When I was drafting up a script for my first ever movie, it was heavy in humor. That's the kind of person I am. I've been reading, watching and writing horror for so long that you come realize the best has elements of humor.

There is not that much difference between fear and laughter. When we go to a haunted house and something comes at you, you scream in terror and then laugh hysterically. There has to be a balance of course or your horror will end up becoming a black comedy.

One of the producers read the script and said he wanted a lot of the humor taken out. He wanted it to be something more akin to a true horror film. Paranormal activity has just came out, so everyone was big on the scary. I tried to convince him that humor can add to a horror film instead of taking it away, but he insisted.

The rewrite wasn't easy, but what I gave him was as pure a horror film as I could craft. It had the scares, the gore and only a very light touch of comedy. When he read it and they got back to me, he said he had some rewrites of his own. When he sent them to me, almost every change was adding something funny.

Often, it was in the exact same places I had taken them out. Needless to day, I found this funny myself. He never admitted that he was wrong and I was more than happy to agree to his changes. If you look at some of the iconic horror movies of the last 20 years, I bet you can give me at least one quote of a funny line.

“I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy.” “We're gonna need a bigger boat.” “Shop smart, shop S-Mart.” They all have them and often the quotes live far longer than the movie's popularity.