Biographie

Horror and fantasy stories

Themes of despair and suffering

Expresses his feminist and environmental views in his stories

Often writes and directs adaptations of his work himself

Frequently casts Doug Bradley

His parents appear in a Documentary, having the following argument: "I don't know where he gets it from. Not from me and certainly not from you".

His influences include Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, William S. Burroughs, William Blake, and Jean Cocteau, among others.

Despite writing and directing extremely violent stories, he claims to have a fear of blood and says seeing it in real life makes him feel faint.

A longtime comic book fan and has written his own series' for Marvel and Boom! studios.

After not liking the adaptations of his books Transmutations (1985) and Rawhead Rex (1986), he directed his first film, Le Pacte (1987), based on 'The Hellbound Heart', a film that has become a cult classic.

All I've ever wanted to do is darken the day and brighten the night.

I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.

Some people think that horror films are some sort of second class filmmaking, and the only way to bypass that thinking is being proud of the fact that we do it.

I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.

Most 'Horror' movies nowadays aren't horror movies. They don't strike me as being horrific. That's why I am very careful when using the word 'Horror' to describe something