Fede Alvarez Quotes

There is a big market for horror in India, but people don't explore that much.

I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently.

And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.

It's funny because I remember when I came to the U.S. with 'Swimming Pool,' the movie did well, and it was great box office for a French movie, but I remember I was a bit upset because all people talked to me about was the nudity.

We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it.

I think the only thing filmmakers can do is try to make good movies and make them as long as they allow us to keep making them. But at the end of the day, it is a business, and if audiences don't care, there's nothing we can do. It'll just go away, I guess.

Horror movies make a lot of money in India.

Just because good films don't work does not mean we should stop making them.

If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away.

For me, money has never been an indicator. And it is very sad that each and every film these days is being judged by the money that it makes. It's a world that I don't want to be a part of, and I try and stay away from that.

I think we shouldn't be shy of thinking that we can interpret text like a movie again, depending on the point of view and what we do with it more than anything else. Of course a lot of remakes of important films, particularly of horror films, they suck.

The black community has always been a fan of horror films, but in terms of the participants, they've been few and far between.

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

You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.

Believe me, sequels are just as hard to make as original films.

It's not easy to make films that one wants to because it is not easy to find a producer that fast for the subjects I want to make. They are not hot cakes in the market.

I would never make a film because I think it's going to be a box-office success.

I cannot put pressure on myself that I have delivered a Rs 100 crore film and now I have to give it again or it will not be successful. Films that earn Rs 50 crore or Rs 60 crore are successful, too.

I'm not afraid of a big studio film; I trust my instincts. But for me, it's not really about box office. It's about looking back on your work and not having to apologize for it.

I have to tell you this - as a teenager, I never used to see any horror films till I started acting in films.

The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success.

Most horror films are made very cynically, and they're usually made by studios for an audience that they know is there, no matter what they put out. And there are always exceptions - every year, it seems we have a great one coming out.

A sequel is going to be a pressure no matter who directs it. A sequel is only made when the original film works.

As far as horror films are concerned, I guess Vikram Bhatt is a brand name.

The box office performance of a film is instrumental in an actor being perceived as saleable.