After everything that's happened, I'm still going to make movies - to make Victor Salva movies.
But not like the Scream films - they poke fun at the horror and somehow tear it down. This was more an attempt to recapture all the things I love about real scary movies, but also to have some very black humour to take the edge off some of the despicable, monstrous things that are going on.
Even though I'd always said that I would never do a sequel, by the time our conversation was over that afternoon, I was thrilled about it, couldn't wait to try and make these things work. And I have to say, I think I made a better movie than the first one, a much better movie than the first one.
I created a creature that I would find very unnerving, and I can't think of a more horrible way for anyone to go out than to be eaten.
I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but I think in the heart of every young horror fan is his desire to create his own creature.
I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten.
I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.
No, in fact I am embarrassed to say that I told everyone after the first Jeepers that I would never, ever make a sequel to any of my films.
They gave me twice the time and twice the money, so Jeepers 2 was almost like a second chance - the monster movie I wanted to do in the first place.
(on his films): "Atmospheric and macabre, with no happy endings, but not to be taken totally seriously."
Has been making films since the age of 12.
Is a convicted child molester. Confessed in 1988 to five felony counts of sexual relations with a twelve year old boy who he videotaped in sexual situations.
Grew up in San Francisco.
In 1995, the boy he molested (then in his 20s) publicly boycotted the film Powder (1995) to bring attention to Salva's sexual misdeeds, which contributed to film's the less-than-stellar box office.
Grew up watching the "Creature Features" (1971) on TV. This sparked his early interest in the horror/thriller genre.
His all-time favorite monster film is _Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)_ .
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