My belief is that if you start a film all the way up at level 10, you've got nowhere to go. Neil Marshall More Quotes by Neil Marshall More Quotes From Neil Marshall I alwyas want to try and create new looks and new things, but equally scary, hopefully. But a new kind of style. Neil Marshall style scary trying The '80s just had this sense of outrageous fun coupled with great stories and characters. Then there's the practical effects and buckets of gore in movies. These are movies that, for the most part, still stand up to this day. But I guess the real reason for my love and obsession with this period is these were my first horror movies. I was a teenager during the '80s and I think spending that part of your life in that particular time really has an impact on you for the rest of your life. Neil Marshall teenager real fun I love splashing the blood around. Neil Marshall splashing blood At the end of the day, you're trying to make a certain film within a certain budget. Those rules never change. Neil Marshall the-end-of-the-day film trying I think as long as the standard of quality, the story-telling, film-making, acting etc. etc. remains consistent, then you've got a good change of making a decent anthology. Neil Marshall quality long thinking I think there's a whole book being written about it in the UK. I don't know if you can get it here. It's about all the hidden messages and meetings in this and the fact that it is about women and the fact that this cave is full of blood and all this kind of stuff. And when I was making it, I didn't make it with that specifically in mind, but I always had it in the back of mind and I thought, 'Let's just throw it in there and see what people make of it.' And people seem to be making quite a lot of it. So I don't want to spell it out or say this, that or the other. Neil Marshall book blood thinking It's the one thing, a compromise I guess. On network it's the one thing you can't smoke on network. That's one of his character traits. We're working around that. We're trying to get aspects of it in there as much as possible. We'll see. Neil Marshall compromise trying character Whatever the regulations are, you can be as dark and disturbing as you want and we're going to go in that direction. The intention is to be as dark and scary as possible with the show. And that was our whole kind of plan going in, to make it scary. So we're going to explore all kinds of things. Neil Marshall scary dark want But the smoking is very frustrating. Who knows where it will go; where the story will go; where the character will go? There's still lots of options. Neil Marshall smoking stories character The score I always have on heavy repeat is 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark!' Neil Marshall repeat always score lost So much of 'Doomsday' is taken from the early 'Mad Max' films. Neil Marshall much early mad taken Roman history was kind of unavoidable where I was growing up. It was everywhere - all the place names and ruins and forts. My dad's a history buff, and I spent a lot of time on Hadrian's Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of what was so terrifying up there that the Romans built a 60-mile long, 30ft high stone wall to keep it out? Neil Marshall dad time long history I enjoy scaring people too much to let it go! Neil Marshall go enjoy too-much people I do enjoy intense, bloodthirsty action, but I like to blend and cross genres. I don't want to be too predictable. Neil Marshall like enjoy action want I got plenty of grief for 'Blackwater,' because in the books, there's this huge chain across the harbor that features prominently in the battle. And we simply weren't able to do it with our budget and do it any justice, so we had to lose it. Neil Marshall lose battle grief justice The guys on 'Game of Thrones' trust me implicitly to take care of the action stuff. I don't mess with their drama, but they allow me to come up with ideas like 'Hey, what if the giant had a bow? And what if he shot some guy off the wall?' With 'Constantine,' too, they really trust me to scare the audience. Neil Marshall game me trust care One episode of 'Game of Thrones' is equivalent to my film 'Centurion' in budget and scope. 'Centurion' has a longer running time, but that's kind of the only difference, and I think people now, if they want drama, they watch TV. Neil Marshall game think time people I think I'd like to do a big movie with a strong female lead, whether or not she would be a superhero. I'm more interested in characters like Scarlett Johansson in 'Lucy.' I'm less interested in people with superpowers because I can't identify with them. Neil Marshall she think strong people I see myself more as an action director. All right, I do enjoy intense, bloodthirsty action but I like to blend and cross genres. I don't want to be too predictable. Neil Marshall see myself enjoy action I set out to do a horror film with 'Dog Soldiers,' and what I came out with at the end of the day was something that was more of a cult movie, more of a black comedy with some horror elements in it. It kind of went over the top. Neil Marshall end-of-the-day day black dog
