{"id":24835,"date":"2021-02-24T09:05:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T09:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=24835"},"modified":"2026-03-05T20:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:13:56","slug":"holy-terror-director-rose-glass-has-a-vision-with-saint-maud","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/articles\/holy-terror-director-rose-glass-has-a-vision-with-saint-maud\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Terror: Director Rose Glass Has a Vision With \u201cSaint Maud\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" data-attachment-id=\"24825\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/saint-maud-1200x630\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Saint-Maud-1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Saint Maud-1200&amp;#215;630\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;feature&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Saint-Maud-1200x630-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1_Saint-Maud-1200x630-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24825\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Morfydd Clark in \u201cSaint Maud,\u201d directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns article-content is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rose Glass\u2019s feature directorial debut<em> Saint Maud<\/em>, available now on demand on Epix, has been eagerly awaited by horror fans since its TIFF premiere back in 2019. Delayed in the US by the Covid-19 pandemic, the film finally saw a limited theatrical release in the UK in October 2020, which only further whetted appetites. That heightened anticipation has been amply rewarded by the VOD release in early February of what <em>Daily Beast<\/em> entertainment editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/inside-the-terrifying-saint-maud-the-first-great-horror-movie-of-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melissa Leon<\/a> calls \u201cthe first great horror movie of 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Captured by director of photography Ben Fordesman, <em>Saint Maud<\/em> was awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/britishcinematographer.co.uk\/dp-ben-fordesman-wins-best-cinematography-bifa-craft-award-for-saint-maud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Cinematography at the British Independent Film Awards<\/a> in January. In the film, live-in nurse Maud (Morfydd Clark) arrives at the home of Amanda (Jennifer Ehle), a famous dancer now trapped by illness in her grand, isolated house. At first Amanda is intrigued by this religious young woman, and Maud, in turn, is enamored by her new charge. But Maud, tormented by a violent secret from her past, is not all that she seems. She experiences religious ecstasies that lead her to believe she is receiving messages directly from God, and she becomes convinced she is on what becomes a deadly mission to save Amanda\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Saint Maud | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EXs2-TY9qok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film\u2019s searing conclusion pulls it from the realm of standard religious tropes into true psychological horror. \u201cFor a moment, we see what Maud does: a final act of devotion rewarded with glory,\u201d Leon writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe glows like an angel, joyful tears rolling down her face. Those witnessing her ascension fall to their knees. She turns her gaze skyward \u2014 and for a stunning split second, the illusion breaks. We see her blackened, melting flesh and hear her voice scream in agony before an abrupt cut to black.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the start, Glass knew how her story would end, she tells Leon. \u201cI wanted the whole story to be always told from her perspective, except for that one shot at the end,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I still wanted people to be questioning it the whole way along.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/inside-the-terrifying-saint-maud-the-first-great-horror-movie-of-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inside the Terrifying \u2018Saint Maud,\u2019 the First Great Horror Movie of 2021 (<em>Daily Beast<\/em>)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SAINT MAUD - Film Clip - Horror starring Morfydd Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/POVVbCuBRDI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/saint-maud-movie-review-1119262\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Fear<\/a>, in his review for <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, writes that Glass \u201cdisplays a fully-formed-from-the-get-go sensibility\u201d that \u201coperates at a slow-burn,\u201d comparing her to filmmakers like Jennifer Kent (<em>The Babadook<\/em>) and Julia Ducournau (<em>Raw<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause Glass knows exactly how to employ these well-worn images, these true-blue supernatural-scare moments, like a seasoned pro, it\u2019s easy to simply, pleasurably take in <em>Saint Maud<\/em> as a possession potboiler\u2026. You can thrill to the sight of Clark being lifted off the floor, bent back in a perfect upside-U of a bridge, and the sound of some ancient dead language, being spoken in the most sepulchral of tones. There are <em>Exorcist<\/em>-ish moments in store \u2014 like we said, good things come to those that wait. You\u2019ll be rewarded with a singularly beautiful late-act image likely to make you quietly utter \u2018whoa,\u2019 and a clever, climactic two-shot toggle from ecstasy to agony that could make you loudly shriek.