In general I think the inspiration was to think about all those movies that I saw as a kid and never knew they were remakes, because I know there's probably another kid going to watch Evil Dead who has no idea.

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

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.

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is the joke. It has to be funny, so usually all the things in the background don't matter.

I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works.

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.