I think good suspense and horror is really about creating situations that are relatable, and throwing a wrench in it and watching how people respond to it.

Horror is great storytelling with scary elements on top of it, but if you don't have great storytelling, you can have all the scares in the world, but the movie won't work.

I think good suspense and horror is really about creating situations that are relatable, and throwing a wrench in it and watching how people respond to it.

I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on The Purge was crucial to that movie working.

Directors typically have three choices - you do a studio movie and get a paycheck up front, you do an independent movie, which is for your heart and you don't get paid up front and probably don't make any money on it, but it hopefully goes to Sundance and is more of an art movie, and then you do TV.

People love being scared, even for long periods of time.

We have creative freedom because of budgets. Ever since I have been doing low budget movies, we've really had creative freedom.