The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut.

You can't get away, you can't escape. You'll jump through a plate-glass window several times and end up being right back in the spider's web.

If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light

The kids are really smart. They are sharp and they're not yet bent over by the system. I think there's a wonderful intelligence in today's youth, and it's a part of growing up.

The original Return of the Living Dead, I was attached to direct it, and I wrote the story. Production was delayed. In the meantime I went to London to do Lifeforce.

Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow

The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut.