Christopher Young Quotes

Magic frightens people almost as much as it intrigues them.

Even though I don't necessarily believe in everything that's supernatural, I like being scared and I like things that are suspenseful.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

I have always loved reading a little creep-factor and a lot of suspense.

As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things.

People love a good mystery; I understand that.

Horror movies are here to stay, you know? It's not a fad. Even the musical has gone in and out of style from time to time. Horror movies have always been around.

Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares.

You kind of invite a little spooky, creepy vibe into your whole experience of making a movie.

I think 'Oz' is the type of show that makes you turn away in fear and in horror, so for a television show, that's pretty intense.

Horror is edgier. Dark fantasy feels mushier to me. Finding the difference - it's an instinct. And they overlap a lot.

Ironically, I wouldn't say I'm a massive horror fan. I love thrillers.

I've been reading horror since I was five years old.

It was obvious what kind of game they were playing on the set of Amityville.

I think people are just intrigued with the supernatural. I mean, I know that I am. It's something that I find very interesting.

Horror, of all the genres, is the only one that can provoke an involuntary visceral reaction.

Every so often, when I am feeling plucky, I try to write a screenplay that combines all 10 of Americans' top phobias and market it as a sleeper hit.

It's not an easy place to be - to write a horror film. You go down the stairs to the dark to find these characters. It's not a place anyone can go, and sometimes it's not a place that you want to go.

I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.

I do not watch horror films. At all. I am not a horror film girl; I don't have the stomach for it. I've seen a few in my lifetime, like 'The Shining' or 'Carrie,' but I can't sleep for, like, a week after I see something like that.

It's easy for me to write a horror movie about real stuff because my mind is always going there anyway.

I've always been fascinated by horror.

There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.

It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.

I'm a huge fan of ghost stories, that sort of slow build, the suspense and the questioning about whether you're imagining something or if it's real.