The debut feature by Michael Laughlin (Strange Invaders), about college kids transformed into killers by behavior modification experiments, is not the only first horror film made in New Zealand, but also the first screenplay by future Oscar winning screenwriter Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) (seanax.com)
Partially because it's his first horror film (if you can call it horror) and partially because I wanted to see what death - defying stunt Cruise was going to perform next. (donttalkaboutmovies.net)
John Krasinski takes a commanding hold as co-writer and director of his first horror film. (nerdlocker.com)