I have control issues. For sure, no question.

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

The one negative to horror is that it's always law of diminishing returns. When you go in the funhouse, the ride is never scary the second time. You will never have that pure experience as when you first watch it.

If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them.

Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere.

I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.

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