The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good.

I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things

I have my library separate from the family home, and every room is a different genre. The only room that I can guarantee I've read everything is the horror room.

I think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds.

It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.

As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.

I really believe that in the larger sense, not only today but at all times, you only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.