“All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie.” FilmFunAudienceHorrorTerrified Author:Gina Philips
“If you can get the audience to talk to the screen, I just thought that was so cool, and I wanted to do that. And I just leaned towards the scary and the thriller. I find it very emotional. I want to make emotional horror. If I can make you cry, than you have a full experience.” IfsWantI CanWantedAudienceCryEmotionalHorrorScaryScreensThrillersMake You Cry Author:Kevin D. Williamson
“A piece of literature can be many things but first of all it must capture its audience. You need to seduce people, entice them into a world of beauty and horror, light and shadow, of passion, of romance, of mystery. That's the magic of it. Beyond that, of course, you can open a dialogue about the ideas which interest you, but first of all you absolutely must get inside people's minds.” PeopleWorldNeedsMindFirstsIdeasLightRomancePassionCoursesLiteratureInterestAudiencePiecesMagicMysteryHorrorShadowDialogueCaptureSeducingLight And Shadow Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.” ShouldMindBelieveHumansFilmLeftI BelieveBitsAudienceDramaHorrorHollywoodTerrorI Believe InScreensRelatedDullLengthEnduranceAnticipationBangsLeft OutBladder Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?” ChildrenFilmDifficultCompanyFantasyAudienceHorrorCategoriesHorror FilmFantasy Films Author:Neil Jordan
“Horror films are art, it's all make believe. It's great if a filmmaker can try to push boundaries and see how much an audience can take and see what happens. It's fun to be able to do that.” IfsTryingBelieveArtHappensAbleFilmFunAudienceHorrorBoundariesFilmmakerMake BelieveHorror Film Author:Tom Six
“At the end of the day, a "jump scare" scares the audience for the moment. Slow burn horror ideas scare people forever.” PeopleIdeasEndsMomentsAudienceForeverHorrorThe End Of The DayScare Author:Scott Derrickson
“I never wanted there to be any moment in my movies when something would happen and the audience would cheer, like sometimes that happens in certain types of horror movies. I was never a fan of that, I wasn't looking for 'inventive' kills and I even hate that word because it's like, if you have these characters screaming or crying in pain I don't think anyone should be jumping out of their seat cheering. It should be horrible and you should feel sick watching it because that's what it is, sick.” IfsThinkingFeelsShouldSometimesMomentsCharacterHappensWantedPainCertainHateAudienceFansCryTypeHorrorSickHorribleSeatsCheerJumping Author:Rob Zombie
“Any time you do action and horror, you've always got to try to find a way to make it fresh for the audience, but also for yourself, and there are so many different ways to freak people out and create tension.” PeopleWayTryingDifferentActionAudienceHorrorDifferent WaysTensionFreak Author:Robert Rodriguez
“I'm constantly looking for something that will be pushing the audience to new scares in horror movies.” AudienceHorrorPushingScare Author:Roy Lee
“Women became almost our bigger audience. Teenage girls went crazy for my movie. I saw it. I went to theatres all over and there were gangs of girls going and screaming. There were kids that were 10 or 11 years old when September 11 happened. They've been told for years they're going to get killed, they're going to get blown up. Every time you go on an airplane, X-ray your shoes because you're going to get blown up. Terror alert orange, don't travel. So, people have a reaction and they want to scream. Horror movies have become the new date movie.” PeopleWantYearsKidsGirlAudienceSawsHappenedCrazyGoes OnHorrorBiggerShoesTerrorTheatreReactionsRaysScreamAirplaneSeptemberTeenageOrangeGangSeptember 11Teenage GirlDate Movie Author:Eli Roth
“I look for every opportunity to mix comedy and horror and tragedy. I love catching audiences off-guard.” LooksOpportunityAudienceComedyHorrorTragedyCatching Author:John Lithgow
“Horror I appreciate is one of the few genres that can wind the audience up and make them pay attention. I kind of like that. It's one of the few genres that can be very manipulative.” KindPayAttentionAudienceWindHorrorAppreciatePay AttentionGenreManipulative Author:Bruce Campbell
“When you're watching an action movie, you experience an action movie more outside of the aquarium, you're out of the aquarium looking in at all the swimming fish that are in there. Whereas horror films and thrillers are designed to put the audience into that box, into that aquarium.” ActionFilmAudienceHorrorFishesBoxesSwimmingThrillersHorror FilmAction MovieAquariums Author:James Wan
“With a horror movie most of the actual jumps and scares are made in the edit. It's often not very scary on set and then you watch the film and suddenly it's very scary because the way the jump scares fit together building up the suspense in the audience because it's making them jump when they're least expecting it.” WayMadeTogetherFilmWatchesAudienceBuildingFitHorrorScarySuspenseScareExpectingEditsBuilding UpLeast Expecting Author:Jeremy Irvine