--- title: "13 Great Horror Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Great Horror quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Great Horror sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/nia-dacosta-7417_about_what-s-great-about-horror-is-that-horror_126656.jpg" --- > [What's great about horror is that horror stays with you after you leave the theater. You can say every great film stays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-dacosta/what-s-great-about-horror-is-that-horror-stays-with-you-after-you/) [Nia DaCosta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-dacosta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/nia-dacosta-7417_about_what-s-great-about-horror-is-that-horror_126656.jpg) > [Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-englund/many-great-horror-stories-are-period-pieces-and-english-actors-have-a/) [Robert Englund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-englund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/robert-englund-2458_actors_many-great-horror-stories-are-period-pie_580383.jpg) > [They have so many great horror movies made in the '80s. I mean, the old-school horror is so good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maika-monroe/they-have-so-many-great-horror-movies-made-in-the-80s-i-mean-the-old/) [Maika Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maika-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/maika-monroe-7472_good_they-have-so-many-great-horror-movies-ma_2436371.jpg) > [Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neve-campbell/scream-was-great-for-what-it-was-for-a-horror-film-it-was-intelligent/) [Neve Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neve-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/neve-campbell-9519_film_scream-was-great-for-what-it-was-for-a-h_902794.jpg) > [I think there is a feeling of old Hitchcock in there. There are parts that are tributes to some of the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-philips/i-think-there-is-a-feeling-of-old-hitchcock-in-there-there-are-parts/) [Gina Philips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-philips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/gina-philips-53915_feeling_i-think-there-is-a-feeling-of-old-hitchc_1093420.png) > [What 'Scream' was great at was presenting ironic detachment and then making you actually care about the people that were having it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/what-scream-was-great-at-was-presenting-ironic-detachment-and-then/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c75/joss-whedon-480_care_what-scream-was-great-at-was-presenting_841802.png) > [In a great horror movie, you've gotta have some character development and you've gotta set some of your people up and you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-englund/in-a-great-horror-movie-you-ve-gotta-have-some-character-development/) [Robert Englund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-englund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/robert-englund-2458_character_in-a-great-horror-movie-you-ve-gotta-hav_1762001.jpg) > [Americans are very enthusiastic. We have a new generation of moviegoers who love great horror films. I am a very imaginative man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dario-argento/americans-are-very-enthusiastic-we-have-a-new-generation-of/) [Dario Argento](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dario-argento/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/dario-argento-10411_beautiful_americans-are-very-enthusiastic-we-have_3113770.jpg) > [With The Exorcist we said what we wanted to say. Neither one of us view it as a horror film. We view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-friedkin/with-the-exorcist-we-said-what-we-wanted-to-say-neither-one-of-us/) [William Friedkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-friedkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/william-friedkin-10094_distance_with-the-exorcist-we-said-what-we-wanted_2945437.jpg) > [A great horror film works as a communal experience more than almost anything else, except for maybe a comedy. That's something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-aster/a-great-horror-film-works-as-a-communal-experience-more-than-almost/) [Ari Aster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-aster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/ari-aster-15271_cinema_a-great-horror-film-works-as-a-communal_2060867.jpg) > [The Dead was cool, It's a great horror story. I went to the casting director of this movie and talked to him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-mcgrory/the-dead-was-cool-it-s-a-great-horror-story-i-went-to-the-casting/) [Matthew McGrory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-mcgrory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/matthew-mcgrory-29656_agents_the-dead-was-cool-it-s-a-great-horror-st_1781446.jpg) > [The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/the-thing-is-horror-is-a-big-part-of-sherlock-holmes-doyle-also-wrote/) [Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/mark-gatiss-10930_bigs_the-thing-is-horror-is-a-big-part-of-she_334669.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-blum/when-there-s-a-great-horror-movie-people-are-like-horror-s-back-and/) [Jason Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-blum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/jason-blum-2829_about_when-there-s-a-great-horror-movie-people_652931.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-horror/#itemlist", "name": "Great Horror Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What's great about horror is that horror stays with you after you leave the theater. 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