I'm always looking for films, but the horror scripts that I get tend to be very repetitive and often not that interesting.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For me, it's very easy to write a horror movie that's just a succession of scary sequences, but it's hard to find horror movies that have a genuine theme to them that are really exploring some aspect of our psychology and our fears.
When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it.
I want to start off making the kinds of films that I loved growing up as a kid. Fun horror films that are scary but at the same time, after you finish the movie, it leaves you excited to see more.
Any film I do needs to excite me at a script level.
Horror movies can be very interesting because they can deal with intangible subjects that are full of emotion.
Part of a horror movie has to be a bit fakey for me to really enjoy it. The new ones are so realistic that they distract me from the ride through the horror.
I find the most interesting and most daring scripts tend to be for independent films.
Horror movies have never been my thing. I love psychological thrillers like 'The Exorcist', 'The Shining', even though they scare the living daylights out of me.
No one pretty much tells me what kind of horror films to make.
I think horror films always have to be as simple as possible.