For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief. — 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
