One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have somebody copy you.
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Strategically, horror films are a good way to start your career. You can get a lot of impact with very little.
You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.
I get offered loads of unusual stuff. I just don't do loads because I like staying at home a lot, and I'm a little bit lazy. I don't get that thing of going from film to film that people do. It would drive me nuts, and that level of fame is quite scary.
There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.
There have been movies like 'Paranormal Activity' or 'Blair Witch Project' in Hollywood that showed you could do movies with little or no money. It doesn't prevent them from creating larger than life spectacles as well.
In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.
Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money.
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
You can get money and make a really cheap movie. You can, from independent financers who are just giving you money to support artists. This is what was happening in the '90s, and I was very fortunate to be a part of that.
I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It's really risky.