I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds. — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
Honestly, when you're writing you try to stay on the story, on the character's mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There is danger, and the scares have to kick in the right places with the drama. And you try… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way,… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
Sci-fi is definitely something that I've been wanting to do again since Panic Attack and I want to do it on a feature scale. — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
There are the horror fans that love the 'Evil Dead' because of the humor, but I'm sure it's not all of them. Not all… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don't do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn't matter. It should never… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter the amount of gore, the amount of shocks that you can have in a movie if the movie's not entertaining, if… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder. — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and then you… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
There's always a tone that you have to hit right in horror. With the blood, you want to make sure that it makes sense… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
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