into a goat skull. She then uses it to draw occult symbols on Samantha's belly and forehead, and forces Samantha to drink the blood. Samantha stabs Mother and escapes. After finding Megan's corpse in the kitchen, she kills Victor and Mrs. Ulman, but horrific images of Mother begin appearing in her mind. Mr. Ulman chases her into a nearby cemetery, telling her that she was chosen and destined to accept "him". Samantha threatens to shoot Ulman, but he is resigned, telling her it is too late. Instead, Samantha shoots herself in the head. Elsewhere, a TV news reports a strange lunar eclipse the night before, which confounded scientists due to its abrupt ending. Samantha lies unconscious on a hospital bed, her head in bandages. A nurse pats her belly, saying "You will be just fine. Both of you,” implying that she has been impregnated. Cast Jocelin Donahue as Samantha Hughes Tom Noonan as Mr. Ulman Mary Woronov as Mrs. Ulman Greta Gerwig as Megan A. J. Bowen as Victor Ulman Dee Wallace as Landlady Danielle Noe as Mother Additionally, Lena Dunham voices a 911 operator and writer-director Ti West appears as a teacher. Production The film was shot in Connecticut. Taking place in the 1980s, the film was shot on 16mm film, giving it a retro stylistic look that matched the decade. Similarly, some aspects of the culture of the 1980s—i.e. feathered hair, Samantha's 1980 Sony Walkman, the Fixx's 1983 song "One Thing Leads to Another", the Greg Kihn Band's 1981 song "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)", and the Volvo 240 sedan—are seen in the film as signifiers of the decade. The cinematography of the film also reflects the methods used by directors of the time. For instance, West often has the camera zoom in on characters (rather than dolly in as is now common in film), a technique that was often used in horror films of the 1970s and continued to be used into the 1980s. Other stylistic signifiers include opening credits (which became less common in films in the decades after the 1980s) in yellow font, accompanied by freeze-frames, and the closing credits being played over a still image of the final scene. Release The United States premiere was at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 25. It was made available through video on demand on October 1, 2009. The film