 The film was written and directed by Ti West, in collaboration with Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures.West also served as a producer for the project, alongside Blum, Jacob Jaffke and Peter Phok.In July 2014, Blum discussed his involvement with the film, "After Ethan [Hawke] and I did "Sinister" and "The Purge", he really, really wanted to do a Western ...