I asked the same question, the answer is, for me, so many of the same problems that were plaguing the country - that crime is out of control and police are overwhelmed and there’s no way to stop it - still feel very relevant today. It feels like however far we’ve gone in other areas, we have not progressed in terms of crime.

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One of the great elements of the supernatural is having that mystery and letting people's imaginations run wild with it.

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For the fee of $10,000, anyone could be escorted to a room, handed a loaded gun and offered another human to kill. The concept made me nauseous. But it also felt real, and rang bells with my more cynical side.

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I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.

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I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic. by Eli Roth

I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.

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I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get un... by Eli Roth

I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get under your skin and make you think.

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I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

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I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.

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You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don... by Eli Roth

You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.'

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It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a su... by Eli Roth

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.

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Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.

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I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie is most terrifying.

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I saw Alien when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars and that's the movie that made me want to be a director.

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I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non... by Eli Roth

I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.

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You have to trust your instincts and hope the fans like what you do, but you don't gut check with the fans. If we're going to make a series, people are going to have a lot of opinions and if there's one overwhelming majority or one thing you continuously hear repeated from the fans, you certainly take that into account going into next season.

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There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by them.

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The one negative to horror is that it's always law of diminishing returns. When you go in the funhouse, the ride is never scary the second time. You will never have that pure experience as when you first watch it.

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I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war; it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of.

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I hear what people say, I read all the reviews, all the blogs, and I am always curious to hear it, because you can't always listen to the good press, you have to hear the bad press, too.

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I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies. by Eli Roth

I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies.

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People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie. by Eli Roth

People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie.

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