I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war; it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of.

Even the European critics... They said Hostel is the smartest film they'd seen on capitalism and how it's gone too far.

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

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.

A comedy can actually get funnier and funnier. Even though you know the joke, you enjoy it so much, it's the facial expression, you laugh. The laugh doesn't wear off. It could be with you for thirty years.

One of the great elements of the supernatural is having that mystery and letting people's imaginations run wild with it.

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.