It's obviously not buckets of blood; it's a psychological thriller, ... For me, it was kind of an announcement that I can step out of the horror context and hold my own with the best of them.

But in the original script someone who may or may not be an assassination target was identified only as a businessman,

It's a thriller, it's definitely not a horror film, but it has enough of the elements that also work in horror films like suspense.

Everybody's making horror films and, to me, not especially well. I don't know if it's (due to) the corporations taking over studios or what it is. But it really calls for some young filmmakers to come in and just do something from their hearts.

I didn't even know what a horror film was. I kind of made it up as I went along.

Everyone from Tom Cruise to Jude Law was talked about for this role - and not everyone was available, and some we couldn't afford.