I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works. — Fede Alvarez Honest Copy Share Image
There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that. — Fede Alvarez Animation Copy Share Image
Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me. — Fede Alvarez Evil Copy Share Image
I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody. — Fede Alvarez Actor Copy Share Image
I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds. — Fede Alvarez Audience Copy Share Image
I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake. — Fede Alvarez Film Copy Share Image
For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don't imagine that there's other ways to make a… — Fede Alvarez Cinema 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… — Fede Alvarez Features 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… — Fede Alvarez Demand Copy Share Image
Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will… — Fede Alvarez Audience 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… — Fede Alvarez Cameras Copy Share Image
I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest… — Fede Alvarez Able 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… — Fede Alvarez About Copy Share Image
Maybe because I'm a child of the 80's, but for me a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and… — Fede Alvarez Children 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… — Fede Alvarez About Copy Share Image
I don't want to spoon-feed the audience, like, "This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one… — Fede Alvarez Audience 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… — Fede Alvarez Audience 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… — Fede Alvarez About 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… — Fede Alvarez Feels Copy Share Image
That's kind of my ideal sequel - a movie that continues the story, takes one character and moves on, and moves forward… — Fede Alvarez Character Copy Share Image
Maybe because I'm a child of the '80s, but for me, a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and… — Fede Alvarez Anything Copy Share Image
A good horror movie - it doesn't matter how many comedy horror films there have been before. Doesn't matter how much you… — Fede Alvarez Been Copy Share Image
I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do… — Fede Alvarez Always Copy Share Image
I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft. — Fede Alvarez Big fan Copy Share Image
When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder. — Fede Alvarez Cinema Copy Share Image
It's a convention, but in horror movies the female characters usually tend to believe easier in a supernatural event. — Fede Alvarez Believe 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… — Fede Alvarez Blood Copy Share Image
I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on. — Fede Alvarez Camera Copy Share Image
'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult. — Fede Alvarez Adult Copy Share Image
What some of the early horror genre masters knew, and what I know, is that the audience are perverts, but in the… — Fede Alvarez Audience Copy Share Image
I have my pride. I'm a director. I'm not going to go and recreate some other director's vision. — Fede Alvarez Cinema 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… — Fede Alvarez Character Copy Share Image
You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is… — Fede Alvarez Backgrounds Copy Share Image
I really don't like to go for the stereotypes. I try to give you characters that you don't know until you get… — Fede Alvarez Character Copy Share Image
I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I… — Fede Alvarez Challenge Copy Share Image
As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point,… — Fede Alvarez Directing Copy Share Image
Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That's my favorite version of the film, the one that I… — Fede Alvarez Cutting Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of movies that were great and scary, but not particularly fancy in their filmmaking or performance. And they're… — Fede Alvarez All things Copy Share Image