Slot machines are like crack for old people.
I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2.
There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.
We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.
I throw it all in there, Kung Fu, blaxploitation, horror.
I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.