The Resort: Interview with director Taylor Chien - SciFiNow - The World's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Magazine
5 Years Apart). When did you first get the idea for The Resort? It all came down to us being in Hawaii on a vacation. We were walking by the property, and we saw it was fully abandoned. All the greenery was overgrown and dead. It just looked really creepy. Some of the rooms had broken windows, with sheets hanging out flying in the wind. It was crazy looking. So I asked Will Meldman, the executive producer: “Hey, we should film a movie here because this is a really cool place…” He had some connections with the property, so we were able to take a little tour. We were walking through this...
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