“I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.” YearsLongWantedFantasyStylePeriodsHorrorYears AgoThemeGet BackExploring Author:Dario Argento
“Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods, Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Filled up with horror all, and big with death!” ThinkingMomentsBigsLastsBirthPeriodsHorrorConscienceFilledPlotAnxiousIntervalsFilled Up Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison
“Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible new religion to introduce during the brief period of repentance and horror that usually follows bloodshed.” PeopleMenWorldWayBloodPeriodsHorrorSignificantChanging The WorldRepentanceWillingnessIntroducingShedPlausibleBloodshedShowmanship Book:The Sirens of Titan Source: The Sirens of Titan
“I write what I want to write. Period. I don't write novels-for-hire using media tie-in characters, I don't write suspense novels or thrillers. I write horror. And if no one wants to buy my books, I'll just keep writing them until they do sell--and get a job at Taco Bell in the meantime.” IfsWantWritingBookCharacterJobsNovelMediaPeriodsHorrorSellsSuspenseTiesBellsThrillersUsing MeTacosTaco BellSuspense Novels Author:Bentley Little
“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
“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
“A period romance film with elements of horror. That was successful, because I feel like Coppola's DRACULA was one or the other. You know? It was never scary it was never a film he got invested in the romance of the characters. He understood it, but he never got invested. So it as a challenge for me to see if I could do that, I still don't know how audiences will sort of react to that.” IfsKnowsFeelsStillsCharacterFilmRomanceChallengesAudienceKnow HowSuccessfulPeriodsHorrorElementsUnderstoodScaryIf I Could Author:Cary Fukunaga