Our lives are pretty calm. Merging on the freeway in the closest you get to risking your life. So what's missing now is that primal emotion of being scared to death, and I think that's why people crave thrills like… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
There is so much misinformation out there. If you give people even a little bit, it gets blown out of proportion then you have… — Oren Peli 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 noose around… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I think that horror, in general, is fairly popular. It's definitely popular in film. There's just not a lot of good horror on TV,… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I'm motivated to learn… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
The most pressure I felt was for the first 'Paranormal Activity,' because when it was released, whether it was going to be a hit… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers.… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I've never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I'm just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have 'Paranormal Activity' be released and become successful. And everything that's happened since… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
The thing that scares me is a place like the Amazon - which is the size of the continental U.S. and mostly unexplored and… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
In many cases your imagination is much more effective than what can be shown. It primes you to know something is about to happen… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
Even if you look at the 'Paranormal Activity' movies, at the end of the movie things get really crazy and nutty, but they all… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I'm having fun with what I'm doing but I'd never categorically say no to something because it's not horror. I'm keeping an open mind. — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