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/saint-maud-movie-review-1119262\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Saint Maud\u2019: Faith, Madness, A Holy Terror of a Horror Movie (<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SM_R3_3.10.1-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24823\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help create the atmosphere of <em>Saint Maud<\/em>, Glass looked to certain other films for inspiration, she told <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/interviews\/3649369\/rose-glass-horror-influences-saint-maud-cockroach-muse-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meagan Navarro<\/a> in an interview for <em>Bloody Disgusting<\/em>. \u201cNot too many, to be honest,\u201d Glass said. \u201cFor sure, in terms of visual language, tone, and style, things like <em>Repulsion<\/em> and <em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em>. <em>The Devils<\/em> by Ken Russell. And also, things like <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>, but that\u2019s not a horror film.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/interviews\/3649369\/rose-glass-horror-influences-saint-maud-cockroach-muse-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Director Rose Glass On the Horror Influences of \u2018Saint Maud\u2019 and Her Cockroach Muse (<em>Bloody Disgusting<\/em>)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glass held <em>Repulsion<\/em>, Roman Polanski\u2019s classic 1965 psychological horror film, \u201cin my head,\u201d as she explains to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/50672\/1\/saint-maud-a24-rose-glass-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nick Chen<\/a> in an interview for <em>Dazed<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo me, that film is an amazing example of how you can do so much with so little. The concept is pretty much one character in a flat the entire film. The storytelling finds a juxtaposition between seemingly mundane, intimate moments and the grandiose, mythical, apocalyptic version of it. Depending on the context and your state of mind, some small, innocuous gesture could mean the world or be devastating. Film and literature is uniquely placed to get that across.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/film-tv\/article\/50672\/1\/saint-maud-a24-rose-glass-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint Maud: a religious psychological horror capturing the nightmare of now (<em>Dazed<\/em>)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SAINT MAUD clip | BFI London Film Festival 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LRmCM2pIoNc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea of Martin Scorsese\u2019s <em>Taxi Driver<\/em> arose early in the process of writing the script for <em>Saint Maud<\/em>, Glass recounts to <a href=\"https:\/\/film.avclub.com\/writer-director-rose-glass-on-the-holy-terror-of-saint-1846188864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katie Rife<\/a> in an interview for <em>AV Club<\/em>, describing a conversation with a development executive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was struggling a little bit to picture the character in his head, what she was like and how she sees herself in the world. So as a shorthand, I was like, \u2018Try imagining if Travis Bickle was a young Catholic woman living in an English seaside town.\u2019 And then he was like, \u2018Oh, okay. I get it.\u2019<br><br>\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a stretch, but they\u2019re both really neurotic antiheroes who have their own super important mission statement [to make] to society that they are preparing themselves for \u2014 and meanwhile the rest of the world doesn\u2019t even know they exist. I like characters that have that contradiction of arrogance and self-loathing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maud\u2019s character went through several different iterations before Glass landed on the final storyline, she tells Rife:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe story changed a fair bit. Like, the mechanics of it. About halfway through the development process, I threw away a whole draft and then started again. It took a little while to work it out. I think it was more because it was the first feature film script I\u2019d ever written. And I don\u2019t think of myself as a writer. I don\u2019t write for the sake of enjoying writing. It\u2019s not the thing I was most confident with. I like it, and I\u2019d written all of my short film scripts, but writing a feature turned out to be more daunting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/film.avclub.com\/writer-director-rose-glass-on-the-holy-terror-of-saint-1846188864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Writer-director Rose Glass on the holy terror of Saint Maud (<em>AV Club<\/em>)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glass discusses the cinematic influences for <em>Saint Maud<\/em> further in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/saint-maud-making-of-rose-glass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jamie Graham<\/a> for <em>Games Radar<\/em>, naming Ingmar Bergman\u2019s <em>Through A Glass Darkly<\/em>, <em>The Silence<\/em> and <em>Persona<\/em>. \u201cThose movies for the warped, claustrophobic, dreamlike atmosphere that he conjures up,\u201d she says. \u201c<em>Taxi Driver<\/em>, in terms of how the main character sees himself in comparison to how the rest of the world sees him. [Robert Bresson\u2019s] <em>Diary Of A Country Priest<\/em>. And <em>The Devils<\/em> and <em>Black Narcissus<\/em>, which are visually epic and cinematic ways of telling very intimate stories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delving into the visuals for the film, Graham writes that \u201c<em>Saint Maud<\/em>\u2019s formal risk-taking and tonal control are remarkable.