'Dread' writer-director Anthony DiBlasi recently touched on his film's genesis while walking the red carpet at the premiere of Lionsgate's 'Saw VI.'

Based on a short story from Clive Barker's Books of Blood collection, the After Dark Horrorfest flick hits theaters Jan. 29.

The film follows a group of students who study fears in people for a documentary project. As their interviews progress, one of the students begins setting up situations where the subjects are forced to confront their fears.

Although adapting a short story had its challenges, DiBlasi found the overall process was a good experience.

Ive been working with this project for a long time, and with Clive for a long time, so I know his work and I think he really trusted me to adapt it," DiBlasi said in an interview with Bloody Disgusting.

Going into 'Dread' I knew what I wanted to do, so I just kind of threw it down," he said. "I try not to think of his fans when Im doing it. Im mainly thinking, Is Clive going to like this?Hes so open with adaptation thats hes not so much oh my God he changed this?-- some of the fans get like that, but theyve been pretty responsive so far.

Part of the story DiBlasi is retaining in the film is the carnage.

For a thriller its pretty bloody," he explained. "It is a thriller, its Clives only psychological thriller, theres nothing supernatural in it. Its about college age, which is rare for a Barker film, but it does get pretty bloody.

One of these bloody experiments in fear was loosely rooted in an event from DiBlasi's past.

The car accident thing was based on real life events with me," he said. "Theres a whole back story with the car, its actually a Ford Mustang, in the film its a 1965, mine was like an 1983, but its the same color and I was in a really bad car accident when I was 16. Thats where that came from.

See more of DiBlasi's interview at Bloody Disgusting, which includes a brief update on his adaption of Clive Barker's "Pig Blood Blues."