I'm not interested in making horror-comedies, but I'm very interested in making scary movies with funny parts. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Ryan Murphy and I share our love of horror and musicals. I think those things somehow go together. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think when people are scared, they like to see movies where the scares are not real. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
With most other genres, you need movie stars. With horror, you just need a story. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Horror is great storytelling with scary elements on top of it, but if you don't have great storytelling, you can have all… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think scary movies work best when they're relatable, and I think one of the scariest things to young people now is… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The key to a good horror movie is what happens between the scares. The scares aren't the tricky part. If you're involved… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The business of horror movies goes up and down, and people are always like, 'It's working,' 'It's not working,' but generally, I… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
My favorite thing about horror is that it attracts this great group of nuts, of which I include myself in. I was… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I wasn't a fanboy of horror. I didn't grow up on horror movies. I grew up loving all movies. I still love… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I liked stuff like 'Halloween,' but I wasn't a horror fanatic until I was in my 30s and then made 'Paranormal Activity.'… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I love being the underdog. It's one of the reason I like making horror movies, because a lot of people don't like… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Ethan Hawke is not a horror movie fan, but he's a really good friend of mine, and I finally cajoled him into… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think the mistake people make with horror movies and what makes them successful is a lot of horror movies get made… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
When there's a great horror movie, people are like, 'Horror's back!' And when there's a series of not so good ones, 'Horror's… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
It's harder and harder to scare people, and filmmakers are aware of that, and they're making the movies better, and I think… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think horror movies are still - this can be said of all movies - but being with a group of people… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I really love 'Poltergeist.' I think that's a great, terrific movie. I did really love the first 'Friday the 13th.' I thought… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
People don't call them horror movies, but Hitchcock, for me, is my favorite storyteller. He was really exploring dark themes, and I… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I've grown to love it, but I'm not like a lot of other people who were always crazy horror fans like Eli… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Great stories and acting always win the day. If the story behind the scares is dramatic and the filmmaking is great, it… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
People look down on it, but I love the community of horror. Writers and directors are a tight group of people, and… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think good suspense and horror is really about creating situations that are relatable, and throwing a wrench in it and watching… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I try to work with people who you're not used to seeing in scary movies. I think it makes for a more… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Unless you're making Marvel movies, I think CGI usually suffers, especially in mid-budget-range horror movies where you see CGI. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I have a real kind of fundamental philosophical belief that movies are better if everyone gets paid when they work, and if they don't… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I'm attracted to things that make a point or have a certain point of view, but it's not a conscious thing that I decide… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I wasn't a fanboy of horror. I didn't grow up on horror movies. I grew up loving all movies. I still love all movies,… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's one of… — Jason Blum Copy Share
'Paranormal Activity' had fifty versions because it was $250 to reshoot. We'd screen it, see one thing wrong, shoot for an hour, fix it,… — Jason Blum Copy Share
There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative… — Jason Blum Copy Share
If you go to business school, and you put a product out there in the world, and it's working, the logic is to keep… — Jason Blum Copy Share
It's easy to get a theatrical release that shows in one theater for a week. But there's no advertising, and no one sees the… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I love to go see big movies, I just don't make them. It's just a different business. — Jason Blum Copy Share
I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand. — Jason Blum Copy Share
The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums… — Jason Blum Copy Share
