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 always feel that there's no violence in a movie - it's not real, it's a magic trick. Nobody is really dying. In fact, the people that die in my movies have gone on to become extremely successful!

The scariest people are usually the sweetest.

Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.

I want to have an ending where people say: "That's the most shocking ending I've ever seen in a mainstream horror film."

When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. I want nudity. I want sex and violence mixed together. What's wrong with that? Am I the only one? I don't think so.

The point of the first one was that it was about guys being lured by sex and the stereotypes... I always say it's like a horror version of Borat. Borat's not an accurate depiction of Khazakstan, it's an accurate depiction of America. That's what Hostel is.