Horror Quotes by Scott Derrickson

8 Horror quotes by Scott Derrickson

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Scott Derrickson’s eight lines give a concise window into his blend of dread and spiritual questioning. Even a short set reveals the weight he gives to terror.

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At the end of the day, a "jump scare" scares the audience for the moment. Slow burn horror ideas scare people forever.

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In my opinion, the horror genre is a perfect genre for Christians to be involved with. I think the more compelling question…

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To me, the horror genre is the genre of non-denial. It's about admitting that there is evil in the world and recognizing…

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I'm not interested in gothic storytelling or the horrific for its own sake. I'm always interested in it as a way of…

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The more frightening and sort of dark and oppressive a movie is, the more free you are to explore the supernatural and…

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I'm not going to work outside of genre. It's going to be horror, action, or sci-fi. I don't ever really see myself…

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I love the horror genre for how cinematic it is. I gravitated, I think, initially, toward the horror genre because, of all…

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For me, there is a basic recognition of horror as the most open doorway where the intersection of philosophical and religious ideas…

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Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think, his second…

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I always liked the idea in 'Potter' that you don't choose the wand, the wand chooses you, and that relics decide when you're ready…

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There's a whole, that is a whole subgenre within martial arts cinema. The supernatural martial arts movie. Particularly within Asian cinema.

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The momentum of my creative life and intellectual growth is still the momentum of breaking out of fundamentalism. Because of that, I'm very grateful…

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If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But I also…

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Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible.

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I'm married to a nurse, and she is really, really ardent that - in screenplays or movies that I've worked on, that all the…

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For something to be completely evil is to be nothing. Satan has good attributes - intelligence, for instance - but they are corrupted. I…

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The evil within the fantasy genre tends to be threatening to the heroes within the story, but not to the reader - or not…

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At the end of the day, a "jump scare" scares the audience for the moment. Slow burn horror ideas scare people forever.

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Corporate America limits the world to consumerism. Science can limit it to the material world. Even religion limits it to a lot of theories…

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What I desire most in my life is to become a better person. I genuinely want to be good.

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My interest in the comic goes back a long time, because I grew up reading comics, mostly Marvel Comics, and I always loved 'Doctor…

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