While Jeffrey Reddick is keen to point out that his directorial debut, Don't Look Bac (out Oct. 16), shouldn't really be filed under "horror," the writer-turned-filmmaker is also anxious to assure readers that he is more than happy to be associated with scary movies.

"I'm a genre fan, but this is definitely more of a mystery-thriller," Reddick tells EW. "It's about a group of people who witness somebody being assaulted in a park and don't help, and the victim dies. Somebody videotapes it, and the people are outed, and someone or something starts coming after them. It's got scary moments in it, for sure. But because of the nature of the story I had to keep what was behind the deaths a mystery, so we don't have the set pieces you would expect in a horror film."

Regardless, Reddick has certainly spent much of his career in the terror zone, whether it's coming up with the idea for the Final Destination franchise or writing the 2008 Day of the Dead remake and the 2016 sleep paralysis movie Dead Awake.

To help us celebrate the Halloween season, Reddick agreed to talk about his life in horror.