The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares.

I love being the underdog. It's one of the reason I like making horror movies, because a lot of people don't like them or are prejudiced against them. So it's one of the many reasons I like horror and it's also the reason I like low budget, because it automatically makes us the underdog.

I love Hitchcock movies. I took a Hitchcock class in college, so I saw all his movies. I wrote papers on his movies.

I love musicals. I love horror movies and I love art movies.

The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares.

When you raise the budget, you make creative compromises. The higher the budget goes, the more cuts in your movie happen. When people talk about how movies are watered down, that's a direct reflection of money and budget. The less money you spend; the more risks you can take. That doesn't mean it will be successful, but at least you can try different stuff. The higher your budget is, the less you can do that.

You can't be a creative person and not fall in love with everything. Every movie I've made there's a complicated, twisted love affair with.