The movie is also supported by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) under its Production Assistance Grant, where Tong will get back 40 per cent of every production dollar spent in Singapore.
This is Singapore's first Hollywood horror flick, from the director of The Maid (2005) and Rule #1 (2008).
The US producers came on board because they were impressed by his script and later in him after watching his earlier movies such as The Maid (2005), Rule #1 (2008), and It's A Great Great World (2011).