I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them. — Rick Baker Copy Share Image
“Lee leaned closer to her and swore he could smell fear coming off her in waves, the way a shark smells blood… — Pamela K. Kinney Southern Haunts Devils in the Darkness Copy Share Image
“Eche, eche, AB32, CD54, EF76, Amanda thought as she kissed Steven. At any moment, she would either kill or transform him.” — Howard Dunkley Copy Share Image
It’s funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made! But even a quite good romantic comedy. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again The welcome morning with its rays of peace. — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
“There’s no better way for a woman to punish a man than to make him sleep away from her.” — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
Waiting for the horror is almost more frightening than actually seeing it. Just the pending dread. — Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr Copy Share Image
I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie. — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I've worked on some movies that get put in the horror shelf on the video stores, but they're really structurally like mysteries,… — Ehren Kruger Copy Share Image
“I felt the strangling tendrils of a cancerous horror whose roots reached into illimitable pasts and fathomless abysms of the night that… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
I'm not a blood and guts person. I remember seeing 'House of Wax' as a teenager in 3D. This was years ago,… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
“The wolf did not ask for permission. It waited until Gabriel’s desire opened the door. Not with courage. Not with dignity. But… — Valon G Copy Share Image
Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.' And each… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I urge the believers to fight; if there be of you twenty steadfast, they shall overcome two hundred; and if there be… — Compton Gage Copy Share Image
Usually I don't find gore or slasher films scary. What works for me is the slower build where you are tightening the… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I do think that Lovecraft is very influential to the horror genre, but I also didn't want to ignore the fact that… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
“He came through the door howling, an axe arched high over his head. His eyes danced in madness, stuck fast on the… — Amanda M. Lyons Copy Share Image
“[M]y mother read a horror novel every night. She had read every one in the library. When birthdays and Christmas would come,… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I think that laughter is very close to terror and horror. Maybe that's just me, but that sort of all - over… — Jennifer Lynch Copy Share Image
This is how I feel about horror films: there's enough scary things that happen in day-to-day life. Sometimes just going and getting… — Josh Hamilton Copy Share Image
I have an Honors Degree in Drama from the University of Alberta, but when it was done I knew a life in… — Karen Walton Copy Share Image
A piece of literature can be many things but first of all it must capture its audience. You need to seduce people,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to work with Brad [Falchuk] and Ian [Brennan] again on something comedic, and we are having a blast… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
“Our fiction is not merely in flight from the physical data of the actual world…it is, bewilderingly and embarrassingly, a gothic fiction,… — Leslie Fielder Copy Share Image
![“[M]y mother read a horror novel every night. She had read every one in the library. When birthdays and Christmas would come, I would consider buying her a new one, the latest Dean R. Koontz or Stephen King or whatever, but I couldn't. I didn't want to encourage her. I couldn't touch my father's…” quote by Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9de/dave-eggers-638_books_m-y-mother-read-a-horror-novel-every-nig_645974.jpg)
![“I knew I wanted to work with Brad [Falchuk] and Ian [Brennan] again on something comedic, and we are having a blast writing SCREAM QUEENS. We hope to create a whole new genre - comedy-horror - and the idea is for every season to revolve around two female leads.” quote by Ryan Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a4d/ryan-murphy-7917_blast_i-knew-i-wanted-to-work-with-brad-falchu_1906325.jpg)
![“Our fiction is not merely in flight from the physical data of the actual world…it is, bewilderingly and embarrassingly, a gothic fiction, nonrealistic and negative, sadist and melodramatic – a literature of darkness and the grotesque in a land of light and affirmation…our classic [American]…” quote by Leslie Fielder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d5/leslie-fielder-256330_american-literature_our-fiction-is-not-merely-in-flight-from_1659268.jpg)
