the studio while she was so hungover and was not sure if the creators could get the scans of her face for the masks. The makers created several copies of these masks for close-up shots for the camera, some for the stunt performers in case the mask broke or fell off during the scene. "I did not get a single mask. People have asked me this and I’m like, Dang! How did I miss that?”    

Directed by Patrick Brice, the film also stars Théodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette and Diego Josef. The film is currently streaming on Netflix.