If there had been zombies on the iceberg when the Titanic hit it, that would have made a much better movie.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What's in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg.
I love zombie films like Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' - I thought it was so brilliantly done and so grounded in reality. I was definitely thrust into the zombie world watching that film.
I was absolutely obsessed with the Titanic - not the film, the actual boat. I'd draw diagrams about it and theorise that if it was built in a different way, it wouldn't have sunk.
A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation.
Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat.
When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but that's another story.
I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.
'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
I think 'Jaws' is a remarkable film.
I loved 'Jaws.' I think that is not really a horror film, but it made me afraid of the ocean for a very long time.