Guillermo del Toro Quotes

One of the very first ghost stories I read - and that was in a forest rest house, where it is a bit scarier - was by M.R. James. He is one of the pioneers of ghost stories. And the book was called 'Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary.'

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.

The first season, 'Supernatural' was very anthology-like. It was like a scary story of the week that the brothers would solve.

Subtle horror is where you rarely see the blood and gore. The violent people are called splatter-punks, who prefer graphic, unrelenting, violent, fast-paced horror. I prefer horror stories with mysterious elements that are chock-full of suspense.

It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.

I have seen 'The Sixth Sense.'

I wanted to write a horror story. But in some ways, I have always thought of myself as a kind of ghost-story/horror writer, though most of the time the supernatural never actually appears on stage.

Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.

I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.

I didn't read The Haunting of Hill House until sometime early in the 1990's.

Even if you look at the 'Paranormal Activity' movies, at the end of the movie things get really crazy and nutty, but they all start in a very mundane situation that people can relate to, and that's also to some degree what we tried to do in 'Chernobyl Diaries.'

When you read a supernatural suspense story or a ghost story, or a horror story, the evil at play is something that you can dismiss. And I wonder if, in this time, if people really want to be sitting on the subway reading a book about someone releasing a dirty bomb on the subway.

I'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills.

I've always been into the horror genre, so I've seen a lot of movies with ghosts and supernatural stuff.

I fully believe in ghosts. I have, my entire life. The first house I ever lived in was haunted. There was a grave of a man in the backyard. I was just a baby then, but my parents would tell me that every night, at the same time, they would hear someone walking up the stairs.

There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'

I didn't make 'The Sixth Sense' because I thought the ending wouldn't work!

I've been a big fan of Joe Hill ever since his first novel, 'Heart-Shaped Box.'

There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story.

I've shot films in locations that have seemed haunted. I shot a film in a maximum-security prison in Russia. Part of it was on a psychiatric ward - there were definitely some creepy vibes there.

In my opinion, what 'The Evil Dead' is to horror, 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' is to action-fantasy, with these horror elements and a steampunk-y twist.

We all live in some kind of home, so the idea that our home could be invested with a supernatural entity is kind of frightening, I think.

I'm a big fan of suspense and tension filmmaking, and that was my goal with 'The Conjuring.'

I do love 'The Turn of the Screw' - I just think that one's always so disturbing.

I never, ever, wanna see 'The Conjuring' again - ever. I don't wanna see 'Annabelle' again.