Quotes About Horror

I've always wanted to do a horror film. I don't know if my agent will be happy I said that when I get sent some crap horror films, but I'd like to do a good one, like 'It Follows,' or 'The Babadook.'

Everybody's making horror films and, to me, not especially well.

Great horror films don't win Academy Awards.

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.

I don't like horror films. Horror films in the sense of the way horror films are now, like 'Saw,' I don't like that, I don't.

I love horror films. I love ghost movies and haunted-house movies.

I don't think you need to spend $40 million to be creepy. The best horror films are the ones that are much less endowed.

As much as I like watching horror films, I never thought I would act in them.

The kind of filmmaker that I am, even my darker horror films generally are still very fun. And I think that's important for me and the kind of films I make.

I thought the marketing was really smart and really clever and unique at the time. It positioned 'Saw' as a horror film that was different from the other horror films that were in the crowded marketplace.

I love all kinds of movies. I love a really good comedy and not the cheesy ones. My parents hate this, but I love horror films. Those are my favorite, and of course, dramatic roles. I'm really drawn to those as well. All different genres.

People used to always complain that horror films have no stories, that it's all just about kills and stuff like that.

I want to start off making the kinds of films that I loved growing up as a kid. Fun horror films that are scary but at the same time, after you finish the movie, it leaves you excited to see more.

There are very few horror films that I think are worth their salt.

The horror films that I've made have been satirical in one way or another or political, and I really think that's the purpose of horror. I don't see that happening very often.

There are classic horror films that, if you are a human being in this world, you have to have seen. They've become a part of our culture.

I would love to do more horror films.

For me, 'The Haunting of Hill House' is a series about life after a haunting, what happens after the credits roll in most horror films.

I've always liked horror films, but I have discovered that shooting for scenes in which you play a spirit is not easy.

As far as horror films are concerned, I guess Vikram Bhatt is a brand name.

I've been asked countless times, 'Why are you drawn to horror films? Why do you think women are drawn to horror films?' And it's because, in a way, it's one of the few genres that tells it like it is. A lot of times, women do feel like they're running for their lives somehow.

I do like horror films, but I wouldn't ever be interested in putting a horror on stage - blood doesn't equal horror.

I don't watch horror films at all and if at all I see, then my mother gets really bugged. She switches off the television and tells me not to destroy her sleep and happiness.

I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.