“What I love about watching classic horror films is that they take you on a ride and they obviously make you scared because you're so invested in the characters, you're almost forgetting that oh my God, this is about to scare me.” CharacterFilmForgetHorrorScaredClassicScareHorror Film Author:Katie Holmes
“I find that usually when I watch something like horror film, I'm constantly thinking no, it's not going to happen.” ThinkingHappensFilmWatchesHorrorHorror FilmConstantly Thinking Author:Katie Holmes
“I think when the joke comes from the situation in a horror film, it's really great. I don't like jokey horror films like where people are cracking a joke or being post-modern about it.” PeopleThinkingFilmSituationModernHorrorJokesPostsReally GreatHorror Film Author:Guillermo del Toro
“[I was] feeling like I'd done something horrible, "I'm a despicable person and I'm perverse," and all these things, to a sense of the power and the necessity, in a sense, of horror films and dealing with dark material.” PersonsDoneFeelingsFilmDarkMaterialsHorrorHorribleHorror FilmDespicable Author:Wes Craven
“I realized that I really, almost by accident, had fallen into a labyrinthine, very powerful paradigm for dealing with these things through genre films. And once I realized that and realized the power of it, and the fact that because horror films aren't, in general, studio products - studios back them sometimes, but they don't try to meddle too much, because they kind of don't want to sully their skirts - you have a lot of freedom.” WantTryingKindSometimesFactsFilmPowerfulToo MuchProductsHorrorStudiosAccidentsI RealizedGenreFallenParadigmVery PowerfulSkirtsHorror Film Author:Wes Craven
“I came to terms with living mostly in a world of horror pictures or genre pictures. I have had a few chances to get outside and do something different, like Paris, Je T'Aime or Music Of The Heart, but mostly it's been my lot. And to have created, with a few shocking films, an awareness or a perception of me as somebody dangerous and scary - that can be sold, but trying to sell me for some other kind of picture, like Music Of The Heart, was very difficult.” WorldTryingHeartKindDifferentFilmDifficultTermChanceAwarenessDangerousHorrorPerceptionSellsScaryGenreParisShocking Author:Wes Craven
“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
“When I started experimenting with fantasy and horror films and looking for characters who had some sort of emotional or mental difficulty, I saw opportunities to express my music - dare I say art - in a way that I could get a bit surreal.” WayArtCharacterFilmOpportunityBitsFantasySawsEmotionalHorrorDifficultyDareScreamPopeSurrealHorror Film Author:Nicolas Cage
“As a kid, I couldn't articulate it but I sought out things that could. At first it was horror films - extreme panic and terror, grotesque and maniacal. These films calmed me and made me feel more connected in my experiences.” FeelsFirstsMadeKidsFilmHorrorTerrorExtremesConnectedPanicGrotesqueHorror Film Author:Tony Burgess
“I like horror films and romance films. Films where you're going in being like, 'I'm coming here to be scared or to fall in love.' You have a goal.” FilmRomanceFallGoalLove YouHorrorFalling In LoveScaredHorror Film Author:Donald Glover
“Photojournalists know the horrors of war can only be exposed at close range. Kodak Film.” KnowsWarFilmHorrorPhotographyRangeExposedHorror Of WarKodakPhotojournalists Author:James Nachtwey
“I love horror films, so I guess it's one of those things where I find myself interested in the script.” FilmHorrorScriptsHorror Film Author:Elisha Cuthbert
“That's when you know a horror film delivers - when you're walking out of the theater going 'Oh my God!' You can't get the images out of your mind.” KnowsMindFilmWalkingHorrorTheaterHorror FilmWalking Out Author:Elisha Cuthbert
“Horror films have always been quite operatic for me. I always sort of scratch my head at people's offense to them. If you don't get them, and you don't like them, then don't watch them.” PeopleIfsFilmWatchesHorrorOffenseScratchesHorror Film Author:Bryan Fuller
“That's definitely true! It was before my father died, so I can't attribute it to an obsession with death. When I was seven, I loved those old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone. The Scarlet Claw was one of my faves. And I loved all the Halloween's and that film about the haunted house... Burnt Offerings, with Oliver Reed. Every birthday party was a slumber party and we'd watch horror films.” I CanFilmFatherHousePartyActingWatchesHorrorDiedSevenObsessionAttributesOfferingHalloweenHolmesClawsHorror FilmSlumberReedsScarletBirthday PartyFather DiedMy Father DiedHaunted HousesBasilFaveSlumber Party Author:Cate Blanchett
“I know what I miss as a cinemagoer is that balance of films that actually scare me, they're so few and far between. I loved ghost stories, I love horror stories, I love all of that stuff, but I really yearn for something to actually frighten me.” KnowsStoriesFilmStuffMissingBalanceHorrorGhostScareGhost StoriesHorror Stories Author:Jane Goldman
