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I like movies like 'Mother's Day', where you watch it, and you've liked it for years as a horror movie.

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Eli Roth
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 18
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Eli Raphael Roth
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My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at Harvard and he told me how many of the other professors at Harvard have gone and seen it. They love 'Hostel' and they love the thought behind it.
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Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts.
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As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.
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