▁all ▁his ▁stories .", ▁while ▁cred iting ▁Stephen ▁King , ▁alongside ▁direct ors ▁such ▁as ▁[ C arp enter ] ▁and ▁Joe ▁D ante . ▁He ▁also ▁sought ▁to ▁em ulate ▁the ▁wh ims ical ▁and ▁nost alg ic ▁perspective ▁on ▁child hood , ▁while ▁providing ▁a ▁balance ▁with ▁a ▁much ▁har sh er ▁view point . ▁He ▁stated : ▁" The ▁movie , ▁the ▁tone ▁of ▁the ▁movie ▁regarding ▁what ▁child hood ▁is ▁and ▁experiences ▁of ▁child hood ▁is ▁pretty ▁wide . ▁There ' s ▁the ▁Spiel berg ▁moments ▁and ▁there ’ s ▁the ▁Larry ▁Clark ▁moments ." ▁ ▁Mus chi etti ▁spoke ▁of ▁bringing ▁certain ▁cultural ▁experience ▁within ▁the ▁genre ▁to ▁It , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁highlight s ▁his ▁dev otion ▁to ▁horror ▁coming ▁from ▁international ▁horror ▁films ▁and ▁literature , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁stated , ▁" there ' s ▁other ▁sides ▁to ▁my ▁story t elling ▁influ ences ▁that ▁comes ▁from ▁of ▁course ▁Jorge ▁Luis ▁Borg es ▁and ▁Ad ol fo ▁Bio y ▁Cas ares ▁and ▁writers ▁like ▁H ora cio ▁Qu iro ga ▁But ▁you ▁know , ▁my ▁love ▁for ▁horror ▁comes ▁from ▁mov ies ▁that ▁were ▁mainly ▁English ▁language ." ▁Mus chi etti ▁based ▁his ▁port ray al ▁of ▁bul lying ▁in ▁It ▁as ▁an ▁hom age ▁to ▁personal ▁experience ▁in ▁the ▁' 8 0 s ▁with ▁bul lies , ▁through ▁the ▁pure ▁cruel ty ▁of ▁Henry ▁Bow ers , ▁where ▁he ▁speak s ▁of ▁them ▁being ▁very ▁mean ▁and ▁very ▁expression ist ▁in ▁their ▁art ▁of ▁bul