“I'm a huge fan of 1930s horror - Universal films. I grew up with them and I just absolutely love them.” FilmFansHugeGrewHorrorGrew UpUniversal1930s Author:Marco Pirroni
“I personally just want to do as many different things as I can do, whether it's comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, narrator... You've got a documentary, I've got a voice. Animated films. Big films, small films.” WantI CanDifferentBigsFilmVoiceCan DoFictionComedyDramaHorrorScience FictionDifferent ThingsDocumentariesAnimatedNarratorsAnimated Films Author:Colin Farrell
“I'd never watch a horror film, but after I found out I was going to be in one, I watched, like, four of them, including The Shining, I was terrified - I couldn't sleep for days. But I wanted to get myself used to things I was going to see on the set.” WantedFilmUsedFoundSleepWatchesFourHorrorShiningIncludingTerrifiedHorror Film Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this thing in the darkness that we don't understand. Internal is the human heart.” HumansHeartTwoDifferentStoriesFilmEvilDarknessHorrorInternalsTribesHuman HeartHorror Film Author:John Carpenter
“One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have somebody copy you.” FilmCareersHorrorLowsMaking MoneyBudgetsHolidayCopiesKillersAttackingFlatteringHorror Film Author:John Carpenter
“Horror stories have always worked on film. It's where they work. That's where vampires and ghosts and UFOs are real. They're not particularly real in life, but they're real on the screen. It's the communal aspect of movie-watching.” RealStoriesFilmHorrorAspectScreensGhostVampireUfoHorror Stories Author:John Carpenter
“Horror has been a genre since the beginning of cinema, all the way back to the days of silent films. I don't think it will ever go away because it's so universal. Humor doesn't always travel to other countries, but horror does.” ThinkingWayDoeHas BeensCountryFilmHorrorUniversalSilentGenreCinemaGoing AwayOther CountriesSilent Films Author:John Carpenter
“Forget horror icon, Kety Bates is an icon. She's an acting icon. I was raised on so many of her films, everything from Misery to Fried Green Tomatoes to Delores Claiborne, all films that I've watched multiple times and been inspired by.” FilmForgetActingHorrorGreenMiseryRaisedInspiredMultipleIconsTomatoesFried Green Tomatoes Author:Matt Bomer
“I read a lot of ghost stories because I was writing a ghost story. I didn't think at all I was writing a horror or a thriller or whatever because it is about a ghost, whereas a horror film can be about aliens or things that rise out of the marsh that have no human shape.” ThinkingWritingHumansStoriesFilmHorrorShapesGhostAliensThrillersHorror FilmGhost StoriesMarshes Author:Susan Hill
“It's just occurred to me that some horror films everybody laughs because they're so ridiculous and they're so frightening in a way, the filmmakers' are trying everything, that they just end up being funny.” WayTryingEndsFilmLaughingHorrorRidiculousFilmmakerFrighteningHorror FilmBeing FunnyTrying Everything Author:Susan Hill
“With The Exorcist we said what we wanted to say. Neither one of us view it as a horror film. We view it as a film about the mysteries of faith. It's easier for people to call it a horror film. Or a great horror film. Or the greatest horror film ever made. Whenever I see that, I feel a great distance from it.” PeopleFeelsMadeSaidWantedFilmViewsMysteryEasierHorrorDistanceHorror FilmExorcist Author:William Friedkin
“I love horror films, but it's more than an adrenaline rush for me. I love them because I know they scare me. It's kind of like I go on roller coasters, but I'm terrified of roller coasters, sort of thing.” KnowsKindFilmGoes OnHorrorScareTerrifiedAdrenalineHorror FilmRoller CoasterCoastersAdrenaline Rush Author:Emily Browning
“I want to have an ending where people say: "That's the most shocking ending I've ever seen in a mainstream horror film."” PeopleWantFilmHorrorMainstreamShockingHorror Film Author:Eli Roth
“It's not that I'm not a horror fan, it's just that the horror scripts I've been sent have been rubbish and obvious. Because they usually are in horror films - it's just about scare factor. You're always one step ahead, you know who's going to die first, you know who's going to survive, you're going to get a jump every twenty minutes.” KnowsFirstsHas BeensFilmDiesStepsFansMinutesHorrorTwentiesScriptsObviousFactorsScareRubbishHorror FilmHorror Fans Author:Danny Dyer
“Death's just something that inspires me, not something that pulls me down. I used to get called morbid at school. I have always loved horror films; I like being frightened.” SchoolFilmUsedInspireHorrorFrightenedHorror FilmMorbid Author:Damien Hirst
“Well, outside of the tone, the big thing that I gained from working on horror film was how to shoot really quickly with no money. I learned how to be able to go into a production and know exactly what shot I need to get and how the shot needs to look and what performance I need to get out of the talent at a very quick pace.” KnowsNeedsWellsLooksBigsAbleFilmTalentHorrorShotsPerformancesProductionsTonePaceBig ThingsNo MoneyHorror Film Author:Deon Taylor
