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I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

- Adam Wingard
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To me, the thing about anime is that it's so adult-oriented. I remember going to Suncoast growing up, and you see 'Akira' there with the little 'Not for Kids' sticker on it. That always made an impact on me.

A lot of people ask me, 'Are you going to do a sequel to 'The Guest' or 'You're Next?' - those movies weren't financially viable, so even though there are a lot of fans of it, it'd be a pretty small market we'd be appealing to. It's got to be a big hit for you to really justify that.

'Cloverfield' and 'REC' are great examples of movies that took kind of tired genres, the monster movie and the zombie film, and by filming them in found footage, it was a new perspective. It gives you a whole new take and helps you re-experience that all over again.

What's really scary about the original 'Blair Witch' is that it doesn't really answer any questions, so what makes that ending so scary is you walk out feeling dirty because you don't even know what happened. It feels wrong.

I like the idea of a character that you wanna like even though you know he's making immoral choices throughout the film.

I hate it when you are watching a movie where the characters are on the news, and for some reason they shoot it with a 35mm camera or a 4K camera, and they just put it on the TV as if that's the way it would look - it always takes me out of it by putting a filter on certain things. If it's too high quality, you're never gonna buy it.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

The whole Bond thing has gotten so dour with the direction they've been going in, it feels like they need to move back to Pierce Brosnan-style fun Bond again. If they did that, Dan Stevens would be the perfect choice.

You can be precious about something like 'Blair Witch' and say, 'How dare you approach it as a sequel or remake' or whatever, but its legacy was so tarnished by 'Book of Shadows' that someone had to come in and do something in the spirit of the original.

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I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.

I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff.