Ethan Embry & Li Jun Li Talk ‘Alma & the Wolf’ Exclusive Clip

Ethan Embry‘s Deputy Ren Accord discovers Alma, played by Li Jun Li (Sinners), walking down the side of the road covered in blood in the exclusive clip from Alma & the Wolf below.

“It was pouring down rain,” Embry recalls. “There was a 40 to 50 mile an hour constant wind, with occasional 60 mile an hour gusts. We had just lost any of our tents set up; they had blown into the Pacific Ocean. LiLi, the absolute monster that she is, is walking down the street in boxer shorts and a crop top and no shoes on. She was out there for a sold hour and a half. It was so cold. I remember that being one of the days that I bowed down to LiLi.”

“That’s the first time you meet Alma,” adds Li. “We don’t really know who she is, but I always felt like there was something quite off about her, and you can’t really put your finger on it. That’s what’s really fascinating about the opening of the film.”

A blend of psychological horror and supernatural mystery with hints of folk horror and body horror, Alma & the Wolf sees paranoia spread through the small town of Spiral Creek in the wake of a violent animal attack. When Deputy Accord gets too close, his reality begins to fracture.

“I loved how crazy it was; from situationally to, you know, you have a wolf man running around and people puking and turning into goats,” says Embry. “I loved how dark emotionally it gets. And I loved what it was going to take to make it. It was a challenge on the page. You read something like that, and you wonder if you can physically accomplish what they’re asking, and I love that. I love being put to a challenge.”

“This movie can really tell you something about addressing your mental health issues sooner than later,” notes Li. “I think, when you are aware that you have a problem and you wait too long, it might be too late to turn back.”

Directed by Michael Patrick Jann (“The State,” Drop Dead Gorgeous), Alma & the Wolf hits select theaters and Digital this Friday, June 20, via Republic Pictures.

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