Robert Englund Quotes

Horror, of all the genres, is the only one that can provoke an involuntary visceral reaction.

It's not an easy place to be - to write a horror film. You go down the stairs to the dark to find these characters. It's not a place anyone can go, and sometimes it's not a place that you want to go.

I've seen a lot of horror, but I'm not a horror guy.

Every so often, when I am feeling plucky, I try to write a screenplay that combines all 10 of Americans' top phobias and market it as a sleeper hit.

It's not like I particularly have an interest in creepiness for creepy's sake.

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

I'm not a horror fan. I get scared easily.

I'm all about surprises. If you watch a horror movie, and it's called 'Kiss Land,' it's probably going to be the most terrifying thing you've ever seen in your life.

Creepy is better than just plain scary because you can't look away from creepy - you want to know the truth!

I think, specifically with the horror genre, you have to make it very believable because it can come across ridiculous.

I love horror movies.

I think crafting a new, effective horror movie is not just about when night falls and things get scary. It's about setting a tone and mood that permeates throughout the entire movie. So even during the daytime, things are never quite safe-feeling.

I do not watch horror films. At all. I am not a horror film girl; I don't have the stomach for it. I've seen a few in my lifetime, like 'The Shining' or 'Carrie,' but I can't sleep for, like, a week after I see something like that.

I just wanted to be a part of something that's a horror movie that scares you.

The worst thing for me would be going back to where I was - relative obscurity.

I love, love, love, love horror movies.

Horror is one of the few genres that allows you to explore areas in film that normally you wouldn't otherwise.

I've always said if you're comparing movies to music, then horror would be the black metal of the categories.

I've always been really terrible with horror films. I scare really easily and can't stand all the violence and gore.

When horror is about something - capital-A about - that's when it's really landing.

Maybe 'Bhoot' wasn't scary for me because I made it.

I find the horror genre quite challenging. That's not to say everything I've done has been straight horror - a lot of them have been more on the thriller side. But regardless, I find it the most challenging as an actor to create sheer anxiety and terror out of nowhere because there's nothing scary going on and you have to act like it is.

It's easy for me to write a horror movie about real stuff because my mind is always going there anyway.

I am scared of horror movies.

I will never forget seeing Alien when it came out in 1979. I'm not that big a fan of horror, but I remember the slow build, the claustrophobic feeling on the spacecraft, this tremendous sense of impending doom.