After some delays due to COVID, the filmmaker hopes he can shoot his alligator sequel next year: "I've been lining up so many scenes."

Like Never Let Go 's wooded setting, these defense mechanisms come straight out of folklore. Momma, Nolan, and Samuel tether themselves to their house with a rope anytime they step outside. That bind grants them protection against the Evil.

In the filming of the Never Let Go scene in question, the filmmaker explained that it seemed even the dog was feeling the high tension in the air (pun totally intended). Coda is portrayed in the film by a canine performer named Brass, and Aja was stunned by his acting ability:

Halle Berry returns to the silver screen in Alexandre Aja's latest survival horror film, Never Let Go, where she portrays a tormented mother of two boys, Samuel and Nolan, living in a remote cabin in the forests of British Columbia as an evil force threatens the world.

Never Let Go star Halle Berry shares how much she sacrificed to make her character in the newly-released horror film look convincing.