"Freddy vs. Jason's" director was no stranger to horror movies having previously directed the sequel to "Child's Play" - "Bride of Chucky."
I'd had a chance to speak at length with the director when he was at the San Diego Comic Con, but it was great to be able to throw a few additional questions his way at "Freddy vs. Jason's" World Premiere.
DIRECTOR RONNY YU
Any news on a sequel?
I think a sequel is open and is really defined by this one. If they like me, and they like the movie, I'll definitely come back and we'll have Jason and Freddy fight whoever.
How important was it to you to get the Hong Kong style of filmmaking incorporated into "Freddy vs Jason?"
It's almost automatic; it's almost instinct because I've been shooting films in Hong Kong for 20 years. I think the most important part is the pacing - the Hong Kong pacing - and also the action sequences, and the use of different camera speeds to get the impact - the action impact. I think all that I stole from my own work (laughing).
Did you ever run out of blood?
I'll tell you a story. We had this production meeting during the last week of pre-production. The special effects guy said, "Mr. Yu, can I ask you a very important question?" I said, "Yeah, go ahead. What is it?" He said, "Well, we have to order the blood from L.A. because we are in Vancouver. We have to go through Customs and blah, blah, blah. You have to tell me exactly how much blood we should order." I said, "Wow, that's difficult. In terms of what?" He goes, "In terms of pint, quart, gallon..." I said, "Why don't we do this. Why don't you go and order in terms of barrels?" At the end of day I was told, "Ronny, you used 300 gallons." I didn't know that (laughing).