According to Clayface director James Watkins, the upcoming DC movie was inspired by several elements from Sam Raimi’s horror films. James Watkins explains Sam Raimi’s influence on DCU’s ClayfaceWhile speaking to Empire, James Watkins revealed that the “ridiculousness” and “extreme” nature of Sam Raimi’s horror inspired him to add a similar tone to his upcoming movie about the Batman villain Clayface. “There were definitely some Sam Raimi influences,” the 53-year-old director remarked. “The way that Sam Raimi can push horror almost to ridiculousness, and humor. There are a couple of Sam Raimi sequences, as it were.”