I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm.

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I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen.

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen.

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to...

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to...

I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films.

I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films.

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined.

Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined.

They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is...

They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is...

It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism.

It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism.

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The...

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The...

In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud,...

In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud,...

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent...

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent...

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others.

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others.

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary...

The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary...

I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir...

I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir...

Well I think effects are tools.

Well I think effects are tools.

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by...

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by...

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.