If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.

Collaborate, don't dictate. Every department head has something to offer. Listen and gratefully accept their offerings. They're moviemakers, too.

I've always felt that the real horror is next door to us, that the scariest monsters are our neighbors.

I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed.

Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.

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.

I don't think you need to spend $40 million to be creepy. The best horror films are the ones that are much less endowed.