--- title: "9 Horror Think Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Horror Think quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Horror Think sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/robert-englund-2458_comedy_i-love-the-idea-of-comedy-in-horror-i-th_1261663.jpg" --- > [I love the idea of comedy in horror. I think this should be allowed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-englund/i-love-the-idea-of-comedy-in-horror-i-think-this-should-be-allowed/) [Robert Englund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-englund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/robert-englund-2458_comedy_i-love-the-idea-of-comedy-in-horror-i-th_1261663.jpg) > [True horror, I think, deals with dread and menace and gets under your skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-anderson/true-horror-i-think-deals-with-dread-and-menace-and-gets-under-your/) [Brad Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/brad-anderson-19230_dread_true-horror-i-think-deals-with-dread-and_2680940.jpg) > [My first six books were horror, I think because when I was young I loved Stephen King. John Wyndham, Daphne Du Maurier,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-pinborough/my-first-six-books-were-horror-i-think-because-when-i-was-young-i/) [Sarah Pinborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-pinborough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/sarah-pinborough-14664_because_my-first-six-books-were-horror-i-think-b_220185.jpg) > [Audiences are very sophisticated and they know the nuts and bolts of the genre - certainly with horror more than others I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reece-shearsmith/audiences-are-very-sophisticated-and-they-know-the-nuts-and-bolts-of/) [Reece Shearsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reece-shearsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/reece-shearsmith-58702_audience_audiences-are-very-sophisticated-and-the_62215.jpg) > [I think more than comedy, probably more than straight drama, I like horror. And horror I think I'm particularly good at. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-derrickson/i-think-more-than-comedy-probably-more-than-straight-drama-i-like/) [Scott Derrickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-derrickson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/scott-derrickson-8957_best_i-think-more-than-comedy-probably-more-t_1532415.jpg) > [That was horrible. Horrible. That poor little guy." Pex was unrepentant. "Yeah, well, he asked for it. Calling us ... all those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eoin-colfer/that-was-horrible-horrible-that-poor-little-guy-pex-was-unrepentant/) [Eoin Colfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eoin-colfer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/eoin-colfer-736_alive_that-was-horrible-horrible-that-poor-lit_1232114.png) > [Why do I choose horror? I think it feels the most like a release, in a sense. It can be therapeutic. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-thatcher/why-do-i-choose-horror-i-think-it-feels-the-most-like-a-release-in-a/) [Sophie Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-thatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/sophie-thatcher-5947_actor_why-do-i-choose-horror-i-think-it-feels_752564.jpg) > [My first horror film was - well, I don't know. 'Bless the Child' is sort of genre, but 'May' was such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-bettis/my-first-horror-film-was-well-i-don-t-know-bless-the-child-is-sort-of/) [Angela Bettis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-bettis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/angela-bettis-48284_after_my-first-horror-film-was-well-i-don-t-kn_2512711.jpg) > [“Six days, and I have eaten nothing. It is night. I am sitting in my chair. Ah, God! I wonder have any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/six-days-and-i-have-eaten-nothing-it-is-night-i-am-sitting-in-my/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77c/william-hope-hodgson-38192_death_six-days-and-i-have-eaten-nothing-it-is_2471344.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/horror-think/#itemlist", "name": "Horror Think Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love the idea of comedy in horror. 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Jesus, forgive me, but I cannot live, cannot, cannot! I dare not! I am beyond all help—there is nothing else left. It will, at least, spare me that final horror… … . \"I think I must have been dozing. I am very weak, and oh! so miserable, so miserable and tired—tired. 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