It's the difference between hunting a lion and hunting a deer. If someone hunts a lion, it's like: "Wow, they're brave!" But if they're hunting a deer it's like: "That poor deer!" I know that. I know that guys getting killed is horrible but people have seen it before. You've seen The Evil Dead. With girls, it's like: "I don't want to see that happening..." I know that.

I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get under your skin and make you think.

Sometimes you have this tragedy which turns into an incredible opportunity.

When I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts.

It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one.

I'd love to see us get to a point where you can make a movie and not worry about the limits of the violence. Then I think they'd get so violent that people would get bored of it.

When people direct insults at me, I can take it.