I grew up on DC Comics, moral tales where the bad guys got their comeuppance. To me the gory panels or grotesque stuff just made me chuckle.

Zombies are the real lower-class citizens of the monster world and that's why l like them.

The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me.

I keep a little notebook of things that I can do to the zombies that might be silly and fun.

I'm like my zombies. I won't stay dead!

Hollywood doesn't trust me, and we don't really mix. When a movie has stars, everything in the budget goes up, even the catering costs. I just don't like the process of having Suits all around, so I prefer casting unknowns. It adds another level of tension - you don't quite know what to expect from them. My movies don't even need that much money.

I can't really make fun of zombies. They're not liars. They're not cheats.