Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Indie horror The Red Mask, written by Samantha Gurash and Patrick Robert Young and directed by Ritesh Gupta, fictionalizes such a a reboot situation, where a studio commissions Allina (Helena Howard) to write a screenplay for the latest The Red Mask reboot. Joined by her girlfriend Deetz (Inanna Sarkis) in a cabin in the woods for a meta writing situation, Allina and Deetz soon find that getting this script done is the least of their worries...

We interviewed director Ritesh Gupta on the process of making the film, including in only one location over the course of a few weeks, what he thinks it says about the Hollywood landscape now, his own favorite horror films, and much more.

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