Rob [Tapert], myself and Bruce Campbell sat in hundreds of drive-insnot hundreds, but tens of drive-ins, watching these movies and learning how they were made, and we started to make our own in Super 8. And that’s really how we got into horror films. After a while we learned to really like them, and the craft that went into them.

Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.

I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me there are birds in the neighbourhood.

If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.

I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.

I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.

My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.