susan marquez has more. >> i challenge where put them bod ills, so give them a proper burial. >> james franco wrote, directed, co-stars in the grissly drama child of god. it tells the story of an out cast, who falls deeper and deeper into a life of crime. >> what i'm examining is human behaviors, human desire, and the extremes that we can go to just based on feelings in these certain needs to connect to another person. >> how come you are scouting around here in the woods? >> scott haze lost 45 pounds, and spent months in isolation in tennessee, to prepare for the role of killer. >> when you are isolated for that long, you talk to yourself a lot. and i ended up talking to stuffed animals. >> franco says it was important to make ballard disturbing but somehow still watchable. >> not that we would ever condone what he does, but that within this fictional framework we can go on a journey with him. >> i want to tell you where they at -- >> some of the inspiration for ballard came from ed dean, the 50's kill here also inspired the main characters in psycho and the texas chain saw massacre.