Horror Quote by George A. Romero

When horror films are made in times of political strife, I think they're not made with an instinct to add to the chaos but…

— Karyn Kusama

Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way.

— Jordan Peele

Most horror films are made very cynically, and they're usually made by studios for an audience that they know is there, no matter what…

— Ari Aster

In some ways, the audience becomes complacent when they go to a horror film. And so it's fun to take that attitude and then…

— Ari Aster

Horror films are art, it's all make believe. It's great if a filmmaker can try to push boundaries and see how much an audience…

— Tom Six

Horror has been a genre since the beginning of cinema, all the way back to the days of silent films. I don't think it…

— John Carpenter

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

What's so exciting and unstoppable about the horror genre is that I view it all as metaphorical exploration. It's the safe place that we,…

— Mike Flanagan

I think horror films in the past maybe touched on social themes having to do with whatever era in which they were made, but…

— Brooke Nevin

I think comedy and horror are very similar in that there's a very direct intention. So you're trying to be funny, or you're trying…

— Evan Peters

There are classic horror films that, if you are a human being in this world, you have to have seen. They've become a part…

— Sissy Spacek

Horror films are the anchovies of the cinema. Either you like them, or you don't.

— George A. Romero