I throw it all in there, Kung Fu, blaxploitation, horror.
'Blood Feast' is my favorite of Lewis' films. When we shot 'Serial Mom,' and I showed them the infamous tongue scene, one of the female crew members said, 'I hate when a guy does that.'
When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.
A movie like 'The Last House On The Left' would be very hard to do in Europe.
In the 1950s, we had all these B-grade science-fiction movies. The point was to scare the public and get them to buy popcorn. No attempt was made to create movies that were somewhat inherent to the truth.
I love movies that are just straight-up exploitation, but the ones that endure and the ones that last are the ones where the filmmakers put in that extra level of thought; after 25 years you put them on in front of an audience, and they'll respond to it and enjoy it.
I've done my best to avoid B pictures.
When you make an exploitation film, you always want to have a real issue. That's how they were always done.
I've always liked the idea of merging esoteric art cinema with down-and-dirty exploitation films.
