Jason Blum Quotes

I really liked 'Super 8'. If Steven Spielberg is an executive producer of anything, you know that it's going to be amazing!

I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better. The writing and directing have improved a lot, because the audience demands it.

I actually like older horror movies more than newer ones because when I'm watching newer ones, like 'Chucky' or 'Saw' or whatever, I'm like, 'Come on, really, this isn't even good, all it is is blood and knives.' I like when it has a story line, you know? When it's actually a movie.

Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today.

I like making sci-fi movies because I like watching sci-fi movies. I like watching horror. I like being in a horror movie. I'm a fan. My perspective's a little different just because I get to participate as well as spectate.

With most other genres, you need movie stars. With horror, you just need a story.

I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low key 3D film.

The new 'Avatar' BluRay is a lesson in filmmaking. It really is inspiring.

I do fat people and these makeups are really hard to do, but I want to make monster movies.

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.

I feel that in horror movies, especially, if you don't care about the characters, you've lost the audience. No one cares, and it becomes a process of watching people get killed.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.

I'm a guy who likes to watch something cool, creepy and suspenseful and there is no show to watch as an adult that would scare me at for even four seconds.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Shooting a horror story with kids, I always explain really simply. They may be scary to watch, but they're a lot of fun to shoot. You know, the kids have a great time shooting these movies. Whether you let them watch it is another matter.

The greats are 'The Shining', 'Rosemary's Baby', 'Don't Look Now', 'The Exorcist' - those movies were not really slashers: they were about psychological terror and had very deep emotional backdrops. If we do our best, '6 Miranda Drive' can be that kind of a movie.

I love scary movies and respect the filmmakers of scary movies, and it's just as hard to make a great scary movie as it is to make a great comedy or drama or anything else.

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

I have had a lifelong fascination with horror movies, scary movies, how they work.

The quality of television is becoming so good from an actor standpoint, where you get to do these amazing scenes with amazing directors and cinematography.

Things that matter are a great story, entertainment, how the lead part moves the story forward and who the directors are.

It's not that I won't do any horror movie. The script has to be good and also the execution has to be perfect to attract the viewers.

If the script is not good, the film will not work.