It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.

I have a strong art-history background.

People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie.

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.

I can think of endless horrible things to do to people!

Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it.

I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.