When I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up.

Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But, what scares me is the human reaction to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated.

Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while I was doing it I had to write my Grindhouse trailer and I added two days of shooting. My brother was producing Hostel and the Grindhouse trailer and I was like: "Gabe, just figure this out!"

I felt people responded to two things. One, obviously, is the gore and the scenes like the eye gauging.

You have to trust your instincts and hope the fans like what you do, but you don't gut check with the fans. If we're going to make a series, people are going to have a lot of opinions and if there's one overwhelming majority or one thing you continuously hear repeated from the fans, you certainly take that into account going into next season.

I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down.

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.