Alexandre Aja Quotes

Alexandre Aja — French Director born on August 07, 1977,

Alexandre Aja is a French film director who rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film Haute Tension (known as High Tension in the US and Switchblade Romance in the UK). He has also directed the horror films The Hills Have Eyes , Mirrors , Piranha 3D and Horns ... (wikipedia)

Spring Break is very strange. I grew up in France, so I don't know Spring Break. That doesn't exist in Europe.

I think the violence in 'The Hills Have Eyes' and 'High Tension' is much more traumatic than 'Piranha.'

Growing up in the eighties, you could go from one style in a movie to another style, and that was okay. In the nineties, you had to obey your niche. You had to follow the code and never step outside of exactly what you're doing.

A movie like 'The Last House On The Left' would be very hard to do in Europe.

In Europe, there is no horror movie. It's very hard to make a slasher or gory movie. There is no audience for that.