Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this thing in the darkness that we don't understand. Internal is the human heart.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

I'm always involved with casting my movies. I have final word on it.

Remakes, in general, are a result of necessity being the mother of invention. They can't open movies consistently and break through the advertising clutter that's out there.

Horror stories have always worked on film. It's where they work. That's where vampires and ghosts and UFOs are real. They're not particularly real in life, but they're real on the screen. It's the communal aspect of movie-watching.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.