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“I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.”

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Author:Laura Lippman

“I hate plastic surgery. I have a horror of any kind of knife. I don't like it.”

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Author:Rebecca De Mornay

“I've seen little pieces of 'Interview with a Vampire' when it was on TV, but I kind of always go yuck! I don't watch R-rated movies, so that really cuts down on a lot of the horror.”

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Author:Stephenie Meyer

“I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror films seem to always take place at night and the weather's always bad) then I might be interested.”

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Author:David Naughton

“I used to look at horror movies as being really real and it would totally freak me out and give me nightmares. Now I watch and think, 'whoa how'd they do that?”

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Author:Evan Peters

“My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box.”

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Author:Aaron Levie

“I don't know. I think that horror, in general, is fairly popular. It's definitely popular in film. There's just not a lot of good horror on TV, so whenever there is good horror on TV, people rush to it.”

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Author:Oren Peli

“I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.”

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Author:Oren Peli

“Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares.”

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Author:Cassandra Peterson

“To me, the scariest movie ever made to this day is The Exorcist. It still scares the living hell out of me, and it’s because of the fantasy element. It’s the exorcism. It’s the Devil. It’s not a guy breaking into your house trying to torture you or cut your whatever off. Those kinds of movies don’t do it for me, and I don’t call them horror.”

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Author:Cassandra Peterson

“I'm a fan of horrors. I love the ones that make you jump. My girlfriend hates it. I've been dating her for one-and-a-half years and I'm crazy about her, but she's terrified of horror films. Not the cute 'Will you hold me?' way, but she's weeping. With 'House of Wax,' we'll be sleeping and I'll go to the bathroom and she's sitting up waiting for me.”

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Author:Jared Padalecki

“I don't have a horror film in me just because I don't like to be scared. But I definitely have a documentary in me, and I certainly have dramas.”

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Author:Todd Phillips

“Horror fans need horror, okay? They don't need little worms squirming around going down your throat. To them, that's not horror.”

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Author:Michael Rooker

“When you think of it I haven't really done a lot of horror. It's amazing: I have done some really good ones, but I haven't done a lot of them.”

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Author:Michael Rooker

“I know it's such a boring interview sometimes with us at 'American Horror Story', but I just can't say a word. I would certainly love to be back, that's for sure. It's such a great job.”

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Author:Lily Rabe

“Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.”

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Author:Sam Raimi

“I love horror movies. I mean, who doesn't like a good horror movie every once in a while? It's fun to get scared.”

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Author:Tara Reid

“I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.”

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Author:Dario Argento

“There have been 14 versions that I can find of Burke & Hare movies. They have all been horror films and all the movies have taken place in Victorian times, which doesn't make any sense.”

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Author:John Landis

“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.”

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Author:Joshua Leonard

“I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.”

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Author:J.K. Simmons

“Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft.”

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Author:Maggie Stiefvater

“I don't understand it, but every horror film is huge. I would consider one, but I don't know if my heart would be in it.”

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Author:Roselyn Sanchez

“I'm not so sure that horror should be dismissed as something less than literature.”

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Author:Whitley Strieber

“I'm so excited to see 'Horns' because it's so many different genres in one film. It's a sci-fi, it's a love story, it's a horror movie, it's a fairy tale.”

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Author:Juno Temple

“I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.”

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Author:Rachael Taylor

“In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is.”

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Author:Barry Watson

“If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.”

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Author:Jennifer Weiner

“Atrocities are now shown in 30-second bites. Hardcore artistic horror is an expression of hating your neighbour. The gruesome imagination feeds on vanity, lust, self-indulgence and despair, rather than the hope of the Holy Spirit. The Body of Christ needs to look and repent of our own fallenness.... Whatever arena Christians withdraw from goes to hell.”

“As you meditate, you will be able to look at the beauties and horrors of life and accept them with an equal mind. You will love more and be kinder to those around you.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Tantra is the perception of the oneness and the perfection of all things. Not just the perception of light, but the perception of darkness, seeing God in both beauty and horror.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell.”

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Author:Carolyn Maloney

“I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.”

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Author:Gabriel Macht

“I think horror films always have to be as simple as possible.”

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Author:Glen Mazzara

“I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.”

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Author:Edgar Wright

“I don't care for horror and fantasy films. I never go to see them in the theater. I know I've played in many of them, but I didn't do them because of their genre - I did them just because I loved their scripts.”

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Author:Peter Weller

“I think there's a lot of elements that go into making a really awesome horror film and that's like putting together like a real good group of people that you love to watch them either live or die.”

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Author:Elisha

“Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.”

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Author:Charlie Chaplin

“I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you name it.”

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Author:Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

“I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.”

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Author:Valorie Curry

“Exposed! shines a harsh light on the myriad horrors of modern society and reports back from the fearful frontlines with wicked wit and paranoid power. From the murky waters of New Orleans to the scarred psyches of our own image-obsessed existence, Exposed! is the last headline we get to read before reality comes tumbling down.”

“Letters to the editors of English and American newspapers often contain expressions of horror about the new terms that creep into the language, and these expressions are usually accompanied by dire predictions about ruination of the mother tongue.”

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Book:Word Play: What Happens When People Talk

Source: Word Play: What Happens When People Talk

“The ugly is very appealing to man. It's instinct. One shrinks from the ugly, yet wants to look at it. There's a devilish fascination in it. We extract pleasure from horror.”

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Author:Sonya Levien

“I'm constantly watching people. Watching their strengths and weaknesses. I find myself going into theater less and less, let alone horror. I gave that up when I was seven or eight years old.”

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Author:Jonathan Frid

“I'm a horror movie fanatic.”

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Author:Gina Philips

“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.”

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Author:Gina Philips

“Number one is that it just scares people! Your hair is standing up on your arms, or at least that there's a few moments when you're jumping. That's what makes it a good horror movie.”

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Author:Gina Philips

“The fact that 'A Dirty Job' has comedy and supernatural horror in it, that both are woven in and out of it with a whimsical tone, despite the fact that it's about death, makes it hard to characterize with standard genre labels - but I have no problem with that. I'd call it a funny story about death, and leave it at that.”

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Author:Christopher Moore

“Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the plot may seem to be lacking, the special effects alone are well worth the price of admission.”

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Author:Derek R. Audette

“Heaven is the perfect place to raise children. Everything will be just the way it was intended to be in the beginning, a perfect environment without pain and danger, accidents and death and the horrors of this world. Babies won't have to cry. - They'll have everything they need. We'll be able to read their little minds, and we won't have to wonder what they're needing. Just think of all the advantages of rearing children in Heaven. It will be pure pleasure!”

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