Borderlands director says he "could write a book" on his experience making the critically-panned video game movie

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Eli Roth has (briefly) reflected on Borderlands

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Borderlands director Eli Roth has shared a cryptic reflection on making the movie.

The video game adaptation bombed at the box office and received a frosty reaction from critics, too, with our own Borderlands review awarding the movie just 2 stars.

"That was a whole other story," Roth told IndieWire of the movie. "Making that in COVID was like… I could write a book on that."

But, he did share his appreciation for horror movies. "I said, 'If I’m going to make a return to horror, then it's got to be with something that makes me hungry to do it again,'" he commented. "Now, I pretty much just want to do horror all the time… I could actually do horror movies for every holiday. I would just do them for the year. If someone was like, 'For the rest of your life, all you're allowed to do is holiday horror movies'? I'd go, 'Great!' and fill the calendar."

Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.