Overview
- Safdie disclosed on the A24 Podcast that an early version of the film would have paid off a character’s vampire claim literally.
- He said the team prepared prosthetics and other effects for the unused finale, with plans extending into a time-jump epilogue.
- A24 executives questioned the move during development, prompting a rethink that preserved the released film’s ambiguity.
- Kevin O’Leary proposed and backed the supernatural twist, later telling Variety that digital teeth and dental molds were readied.
- O’Leary also voiced dissatisfaction with the released ending, while the theatrical cut remains unchanged and non-supernatural.