Revealer is a Shudder Original Movie directed by Luke Boyce It centers on Angie (Caito Aase), a stripper, and Sally (Shaina Schrooten), a religious protestor, who become trapped in a peep show booth during the apocalypse in 1980s Chicago. The film was written by Tim Seeley and Michael Moreci, comic book writers and lifelong horror fans, who talked to Dread Central about making the movie.
Part of the writers thinking was taking a character like that and crafting an ’80s foil. That’s how they came up with Angie, who doesn’t judge and just wants to live. According to Seeley, putting them together allowed them to highlight the things that were different about them and the ways that they were similar, which was a theme in the movie.
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Both writers had nothing but nice things to say about the film’s leads. Seeley called them “so watchable” and noted that “it’s kind of insane how charismatic they are.” According to Seeley, there were things between the two in the film that wasn’t written in the script. Working with actors in that way was a rewarding part of the process.
Moreci, who had the benefit of watching the film a couple of times before its release, said that no doubt, Revealer is a horror movie. At the same time, he didn’t find it that scary. It’s certainly suspenseful because you care about the characters and the journey they go on is so strange that you don’t know what’ll happen next. “There’s no real jump scare, though.”
The process of making Revealer
According to Moreci, they started writing in May 2020, then shot the movie in July that year. Also, while making the movie was wonderful from start to finish, there was a lot to be anxious about since it was the height of Covid. Nevertheless, Revealer was shot in safety by a dedicated and careful cast and crew.
Seeley later added that part of the reason for the ’80s setting was that they didn’t want cellphones and didn’t want to deal with the politics of now. Plus, since both he and Moreci lived through the ’80s, Revealer would have been a project for which they wouldn’t have to do any research.
Another thing that was on the writers’ minds was the film’s limited budget. They wanted Revealer to be a genre film and not be afraid to say it was about the end of the world. The question of, “if we don’t show it are people going to get it? Do we have to at least peek outside?” However, Moreci, Seeley, and Boyce felt that people would still get it.
