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I love movies that are just straight-up exploitation, but the ones that endure and the ones that last are the ones where the filmmakers put in that extra level of thought after 25 years you put them on in front of an audience, and they'll respond to it and enjoy it.

Eli Roth

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Eli Roth
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 18
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