“Various forms of mind control exist. Some, such as subliminal messaging, are more innocent than others. Subliminal messaging proves the power of influence, where a single hidden image can manipulate the audience’s behaviors and actions.”— Kasey Rae, creepycatalog.com
“In horror movies, a 'new you' usually isn’t something to strive for.”— Chris Catt, creepycatalog.com
“The way he filmed bodies and the themes he tackles — with mortality and the human condition, and identity as well — are themes that I have always been interested in and that I treat in my own work I think as a filmmaker ‘Dead Ringers’ would be my favorite one because for me it’s like his opera. It i…”— Julia Ducournau, indiewire.com
“Scaring people, especially in our day and time, is one of the hardest things on earth, as far as I am concerned. You and I and everyone else in this world live in what is probably the most difficult times that have ever been. We are facing total thermonuclear destruction; and, if you can make someon…”— Stephen King, web.archive.org
“I was still in college when Night Of The Living Dead came out, and when I went to see it the first time, I went in the afternoon. The place was full of kids, mostly from five to eleven. I have never in my life, from the time I was a kid until now, been in an audience where children were so quiet. Th…”— Stephen King, web.archive.org
“How did it get here and why does this abomination breathe? We don’t know the answers yet, but what is clear is that the couple begins raising the lamb child as their own… much to the apparent disapproval of the sheep they keep on their farm.”— David Crow, denofgeek.com
“All horror is political, whether the creators want it to be or not. Before you head straight to the comments with your list of apolitical horror films, let me define my terms. By “political,” I don’t necessarily Republican or Democrat (although it can certainly be that). Rather, I mean political in…”— Joseph George, bloody-disgusting.com
“It's not a neat orderly process to take blank pages and fill them with characters and stories. It's just a big fat mess every time and you have to embrace that. I think for most people, they're used to seeing only the end product -- a clean neat script where every set up has a pay off. But when you'…”— Christopher Ford, longlivethevoid.com
“These cycles of violence keep happening, and they’re like warning signs that we ignore. That’s why I was fascinated with books on genocide, and how this stuff keeps happening. It’s my biggest fear. It terrifies me, so I’m fascinated by it.”— Trey Edward Shults, theverge.com
“I love people! I’m also terrified of people! So they’re fascinating.”— Trey Edward Shults, theverge.com
“By the late 1990s and early aughts, horror movies still had an aura of schlock about them — a cash-grab cynicism, an obsession with exploitative tropes and cheap thrills. But they were mainstream schlock, with no connection whatsoever to the adult industry.”— Mark Hay, melmagazine.com
“Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club—young and adult—in a return to where it all began with 'It Chapter Two.'”— Warner Bros. Pictures, youtube.com
“Falling prey to a hoax or prank on April Fools’ Day often leads to hurt feelings or anger at being duped. In horror, though, it can be downright deadly.”— Meagan Navarro, bloody-disgusting.com
“Stuck between the wave of atomic monsters in the ‘50s and the formation of modern horror as we know it in the ‘70s, the ‘60s is a little harder to pinpoint.”— Meagan Navarro, bloody-disgusting.com
“Audiences are hungry for big scares, and this year’s slate of horror films didn’t disappoint.”— Dahlia Balcazar, bitchmedia.org
“The dominant consensus among Jennifer’s Body fans — including some who were once detractors — is that the film was a victim of timing.”— Louis Peitzman, buzzfeednews.com
“I used old movies like The Shining or Scream as a form of training, just in case I ever needed to keep real-life danger at bay. It wasn’t actually training, of course, but feeling such intense emotions from a film felt like fortification against very real fears.”— Anne T. Donahue, marieclaire.com
“I always liked the most films with great villains and it feels like they started disappearing over the years. I love the monsters, I love Frankenstein, Dracula, King Kong, then there was Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees and now there’s no monsters, there’s no bad guys, it’s always li…”— Rob Zombie, comingsoon.net