Zach Cregger still regrets his first film: "I made a bad movie and I suffered for it"
Describing 2009 sex comedy Miss March , which he made with long-time comedy buddy Trevor Moore, Cregger said, "I wasted a year of my life."
Zach Cregger, the modern horror maestro, has never been shy about discussing his pre-Barbarian career, especially his first film, Miss March. Co-directed with Trevor Moore in 2009, the widely derided sex comedy remains a subject of regret for the horror filmmaker. Speaking during a recent interview promoting Resident Evil, Cregger said, "I made a bad movie and I suffered for it.
And I wasted a year of my life." He revealed that the decision to accept a significant Hollywood offer in his 20s was regrettable, as he had not truly loved the story being told. Cregger emphasized that the only thing that matters when making movies is the love for the story, which was not present in Miss March. He acknowledged that his disagreement with Moore's attitude towards the film did not reflect Trevor's perspective.
The experience of watching the movie's editor's assembly and realizing he had made a "really bad movie" was more distressing than being set on fire, according to Cregger. Consequently, he has been cautious about working from existing scripts and story ideas, focusing instead on his own scripts and story ideas. Cregger believes that if one is aiming to work with a hot IP, they should not approach it from the perspective of trying to shoehorn something into a theater, as they are likely to create a bad movie.
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