Joss Whedon has revealed what he likes and hates about the horror genre.
The director is set to play producer for new horror movie The Cabin In The Woods, a script that he also penned, with Drew Goddard in the director’s chair.
And the director admits that he is not a fan of the rising numbers of torture porn movies that have graced the big screen in recent years.
Speaking to Total Film the director said: "I love being scared. I love that mixture of thrill, of horror, that objectification/identification thing of wanting definitely for the people to be alright but at the same time hoping they’ll go somewhere dark and face something awful.
"The things I don’t like are kids acting like idiots, the devolution of the horror movie into torture porn and into a long series of sadistic comeuppances.
"Drew (Goddard - director) and I both felt that the pendulum had swung a little too far in that direction."
The Cabin In The Woods is set to star Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford and Jesse Williams.
The Cabin In The Woods is released 13th April.