They Will Kill You Director Reveals The Film’s Greatest Easter Egg That Will Change The Means You Watch It [Exclusive]

Director Kirill Sokolov simply made a reputation for himself. Whereas he is been working for some time, the filmmaker simply made the bloody and bonkers “They Will Kill You.” 2025 had quite a lot of nice motion motion pictures, and I do know there’s nonetheless an terrible lot of 2026 left, however that is most likely going to be among the many yr’s better of the style. And one of many film’s largest Easter eggs might provide up an excellent purpose for a rewatch.

The film facilities on a determined girl named Asia (Zazie Beetz) who solutions an advert for a live-in housekeeper at an opulent New York Metropolis high-rise residence constructing. Upon arrival, she uncovers the constructing’s sinister historical past involving a Satanic cult lurking within the shadows.

Forward of the discharge of “They Will Kill You,” I had the prospect to talk with Sokolov, who additionally directed top-of-the-line worldwide motion motion pictures of the 2010s, “Why Do not You Simply Die!” He defined that crafting the brand new movie’s resort, The Virgil, was a mixture of real-world areas and really explicit set design. This is what he needed to say about it:

“The entire manufacturing was in Cape City. So we discovered streets, we discovered some locations, but additionally we had so as to add on prime. Principally we constructed the primary ground that we stitched to an actual constructing, and we constructed our personal doorways and inside of [The] Virgil. Then, inside — as a result of the film is so action-heavy and this motion contains rain and water that floods every thing, fireplace results, snow, and all of this, and likewise as a result of the digital camera was so energetic — we wanted to have the units nearly like LEGO the place we may simply take away one wall, open the opening, [and] carry the digital camera right here from the ceiling.”

That strategy ties immediately into the aforementioned Easter egg.

“We determined, okay, we’ll simply construct every thing,” Kirill Sokolov continued. “We had been excited about learn how to construct it, learn how to make it thrilling for the viewers to remain within the one constructing for 90 minutes. In order that’s the place this very particular and clear development of how the atmosphere modifications with the character’s journey [came from].”

That is admittedly quite a lot of preamble, however there’s it is necessary to know that The Virgil is as a lot of a personality in “They Will Kill You” as The Continental is on this planet of “John Wick.” Talking additional concerning the Satanic resort the place the majority of the film’s carnage takes place, Sokolov revealed that The Virgil is one thing of a metaphor for Dante’s “Inferno.” As he defined:

“It form of represents Dante’s ‘Inferno,’ with every ground like a brand new circle of Hell and so they go up, however truly they go down straight within the coronary heart of Hell. If you happen to rewatch the film with this concept, you truly acknowledge quite a lot of like symbols and parts and parts that provide you with a small clue.”

Revealed in 1321, “Inferno” is the primary a part of Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy” sequence. Very mainly, it is a journey by way of 9 distinct circles of Hell. (“Evil Useless” director Fede Alvarez was going to make a “Dante’s Inferno” film at one level, however that venture by no means got here to go.) The symbols and varied imagery that characterize the distinct circles of Hell is likely to be straightforward for audiences to overlook the primary time round, since there is a lot happening in “They Will Kill You,” however this data may assist provide you with an added appreciation for the film and can undoubtedly coloration subsequent viewings.

“They Will Kill You” hits theaters on March 27, 2026.