Ross Duffer

I have a problem with trailers, because I love them too much. I'm one of those nerds that watches them on repeat.

It's my favorite, when you see those auditions that you're just like, 'That's the guy.'

The first 'Gremlins' was PG because I think it was before Spielberg scarred people with 'Temple of Doom.'

I remember it took us so long to see 'Gremlins 2' - all my friends had seen it, but our mom was just like, 'no PG-13.'

I don't go on Reddit, because I know that'll be quicksand and I won't be able to get out.

We wrote a script in college.

As brothers, you still get in plenty of disagreements, but I think that generally we work stuff out.

I love playing into those horror tropes of 'don't go into the basement, you idiot.' I love that, so it's fun to sometimes play into it and sometimes against type and the tropes.

High school was terrible for us.

At the end of the day, what really matters in 'Poltergeist' is that Carol Anne is missing and they have to go through a portal in the closet to get her back. That matters more than the backstory.

If you look back at a lot of these Spielberg movies and Stephen King books, even though there's a lot of fun and a lot of camaraderie, there's also a bit of sadness there, whether it's 'E.T.' with the divorce or in Stephen King's 'It,' where there's racism. There's always some sort of evil - there's sadness and people aren't happy.

There's so much art out there, and I'm happy to see people who are drawing monsters that are very simple designs.

Jaws' was a big one. It's a classic. The shark not working while making that movie made it much better.

In college, even, we shot on film.

We hung out with a group of nerdy friends playing games.

I love the early days of seasons, because you are filled with all of these possibilities.

So many kids nowadays, it's almost like they go through this Disney training where they're taught to be cute and play it up for the camera, and they're trying to get laughs.

If you have a successful movie, No. 2 is always a little bit bigger.

At the end of the day, 'Hidden' was a great experience. Because we know what it's like to fail. And we know it will happen again.

We still love movies.