Casting the two leads met with substantial difficulty . While a casting director was easily found for Los Angeles , Canadian casting directors proved to be appalled by the horror , gore , and language . When one finally agreed to pick up the film , the Columbine shooting and another school shooting in Alberta suddenly thrust the public spotlight on violent teens . The '' Toronto Star '' s announcement that Telefilm was funding a " teen slasher movie " met with a flurry of debate and outrage in the media , which generated a significant amount of adverse publicity in proportion to the size of the project
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