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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we...

I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we...

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.

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'm a lapsed altar boy.

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

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.

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 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.

Well I think effects are tools.

Well I think effects are tools.

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 there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit.

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit.

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.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14,...

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14,...

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.

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...