David Arquette Quotes

My favorite scary movie was always 'Halloween.' I love that there's hidden emotion underneath Michael Myers' psychotic behavior. Plus, he has the best mask, hands-down.

For many different reasons, my number one favorite horror movie is 'Halloween II.' I love the way it's shot, and I love the way the synthesizer sounds on the score.

I would love to do a 'Scream'-type movie.

Michael Myers is a very famous character. This is the ninth movie with Michael Myers, and when you put on that mask for the first time, you get a little chill going down your spine.

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

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.

When I think of 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' there was a warmth to those teenagers that I related to. They were not aware that they were in the middle of a horror film, and I really loved those characters and I empathized with them.

I would love to make a horror picture!

The first time I ever saw a horror movie, I think I was in middle school, and we watched 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and 'It' at a slumber party.

The movie that scared the hell out of me was 'The Blair Witch Project.' I can't remember another movie that scared me the way that one did.

I think 'The Thing' is so good because it's not just a scary movie. It's also social commentary, which works on multiple levels, which is something I really respond to.

Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself.

I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game.

'The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me.

If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That's probably number one.

The normal storyline of a horror film or a slasher film is the young, beautiful college folks go camping and get systematically killed by the person in a mask. So that's how it normally is.

'Halloween' is classic Michael Myers.

What I like about the Carpenter take on 'The Thing' is the fact that it just has so much suspense. It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements.

The 'Friday the 13th' Jason movies were way too scary for me.

When 'The Ring' came out, it destroyed me for an entire week. I just couldn't deal with how terrifying that film was.

I've always wanted to do a horror film. I don't know if my agent will be happy I said that when I get sent some crap horror films, but I'd like to do a good one, like 'It Follows,' or 'The Babadook.'

The great thing about 'The Exorcist' is it's dead serious horror. No comedy, no self-reference, it's a documentary style.

I like the original 'Halloween.'

The Lighthouse' isn't scary. A few people have said it is, but I don't think it is.

I haven't seen 'The Exorcist,' but I've seen a lot of pictures of the girl in it. So now I don't actually want to see it. She scares me so much. I don't know what it is, but even though it's quite old now, it still has the best and scariest make-up I've ever seen in my life.