Badness Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

— Andrew Pyper

I was once told by a very well-respected editor, "Category horror is about good vs. evil, that's all it is." And I thought, "That's…

— Peter Straub

Fear is danger to your body, but disgust is danger to your soul.

— Diane Ackerman

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes one's fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

— Andrew Pyper

Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.

— Joe Hill

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 of any kind is dependent on a certain amount of insecurity and paranoia from the audience. And it feeds on that and works…

— James Purefoy

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

— Christopher Eccleston

“The easiest way to disturb or create an element of horror is to take a positive emotion and put it in a negative situation,…

— R.R. Hood

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

— Dario Argento

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