Quotes by Horror Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn't like the word 'horror'. They, like I, went for the French description: 'the theatre of the fantastique'. Christopher Lee description horror theatre I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few. Christopher Lee horror want men Horror allows you to do things as a composer than you're able to do in no other style of movie. The music has to be aggressive. You can't tiptoe around. It has to be incredibly focused dramatically - no time for second thoughts. It needs to generate a kneejerk reaction. Christopher Young aggressive style horror I'm a fan of 20th century orchestral music, the experimental avant-garde composers of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. In horror movies you can write music that if it was performed on the concert stage would have the audience running out of the room with their fingers in their ears. But in a movie all of a sudden it becomes incredibly accessible and appreciated. Christopher Young horror writing running My job scoring a horror movie is like being the barker at a carnival. A good barker can get anyone to walk into the roped-off tent. Especially with the main title, my job is to convince the audience to take the leap into the film even though their better sense is telling them, "I should put my popcorn down and get the hell outta here"! Christopher Young hell horror film Each wedding picture was less of a memento than a scar. Proof of some horror movie scenario Katherine Kenton has survived. Chuck Palahniuk scar memento horror I have a horror of sentimentality, and I cannot forget that its name is Saint-Saëns. Claude Debussy horror saint names I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set. Clea DuVall movie-sets horror fun I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms. Clive Barker contradiction horror thinking All things are true. God's an Astronaut. Oz is Over the Rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live." - Peloquin Clive Barker rainbow horror monsters I've always thought that sex and horror belonged together. Clive Barker horror together sex I feel very fortunate to have been a part of many successful contemporary horror franchises. Corey Feldman horror successful feels Civilization is hideously fragile... there's not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. C.P. Snow coats horror civilization The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross. D. A. Carson treasure horror sin Death's just something that inspires me, not something that pulls me down. I used to get called morbid at school. I have always loved horror films; I like being frightened. Damien Hirst horror inspire school I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call "contemporary headline horror," stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches our attention in the media, those strange cases that we end up obsessing about. I'm always influenced by weird anecdotes and news. And, you know, lastly, probably things that have happened to me in my own life. Dan Chaon horror strange attention I'm not really a horror movie fan. Dan Scanlon horror fans I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared. Danai Gurira scared horror hate That's one of the horrors of war, that you can train a person, train them to hate, train them to kill. It's a terrible thought. Daniel Inouye horror hate war Without music in a horror there is actually such a big part missing. Daniel Stamm horror bigs missing «1234567891011»