Roger Corman Quotes

I'm not really into horror movies.

Horror movies, man, the blood entails so much time. And horror movies are not fun; definitely not starting there as a director. Definitely not horror.

I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.

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

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.

With 'The Conjuring,' I really wanted to create classical cinema-style film-making, pure cinema as it were.

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 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.

Horror has been very good to me in my career. Doing horror films is for the fans and helps keep that part of my career alive.

Tobe Hooper - he did my favorite horror movie, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre.' It's still one of my favorite horror films.

I think 'The Shining' is one of the first horror movies I remember seeing.

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've never done a horror movie, like a full-on gore slasher film.

I grew up really loving old-school horror such as 'Halloween' and 'The Birds.'

I actually do like scary movies. I used to hate scary movies. You know, when I was young, I saw 'The Changeling,' with George C. Scott, which I think is the scariest movie ever made. After I saw that, I swore I would never see a horror film again. Then I started making them.

I liked stuff like 'Halloween,' but I wasn't a horror fanatic until I was in my 30s and then made 'Paranormal Activity.' Now, having a company, I can't imagine doing anything else. But it took me a while to find my love for it.

'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.

I don't like scary movies.

They have so many great horror movies made in the '80s. I mean, the old-school horror is so good.

There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary.

All of the John Carpenter movies scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

One Missed Call' was one of many J-horror films at that time.

I would love to make a horror picture!

I actually don't like slasher movies.

I feel like a zombie movie is kind of like the gold to hear movie.