Eli Roth
Eli Roth
Eli Raphael Rothis an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is known for directing the horror film Hostel and its sequel, Hostel: Part II. He is also known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Awardand a BFCA Critic's Choice Award. Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 April 1972
CityNewton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
All the copycat movies were always PG-13 and people said: "Nobody wants violence."
I never put out a vanilla edition of a DVD.
People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie.
Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.
Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore.
As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.
I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.
I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.
The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap.
I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies.
Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering , 'When do I put my arm around her?'
Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while I was doing it I had to write my Grindhouse trailer and I added two days of shooting. My brother was producing Hostel and the Grindhouse trailer and I was like: "Gabe, just figure this out!"
Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.
Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.