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

Possession and exorcism is something that’s in every religion and every culture. It’s a real primal fear: Is the body a vessel for our spirits? What happens if something else takes over it? Where does the spirit go?

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.

There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.

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

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

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.