“The Wicked Witch of the West really scared me as a child.” — Robert Eggers

I went to Salem as many Halloweens as I possibly could.

Witches were part of my imaginary childhood playground, so I wanted to make an archetypal fairytale about the mythic idea of what New England was to me as a kid.

I don't like twists. I don't get much out of them. If you know two cars are about to run into each other, you don't walk away and say, 'Oh, I know what's going to happen.' You watch.

I actually like 'The Shining' more than I like Kubrick, I think. The tension he sustains through the whole film is so great.