Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me.

In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.

I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds.

I don't want to spoon-feed the audience, like, "This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like." A lot of movies do that. They don't really give you a choice. They show you the jock, and he's an idiot, and everybody has to hate him. You have no choice.

I really don't like to go for the stereotypes. I try to give you characters that you don't know until you get to know them, and [decide] how you should feel about them.

If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away.

Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.