Adam Wingard Quotes

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.

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

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'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.

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.

I've never been a big horror genre fan, but I did go see 'Nightmare on Elm Street' in the theaters and I dug it. I thought it was cool.

I don't watch scary movies. Sometimes, even having to read the script and do an episode of 'Grimm,' I get a little tense because I know someone's going to jump out of somewhere.

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.

If something comes along that is totally outside of horror, fine, but I find there's an immense amount of freedom within the genre.

I would love to do more horror films.

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.

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'm a big fan of horror movies. But I prefer visceral to viscous, let's just say that.

I'm not a fan of horror movies at all, I'm a real wuss when it comes to the genre and I think 'The Woman' would totally scare me if I hadn't been working on it.

A lot of modern horror can leave me cold, and I'm not good with blood and gore and all that stuff. It's not fun for me. There's nothing entertaining about watching a film like that.

It's been said that horror films are experimental forms of art, and I agree. As an actress, you're put in positions and have to experience emotions that are way beyond reality, whether fighting in a post-apocalyptic world or being possessed by the Devil.

I don't like the slasher stuff, myself, but I do like the psychological horror of Roman Polanski and that world. But, it's curious to me why people do like to be afraid.

The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.

It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.

The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards.

I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.

In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.