The inflatable snake floated above the heads of moviegoers at the entrance to the Alamo Drafthouse. The real one had tried to eat them on the river. The morning after the Fantastic Fest premiere of Beware Boiúna, Paul Salfen sat down with Jessica Rothe, Kiana Madeira, and director Mike P. Nelson — the Wrong Turn and Silent Night, Deadly Night filmmaker who dragged a medical-mission thriller into the actual Amazon and came back with a movie you can put your hand on. They talked patina, the fear of cringe, three things a day, and the caiman shoot that went to hell. Lionsgate opens the picture October 2.
