Dramatic Quote by Lauren Ashley Carter

That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion from people,…

— Diablo Cody

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 is not a genre, it is an emotion. It is a progressive form of fiction, one that evolves to meet the fears and…

— Douglas E. Winter

Honestly, when you're writing you try to stay on the story, on the character's mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There is danger,…

— Fede Alvarez

“The narrative compression of storytelling, especially in the movies, beguiles us with happy endings into forgetting that sustained stress is corrosive of feeling. It's…

— Ian McEwan

The horror genre is real cathartic. It allows us to bring out the things that scare us and get it out and have an…

— Kane

“That’s one of the best things about horror movies – they’re not real life. They’re like emotional cardio. They give us the chance to…

— Patrick Rothfuss

There are many talented and worthy writers engaging horror in new, imaginative, and yes, terrifying ways.

— Paul G. Tremblay

Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story.

— John Carpenter

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

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

— Jordan Peele

The idea that the curtain rises on what is often more or less a happy scene, and it will fall just a few hours…

— Daniel Handler