I sort of forgot about 'Z Channel' after it went off the air in 1989, but once Jason Resnick of Focus Features made the suggestion, I became obsessed all over again. I still am. I'll probably be this way until I'm 80, babbling about 'Z Channel.'
I think the reason vampire movies have been so popular over time is that they share so many parallels with human beings.
I've noticed that when people make vampire movies, they're always determining which of the rules they're going to stick to and which they'll abandon.
I feel too strongly about rearranging reality in a movie. It gives me peace.
I think vampires are different from human beings, but they're sentenced to eternity on this planet. They have the same confusion about love and permanence, integrity, and denial. These qualities really are the same in vampire characters as in humans. I think they're universal themes.
The vampire movies I embraced as a kid used vampirism as a metaphor that expressed deep sadness and a lot of human qualities.