\u201d He also details how principal photography was achieved under a an indie feature budget:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe action, often just two actors in a room, was shot in a house in London\u2019s Highgate area, and a basement of a neighboring house standing in for Maud\u2019s bedsit. Exteriors were filmed in Scarborough. It was a five-week shoot, with a week of pickups, and all the scenes featuring Ehle were shot first so she might return to New York and the production could limit its spend.\u201d<br><br>\u201cThe contained, focused shoot makes for claustrophobic-but-far-from-dingy viewing, as Ben Fordesman\u2019s crepuscular, claret-soaked lensing and Paulina Rzeszowska\u2019s seamy production design unnerve viewers en route to an extraordinary climax.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Saint-Maud-BTS-01.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"L to R: Morfydd Clark, Rose Glass, and Ben Fordesman on the set of SAINT MAUD. Cr: A24\" class=\"wp-image-24827\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Morfydd Clark, Rose Glass, and Ben Fordesman on the set of SAINT MAUD. Cr: A24<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visually and tonally, the world of <em>Saint Maud<\/em> \u201ccame first,\u201d Glass tells Graham:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wanted it to start off controlled and gradually, hopefully almost imperceptibly, to unravel stylistically, into a more nightmarish world. The last thing I ever wanted to do was a small, bleak drama. I was telling people, \u2018It will be fun, I promise!\u2019 The sensual and visceral side of it was something I kept banging on about to anyone who would listen. We\u2019re not just seeing things literally as they are, but are experiencing Maud\u2019s sensory emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sm_select_stills_1.120.1.T-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24824\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/saint-maud-making-of-rose-glass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The making of <em>Saint Maud<\/em>, the shattering horror debut from Rose Glass (<em>Games Radar<\/em>)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"24826\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20181119-260-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24826\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"24834\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SM_R3_1.99.1-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24834\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"24833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SM_R2_1.26.1.T_1.190.1-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Jennifer Ehle in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24833\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"24830\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SM_007_R-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24830\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"24832\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SM_101_R-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24832\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"24831\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SM_035_R-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Jennifer Ehle in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24831\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"24828\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Saint-Maud-BTS-02.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"L to R: Ben Fordesman and Rose Glass on the set of SAINT MAUD. Cr: A24\" class=\"wp-image-24828\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"24829\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SAINTMAUD.png.sb-6d61ebd7-JEBltn-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD directed by Rose Glass. Cr: A24\/Studio Canal\" class=\"wp-image-24829\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want more? In the video featurette below, watch <em>Saint Maud<\/em> director Rose Glass discuss how she came up with the idea for the film while studying at the National Film and Television School. The video also features interviews with producers Andrea Cornwell and Oliver Kassman, who cite Ingmar Bergman and Roman Polanski\u2019s <em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em> as key references, as well as costume designer Tina Kalivas, who talks about bringing the characters of Maud and Amanda to life through clothing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Saint Maud | Horror Masterpiece To Life\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hbYkbEQC-rw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SAINT MAUD \u2013 Creating The World Featurette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch <em>Saint Maud<\/em> director Rose Glass, alongside stars Morfydd Clark and Jennifer Ehle, discuss the making of the film at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SAINT MAUD director Rose Glass + stars Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle | BFI London Film Festival 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0eqtcATRBM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SAINT MAUD director Rose Glass + stars Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle | BFI London Film Festival 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, in the video below, director Rose Glass talks to fellow horror queen Alice Lowe (<em>Prevenge<\/em>) about making her feature film debut:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BFI At Home | Saint Maud director Rose Glass, in conversation with Alice Lowe\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OA9goAuiMAo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; 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