Cinema Quote by Clive Barker

A good horror film is something that taps into something absolutely truthful about us - about what we want, about what we're terrified of…

— Kimberly Peirce

I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.

— J. J. Abrams

There's a certain joy in taking a dramatic narrative and then adding that element of horror to it.

— Lauren Ashley Carter

Horror movies often work better when we have a stake in the game. The more we care about the characters, the more human they…

— Stephen King

However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And…

— Edward Zwick

As a horror movie fan, I was very obsessed with horror films. Still am. I love the genre. For me, horror films are opera,…

— Bryan Fuller

The horror genre has been for me an original way of taking an explicit visual and visionary approach to directing.

— Michele Soavi

The whole idea of genre and categorising films is a critic's construct. For me, I just try and make stories and see where they…

— Ben Wheatley

Horror is one of the few genres that allows you to explore areas in film that normally you wouldn't otherwise.

— Lydia Hearst

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

— Donnie Yen

I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult…

— David Cronenberg

With a horror movie, you're making a metaphor. You're making a personalized nightmare for the protagonist.

— Jordan Peele