Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If we're going to be considered horror filmmakers, we have to prove it not only to ourselves but to the audience that we can actually make something scary.
It's gotten to the point where it's big news when I don't do a horror film.
Some people think that horror films are some sort of second class filmmaking, and the only way to bypass that thinking is being proud of the fact that we do it.
I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies.
Not many people realize this, but I'm a really squeamish guy. When I watch other horror films that are really over-the-top with their blood and guts, I cannot watch it.
People used to always complain that horror films have no stories, that it's all just about kills and stuff like that.
There are some people who shouldn't watch horror films, and I'm all right with that.
Horror is so often a 'thinkless' genre, sort of considered popcorn movies, but you really put a lot of, not just heart and soul, but a lot of physical energy into it.
People don't realize that doing a horror movie is hard work. You're out there all day screaming your lungs out, breathing in toxic make-up fumes, rolling around in the dirt, getting your eyebrows burned off - it's not like doing a sitcom.
I have to admit that I really don't care for horror movies all that much. I think mainly just because I'm a cheap scare.