Well, Anytime I Make A Movie, I

I Have Control Issues. For Sure, No Question.

I Think In A Post-9/11 World, With The Images Coming Back From Iraq, Everybody Knows More And More People Who Are Going Over There... The Images On The Youtube Phenomenon Where The Violence Is So Immediate. Direct People Need Something Stronger To Respond To. I Think That There's Definitely A Wave Of Directors - Who Are Labelled The Splat Pack - Who Really, Really Care About Making Great Scary Movies.

Everybody Has To Know Where They're Coming From, What They're Doing, Why They're Doing It, Who They Are. These Are Essentials.

I Don't Want People To Feel: "why Am I Watching This? It's Sick And Sadistic." I Want People To Watch And Think It's Scary But They Can't Wait To See What Happens Next. I Also Wanted To Make A Movie That Was Watchable.

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