Why choose the setting as WWII Italy?
Well, Lovecraft’s tales are usually tied to the past or the love of the past things, so I thought it was the right decision to set my film in the past. Then I’ve decided to set the film during the WWII because this choice gave me the chance to analyze the aspects and the differences of the two kinds of evil, the nazi-fascism and the strange creature from the heart womb. I must say I don’t know which is the most dangerous. Sometimes they are similar, sometimes they are different. The evil created by humans is probably the worst, you know. The entity from the well has to survive, needs to eat and it follows its instinct just to survive, like all of us. Why Italy? You know, Italy is my country, so it was natural for me to set the film to the place I live. I can tell the story with more accuracy since I tell things that I know directly. This is the reason I didn’t set the story in the New England (apart the budget issue, obviously), I don’t know anything about New England. Q: Did you have
