“At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real face and how ugly it was in order to sensitize us to its horrors. You don't have to be very keen to see that they are now in fact desensitizing us.” RealFactsFacesUsedOrderPleasureAcceptingViolenceHorrorDirectorsUglySensualMovieSensual Pleasure Book:For Keeps Source: For Keeps
“Horror movies, man, the blood entails so much time. And horror movies are not fun; definitely not starting there as a director. Definitely not horror.” MenFunBloodHorrorDirectorsStarting Author:Corey Haim
“I've wanted to work with [Kairo aka Pulse director] Kiyoshi Kurosawa, but he has not been making horror movies recently.” WantedHorrorDirectorsPulseAkaKurosawa Author:Roy Lee
“There's more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot of American directors and writers are just trying to copy other American horror films, they don't pick up much in the way that European filmmakers do.” ThinkingWayTryingArtStatesFilmCultureUnitedUnited StatesHorrorDirectorsPicksEuropeFilmmakerCopiesEmphasisHorror FilmArt And Culture Author:Wes Craven
“I stopped directing in 2001 for - oh, damn - four or five years, until I did the TV series 'Masters Of Horror.' I had been working steadily as a director since 1970. That's a long time. I was burned out.” YearsLongFiveFourMastersTvsHorrorDirectorsLong TimeSeriesFive YearsBurnedTv SeriesBurned Out Author:John Carpenter
“I don't really consider myself a horror director or a violent director at all.” HorrorDirectorsViolent Author:Ryuhei Kitamura
“I love watching audiences scream. I imagine it's the same joy that a director feels who has made a comedy when he or she is sitting at the back of a theater listening to the audience laugh. That sound of laughter is so sweet to a comedy director and that's exactly how a horror film feels when you hear the audience scream.” FeelsMadeFilmJoySoundAudienceLaughingComedyImagineSweetListeningHorrorDirectorsLaughterSittingTheaterScreamHorror Film Author:Leigh Whannell
“I believe, as a producer/director, your duty is to create a beautiful horror film that really resonates.” BelieveBeautifulFilmI BelieveDutyHorrorDirectorsProducersHorror Film Author:Guillermo del Toro
“Yes, there was a massive difference between their styles. David is a very technical director and Chris is an actor's director, in the sense of emotion. With David, he's done horror films, so Eclipse is much darker, whereas I found New Moon really light and poetic. I didn't have as much interaction with David because the casting process was already done.” DoneLightFilmActorsFoundProcessDifferencesEmotionStyleHorrorMoonDirectorsMassivePoeticInteractionCastingEclipseHorror FilmNew Moon Author:Tinsel Korey
“After having edited numerous shorts, earning award nominations for it, and then 4 features edits, the director inside me is now burning to share its voice. Thriller, Horror, zany Comedy.” VoiceComedyShareHorrorDirectorsBurningFeaturesAwardsEarningEditsThrillersNominationsShortsEdited Author:Kyle Cassie