“I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From Hollywood noirs to horror movies like The Shining [1980].” BookStoriesInterestingWonderHorrorHollywoodShiningDetectivesDetective Stories Author:Christopher Bollen
“Horror hostess, bondage goddess, Charles Addams cartoon comes to life, Vampire was every first-generation fanboy's wet dream. Scott Poole takes us on an unforgettable ride through the overlapping underworlds of B&D magazines, Hollywood noir, and early political liberation movements that inspired actress Maila Nurmi to challenge a postwar culture bent on stifling women's choices, bodies, and desires. This book is a subversive masterpiece.” FirstsBookDreamBodyPoliticalDesireChoicesCultureChallengesGenerationsMovementHorrorHollywoodInspiredActressesMagazinesVampireLiberationGoddessWetBentCartoonMasterpieceBondageNoirSubversiveUnderworldUnforgettableStiflingOverlappingHostessesWet Dreams Author:Sheri Holman
“Even as a child, when kids my age would watch cartoons, I preferred watching horror flicks. I had watched some Hollywood horror flicks and even films made by the Ramsay brothers by the time I was six! I have always been biased towards that genre.” ChildrenMadeKidsAgeFilmWatchesBrotherHorrorSixHollywoodGenreCartoonBiased Author:Emraan Hashmi
“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
“Occasional observers of horror movies have a nasty habit of asking why it is that there is always some poor misguided soul who opens the door to the cellar or to the attic or to the crypt when it's quite clear that no sane person would even consider it.” PersonsSoulFilmPoorClearDoorsHabitHorrorHollywoodAskingSaneNastyObserversOccasionalMisguidedCellarsAtticsAsking Why Author:Andrew Tudor
“Typical horror movies of the 1930s were often given a period setting in what looked like a kind of stylized 19th century... the sense of 'elsewhen', of distance, lent to many of these movies by their settings. They exist, as it were, in a 19th century of the mind.” MindKindFilmGivenCenturyPeriodsHorrorHollywoodDistanceSettingSettingsTypical19th Century1930s Author:Andrew Tudor
“In a Western or a thriller there is often room for reflection upon the coercive necessities; even, occasionally, some attempt to pose other possibilities. In the horror movies there is finally a Hobbesian state of nature: 'continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.” MenStatesFilmPoorRoomsDangerPossibilityHorrorReflectionHollywoodWesternViolentSolitaryNastyThrillersViolent Death Author:Andrew Tudor
“Along with supernature and science, there is one other major source of horror movies disorder: the human psyche, most commonly homicidal psychosis. Unlike 'mad' scientists, horror-movies madmen are not visionary obsessives, glorifying in scientific reason as they single-mindedly purse their researches. They are, rather, victims of overpowering impulses that well up from within; monsters brought forth by the sleep of reason, not by its attractions.” HumansWellsReasonFilmSleepSourceHorrorMajorsResearchHollywoodScientistVictimMadAttractionMonstersImpulseDisorderVisionariesPursesMadmenPsychosisOverpoweringHuman PsycheHomicidalMad Scientist Author:Andrew Tudor
“At the time I came along, Hollywoods idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!” IdeasWantedLastsSexBoysHorrorHollywoodPursuitTeenagerGrossInvolvingNudity Author:John Hughes
“I have an agent in Hollywood and he's looking for material. If I get the offer and I feel I relate to that material, I will do it. I would love to do a horror film, a thriller, a tearjerker... I like diversity. I would just like to sustain my sense of humour!” IfsFeelsFilmHumourMaterialsHorrorOffersDiversityHollywoodAgentsRelateThrillersHorror Film Author:Carlos Cuaron
“It's at my mom's house! She keeps everything. We were talking about it the other day - I threw something away, like our passes from Hollywood Horror Nights, and she was like, "Where are they?" I was like, "I threw them out." She was like, "You are just not the sentimental type."” NightHouseTalkingLike YouMomTypeHorrorHollywoodMy MomSentimental Author:Jodi Sweetin
“As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.” MightFilmEnjoyHorrorHollywoodMy FavoriteItalianBridesHorror FilmHollywood Films Author:Johnny Ramone
“You're gonna need a bigger boat.” InspirationalNeedsAmericaFilmLinesHorrorHollywoodBiggerBoatAll TimeMovieInfinityHelloMovie StarInstituteBest TimesGreat AmericanHorror FilmCinematicAll The BestOne LineGreat FilmRankingHollywood MoviesAmerican MovieAmerican FilmBest FilmGreat YearHollywood FilmsInstitutesGreatest MovieAll Time FavoriteAll Time Best MovieAll Time BestFilms And MoviesSaying HelloClassic MovieMemorable MovieAll Time GreatestClassic FilmsQuoting MoviesIconic MovieMovie LinesFilm HistoryDamn YouOne Line MovieQuotable Movie1984 MovieAwestruckFantasy FilmsStupid MovieRadio NewsShark Attacks Author:Peter Benchley
“I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.” TryingBelieveLongNightI BelieveInterestCareersHorrorModelsHollywoodOne NightParadesOne Night Stand Author:Natasha Henstridge