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

Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.

What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.

Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter.

It's the difference between hunting a lion and hunting a deer. If someone hunts a lion, it's like: "Wow, they're brave!" But if they're hunting a deer it's like: "That poor deer!" I know that. I know that guys getting killed is horrible but people have seen it before. You've seen The Evil Dead. With girls, it's like: "I don't want to see that happening..." I know that.

'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific.

If you don’t want to be scared in a horror film, don’t close your eyes. Close your ears.