Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it.

I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.

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.

I don't want people to feel: "Why am I watching this? It's sick and sadistic." I want people to watch and think it's scary but they can't wait to see what happens next. I also wanted to make a movie that was watchable.

Imagine trying to relive your worst break-up, your worst fight, the most painful death of a loved one, and just really relive it step by step, and bring it up and apply it to the scene you're in.

I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.

You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.