“In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.” CharacterFilmValuesDevelopmentHorrorConnectionsShiningFavorsGenreShockCharacter DevelopmentShock Value Author:Joshua Leonard
“And another thing about German symphonic development. I tell you, our cold kvass soup is a horror to the Germans, and yet we eat it with pleasure. And their cold cherry soup is a horror to us, and yet it sends a German into ecstacy. In short, symphonic development is just like German philosophy and soup-all worked out and systematized. When a German thinks, he reasons his way to a conclusion. Our Russian brother, on the other hand, starts with a conclusion and then might amuse himself with some reasoning.” ThinkingWayReasonPhilosophyHandsMightPleasureBrotherColdDevelopmentHorrorConclusionReasoningSoupCherriesGerman Philosophy Author:Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
“I didn't want to write unless I could say, and think for myself. I looked to peers that I not only respected but those that supported that. I finished becoming who I am today by sticking up for myself as a voice, but that is in part thanks to the huge role the good guys I chose to work with played in my professional development. Some really terrific human beings who loved horror welcomed me with open arms.” ThinkingWantWritingHumansTodayGuyVoiceHuman BeingsRolesHugeArmsDevelopmentBecomingHorrorFinishedWho I AmThanksPeersTerrificGood GuyProfessional DevelopmentOpen Arms Author:Karen Walton
“The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.” YearsStoriesDevelopmentInvolvedHorrorMajorsMurderDestroyedCongoHorror Stories Author:Noam Chomsky
“In a great horror movie, you've gotta have some character development and you've gotta set some of your people up and you've gotta have a little back story going. You've gotta take that time for exposition.” PeopleLittlesCharacterStoriesDevelopmentHorrorCharacter Development Author:Robert Englund
“I think that some of these plays are lost in this new horror called development, which is a place for dramaturgs to say "let me tell you what your play means," and the life gets sucked out of a play.” ThinkingMeanPlayLostDevelopmentHorrorLet Me Author:John Guare