Wes Craven Quotes

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

Some horror movies are just for shock value, so it doesn't really feel scary.

If we're going to be considered horror filmmakers, we have to prove it not only to ourselves but to the audience that we can actually make something scary.

Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.

Growing up, I was a huge fan of horror movies. There's nothing more fun than going into a movie with a smile because you know you're going to be scared to death. There's something thrilling about sitting there waiting for a scare to happen.

I loved growing up and going to haunted houses and being scared. I loved watching 'The Exorcist,' 'Candyman' and all sorts of scary movies.

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 don't like the new trends in horror. All this torture stuff seems really mean-spirited. People have forgotten how to laugh, and I don't see anybody who's using it as allegory.

I've never understood the appeal of feeling really scared. I know that people do find it really thrilling. For me, artistically, it needs to be worth the effort of me feeling uncomfortable watching it.

People say you're trapped in this genre. You're a horror guy. I say wait a minute - I'm able to say exactly what I think. I'm able to talk about, comment about, take snapshots of what's going on at the time. I don't feel trapped. I feel like this is my way of being able to express myself.

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.

I grew up watching horror films from a very young age. My sister was never able to watch scary movies; I don't think she'll ever watch mine because she's just so bad at it. Its funny because I'm the complete opposite: I love to be scared. I love to have that fear before you go to bed, and you're like, 'Oh my God, please, nothing come out.'

I will say that when it comes to the horror genre, for me, the scariest thing is when something is actually in the frame.

It's a weird little anomaly about horror films in that the more money and noise you have, the less scary it gets.

I've been a horror fan pretty much in the sense that my sense of horror and my sense of humor were both equally kindled by films as a kid.

The wonderful thing about writing fiction is that no one is stopping you. There's no one saying, 'You can't do that.'

People who have passion for horror stories, their appreciation/my appreciation is looking at it as opera.

One thing I know that's true about horror fans of any color is they like to be scared. And the easiest place to be scared is in a new thing.

I love watching horror films because I don't get scared easily.

Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries to control what I'm doing.

'Malice' wasn't about horror to start with but an underground comic driven by the power of rumour. However, as nothing fuels a rumour like fear, I decided that it had to be a frightening comic.

Part of what horror is, is taking risks and going somewhere that people think you're not supposed to be able to go, in the name of expressing real-life fears.

Horror is my favorite genre, but there have been a few horror movies that have properly scared me and that I don't jump back in to watch over and over.

It's so amazing that you can give somebody like David Fincher 'House of Cards,' and he can do whatever he wants - Netflix doesn't say, 'Oh, you can't do that,' or, 'We need a subplot here about this.' It's pretty neat that it is allowing the creatives to be creative.