How did you reference the classic Universal monster films but create a horror film for today’s audience?
Johnston: Well, I think it’s because they’re used to vastly different horror films that I wanted to go back to something that I remembered from a long time ago. I think that we’ve seen so many examples of CG characters running around and doing things that subconsciously we know they can’t do, I think that it takes you out of the picture sometimes. I wanted you to always feel that whatever this beast was, he was not breaking any laws of physics. He had a strength and a power that you could understand. I didn’t want to basically do what we saw in Van Helsing which is since you can do anything, you take advantage of that and you do it and I think that audiences know when it’s not real and when it is. I think it’s a subtle thing that you don’t ever think about, but you know when this guy is leaping and landing and punching people, it feels more real. Were you all for makeup versus CGI for the werewolf? Would you do another Jurassic entirely in CGI? Johnston: No, I think that I wouldn’t wan
