Leigh Whannell Quotes

A lot of horror movies just look at how they can scare people, and no matter which character dies, you don't ever really feel enough to actually care.

Some horror movies are just for shock value, so it doesn't really feel scary.

Fear has disappeared. No more fear. In Asia, it is different. They've discovered again the fear and the psychology of the characters. Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.

I've been a fan since I was a kid of that sort of bump-in-the-night stuff. I don't tend to go in too much for the slash-and-burn-'em or the walker kills on 'The Walking Dead.' That stuff's not necessarily the stuff that frightens me or gets me going. It's more the terror of waiting, the thriller aspects, that I find compelling.

I love horror movies, and the kid is always such a big part. Kids are usually seen as so innocent, like, 'Oh, they can't do anything that creepy - they're kids!' That's what a lot of horror movies draw on, so getting to join that 'club' is really cool.

I hate jump scares. I really hate them. I think there's nothing special about being able to startle someone - that's an involuntary reflex, and it makes people laugh.

I think 'The Thing' is so good because it's not just a scary movie. It's also social commentary, which works on multiple levels, which is something I really respond to.

Number one is that it just scares people! Your hair is standing up on your arms, or at least that there's a few moments when you're jumping. That's what makes it a good horror movie.

And I love a scary movie. It makes your toes curl and it's not you going through it.

The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.

I love when you go to a horror film with real horror fans and everybody's there watching, getting involved and screaming. That's when it's most alive and exciting for me.

Personally, I'm a real wimp with scary movies. I get so scared.

It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.

I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.

The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards.

I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions.

I love 'Paranormal Activity' and 'The Exorcist.' 'The Shining' is a great one too, but there's not a lot that scares me. Maybe it's because I know the other side of it, and I know how movies are made, but it takes a lot for me to get freaked out.

I love watching scary movies because you always wonder what happens next, and that's what's going to happen on 'The Haunting Hour:' you're always going to want to know what happens next.

I'm always jumping in my seat or gasping during a good horror movie.

I loved growing up and going to haunted houses and being scared. I loved watching 'The Exorcist,' 'Candyman' and all sorts of scary movies.

With a horror movie, you don't want to anticipate where things are going to go.

I don't understand it, but every horror film is huge. I would consider one, but I don't know if my heart would be in it.

I don't watch horror movies because they scare me!

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with the rest of cinema.