In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

I think video games are going to completely take over storytelling in our society. Video games are not a fad.

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

I try to find inspiration in books, paintings, illustrations and the one thing I try to avoid is just being inspired by other movies, because then you just are talking about movies in movies. I try to talk about movies that are culturally and spiritually a little more diverse.

: There are only two on-buttons for fear, in any permutation you want. One is when something that shouldn't be is, meaning a presence. And, the other one is an absence.

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

And yet one carries the sins of his forebears as one carries their features in his face. One bears their blood, and their honor or their blight.