Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Babban mahimmancin "Bad Times a El Royale" shine hangen nesa na halin kirki na kowane hali kuma idan an tabbatar da ayyukansu. Ofaya daga cikin manyan alamun sa ga wannan shine kasancewar iyakar California-Nevada da ke raba otal ɗin. A daya daga cikin wuraren budewa, Darlene Sweet tana daukar lokacinta tana tafiya a fadin layin jihar kuma kawai ta tsallake shi tare da taimakon Uba Daniel Flynn, ba ta taɓa takawa kan layin kanta ba. Duk da haka, haruffa kamar shugaban ƙungiya Billy Lee, a hankali suna tafiya a tsakanin layin ba tare da tunani na biyu ba. Don ya ƙara kwatanta wannan ra'ayin, mai ɗaukar hoto Seamus McGarvey ya yi amfani da launi don ya ba kowane hali "sa hannu a hoto". Tare da wannan tsari, ya sanya Billy zuwa launi ja don ma'anar "ƙaddarar da ke gabatowa, jini, da mutuwa", baki da fari ga Daniyel don gaya masa bambance-bambance tsakanin gaskiya da yaudara, da launuka masu haske ga Darlene don fatanta da tsarkinta. A cikin wata hira, Goddard ya ce ya sanya labarin a cikin 1969 saboda yanayi da tashin hankali a cikin shekaru goma, gami da Yakin Cacar Baki da kisan Tate <unk> LaBianca
, yayin da yake samun wahayi game da ɗabi'a daga dabarun da 'yan'uwan Coen suka yi amfani da su.