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“I like to play with transgression and upending conventions, and I like the idea of rooting genre films in character.”

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'Hereditary' is unabashedly a horror film. In a lot of ways, it's in dialogue with other horror films. But I do know that it…

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My films typically veer towards the darker side, and I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really enjoy working in genre because people…

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I have more fun talking about other movies than talking about my own.

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The joy of making a genre film is that you have audiences in that place, and it's a perfect place to start because all…

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I love the horror genre. I consider myself a genre filmmaker. I love genre, but I think there's a certain amount of complacency that…

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I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really like working in genre because people come into the films with certain expectations. They know…

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The nice thing about a horror movie is that people go in looking to be unsettled.

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I graduated from the American Film Institute in 2010, where I studied as a director, and came out with a few features I really…

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I don't necessarily consider myself a horror filmmaker.

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I found that the things I am afraid of most are things for which there are no obvious remedies. Like, what do you do…

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One reason I think I am able to work with such dark material is the fact I was never really discouraged from making this…

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Most horror films are made very cynically, and they're usually made by studios for an audience that they know is there, no matter what…

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