Classic Horror Quotes

When I was old enough to go to movies alone, I got to see 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula' on the big screen. I just fell in love with them.

The Shining' is one of the few horror movies that I actually like and it actually scared me.

I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.

'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific.

I'm not a huge scary movie kind of guy; like, I don't do slasher movies, because I'm really squeamish. But if I had to pick a favorite, it would definitely be 'The Shining' with Jack Nicholson. Not only is that a scary movie, it's just a flat out classic.

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

So many people of my generation all grew up with that shock theater package on television of 'Frankenstein,' 'Wolfman,' 'Dracula,' 'Mummy,' all the Universal stuff.

I'm not a blood and guts person. I remember seeing 'House of Wax' as a teenager in 3D. This was years ago, the original 'House of Wax', and that was scary enough for me that I thought I'd never see another one.

'Son of Frankenstein' is never talked about in the same tone as James Whale's 1931 'Frankenstein.' But it should be. It was Boris Karloff's last appearance in the Frankenstein series and stars Donnie Dunagan, then a child actor.

I tend to look way back for my inspiration: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe.

The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

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

As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.

I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration.

I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those.

The Dracula movies are probably some of the most famous and enduring ones there are and I am very grateful to them, for sure.

Signing up for 'It Follows,' I didn't have any idea it was going to turn out the way it did, but seeing it, the music and the feel of it definitely was pretty amazing, getting that kind of throwback feel to classic horror movies.

I'm a big fan of the older vampire movies.

I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.

I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot.

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

It's difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesn't matter if you're talking vampire movies or 'Dawn of the Dead' or 'The Thing' or 'Escape From New York.' Those kind of movies, they understand what the old-school B-movie is supposed to be, they get the throwback of it.

The movie 'Black Cat,' from 1934, is one of my favorite movies.

My favorite zany horror flick is 'Evil Dead 2.' Sam Raimi is awesome! I saw this back in the day when I was younger. 'Evil Dead' was actually scary, and 'Evil Dead 2' was zany as hell. I don't really watch 'Army of Darkness' though.

Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original.