I know that you need to be entertaining at the beginning to get people interested, and what interests people is knockouts and excitement.
Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.
The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares.
I got halfway through 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' I don't get it at all. What's the big thrill? It's boring.
Personally, I feel that if you shoot off 200,000 rounds, and your lead character pulls out a pistol and never gets hit, there's a sense of jeopardy that's lost. It becomes a little less exciting when things don't make sense.
A lot of horror movies just look at how they can scare people, and no matter which character dies, you don't ever really feel enough to actually care.
It looks better when you do your own stunts, because seeing somebody's face when they're doing them is fun for the audience.
It's the little added bonus of realism that makes the difference between an adequately done stunt and a really convincing one.