“As an adult, the only people who care about horror movies are academics. No one loves to talk about horror films more than somebody with a Ph.D. in cultural studies at a university.” PeopleCareFilmStudyHorrorAdultsUniversityWho CaresOne LoveHorror Film Author:Chuck Klosterman
“When horror turns into gore, when you show the monster, the killings, and the blood, it loses its suggestive powers. It loses part of what makes a horror film a horror film, which is that the images you see develop in your brain and you become the one imagining what you are not seeing on screen.” ShowsFilmTurnsLosesBrainSeeingBloodHorrorKillingScreensMonstersGoreHorror Film Author:Raul Garcia
“It is interesting to note that the best periods of Italian Horror films came out of the Sixties, when Italy was enjoying a carnival period of phenomenal optimism, and the shadowy side surfaced with all of its attendant dark, beautiful, baroque, catholic symbolism.” BeautifulFilmEnjoySidesDarkInterestingPeriodsHorrorOptimismCatholicNotesItalianSixtyPhenomenalSymbolismHorror FilmCarnivalsBaroque Author:Barbara Steele
“I have an Honors Degree in Drama from the University of Alberta, but when it was done I knew a life in modern theatre was not for me. While figuring out what the hell I might do instead of theatre, I spent a couple of days on a horror film doing stunt work. I'd never been behind the camera before, and I loved everything about it. I joined the local film co-op - The Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta - because you could trade skills for experience. These indie filmmakers were making their own stuff their own way, all the time. Instant education.” WayArtDoneMightFilmStuffBehindsHellModernCoupleHonorDramaHorrorSkillsDegreesCamerasTradeUniversityTheatreLocalsVideoFilmmakerInstantHorror FilmAlberta Author:Karen Walton
“I'd never imagined myself writing at all until I was almost 30. And horror films weren't to my taste, at least the super popular (slasher-y) ones of the day back then. The first novel I ever loved as a kid was Frankenstein, and I was always a crazy Hitchcock and Polanski fan... but I never saw myself - a square spazzy girl from the suburbs - writing anything that would horrify anyone. Or so I thought.” WritingFirstsKidsFilmGirlNovelSawsCrazyFansTasteHorrorSquaresSuburbsHorror FilmHitchcock Author:Karen Walton
“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
“I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few.” MenWantMadeFilmKnownHorrorHorror Film Author:Christopher Lee
“As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had a great story; 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' of course, was probably the first real horror film I was in.” IfsFirstsRealEndsStoriesFilmCoursesActorsOpportunityStreetsHorrorNightmareGood StoryHorror FilmDead EndsNightmare On Elm Street Author:Lin Shaye
“People make films about all kinds of relationships, but they won't do these extremely intense platonic love affairs that happen between young girls. In a way they are more intense than anything else you ever have, and that's what I wanted to make a film about, though it was in the context of a horror film.” PeopleWayKindHappensWantedFilmYoungGirlHorrorAffairIntenseAll KindsLove AffairHorror FilmPlatonicPlatonic Love Author:Mary Harron
“I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.” FilmHorrorFunctionVersionsGenreHorror Film Author:Mary Harron
“I am horror fan in that I think that they are very effective on me. I get scared very easily. I am a scaredy cat. When I was younger, my mom used to rent Alfred Hitchock films, so I saw a couple of those and I was terrified by them.” ThinkingFilmUsedSawsFansMomCoupleHorrorCatScaredMy MomTerrifiedHorror Fans Author:Alexandra Daddario
“I feel like most horror films are made for teenagers about teenagers. I've done a couple of those horror films. There's nothing wrong with that but the older I get the more I starve for more adult material.” FeelsMadeDoneFilmMaterialsCoupleHorrorAdultsTeenagerHorror Film Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I wouldn't be a part of anything that had acts of violence toward children. I don't think I would do a horror film, either. That just doesn't sit well on my soul.” ThinkingWellsChildrenSoulFilmViolenceHorrorMy SoulHorror FilmActs Of Violence Author:Kate Winslet
“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
“When I was a kid I was really into horror films. I watched every single horror film that came out in the 80s.” KidsFilmHorror80sHorror Film Author:David Hayter
“If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away.” IfsThinkingFilmHorrorDemandSequelsHorror Film Author:Fede Alvarez
“Americans are very enthusiastic. We have a new generation of moviegoers who love great horror films. I am a very imaginative man, and for me, it's easy to speak with my dark side. I have very beautiful, interesting nightmares.” MenBeautifulFilmSpeakEasySidesDarkInterestingGenerationsHorrorNightmareImaginativeEnthusiasticDark SideNew GenerationVery BeautifulHorror Film Author:Dario Argento