Being Quote by Andrew Pyper

Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

— Dario Argento

Horror is about dreams and heightened states. It really is about taking away the logic on some level and getting right to the emotion…

— Tim Minear

Horror has always reflected societal anxiety. Like 'Godzilla' coming out of the aftermath of nuclear war. It tells us what we as a society…

— Nia DaCosta

Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it.

— Anonymous

“At this point, a few words on this term 'horror' are perhaps called for. Some amateurs of this kind of literature engage in endless…

— Michel Parry

Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it. Sadness, whether it be from bereavement, or disappointment, or…

— James De Mille

The attraction of horror is a mental, or even an intellectual, excitement, but the fascination of the repulsive, so noticeable incontemporary writing, can spring…

— Ellen Glasgow

I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to…

— Adam Arkin

Horror is often about how we live in the liminal, whether we want to or not.

— Paul G. Tremblay

Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares.

— Cassandra Peterson

Horror is the future. And you cannot be afraid. You must push everything to the absolute limit, or else life will be boring. People…

— Dario Argento

Horror can be contained within a book, given form and meaning. But in life, horror has no more form than it does meaning. Horror…

— Richard Flanagan