Slasher Genre Quotes

John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed have kept the original intent of the concept.

Within the structure of 'Scream 4,' there is the film within a film, but that's been part of the 'Scream' franchise since 'Scream 2,' when you had the 'Stab' franchise.

You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get together.

Well when I hear 'slasher' I think about the 80s.

It is so hard nowadays to find a movie that I like. I don't mind blood and gore. But I mind when its a slasher film, and its some guy looking for women. I am opposed to that kind of thing. Blood and gore? I love that kind of thing.

I find 'Chainsaw' to be a very relaxing film.

I never watched 'Harper's Island.'

I couldn't believe that people went to see 'Saw,' that people actually lined up.

To me, 'Scream' is a masterpiece on every level - the performances, the humor, the tone - it's just flawless.

I really do like a really good science fiction movie and a really good horror movie. Those are the kinds of things I really like. But, I mean, I'm not into sort of like slasher movies. I like a really good science fiction movie, which is hard to do. They don't make many really good ones any more.

I'm not a big slasher film fan.

I've never seen 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', I've never seen 'Halloween', I've never seen any of the 'Friday the 13ths.'

Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic.

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

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.

I actually don't like slasher movies.

The Young Slasher

Actually, I loved Chucky. It's one of the strangest movies I've ever seen.

Psychological horror I've always appreciated, like 'Rosemary's Baby.' The slasher movies and the grotesque movies are the ones that I've really been off for a while.

Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad to be sentimental in books?

We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.

All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie.