Keenen Ivory Wayans Quotes

Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof.

I'm not interested in making horror-comedies, but I'm very interested in making scary movies with funny parts.

Frankly, I love 'Scream': I think it's one of the great scary/funny movies.

As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody.

I love horror movies! I've loved horror movies since I was about eight years old, not that an 8-year-old should be watching 'The Shining', but I was allowed to for some reason.

The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story.

The original 'Scream' is one of those classic things, but it totally pokes fun at itself too. It's never taking itself too seriously, which is why I think it's such a cult classic.

I love doing horror with comedy twists and I think it's a really fun genre.

All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie.

I kind of grew up on horror.

I want to start off making the kinds of films that I loved growing up as a kid. Fun horror films that are scary but at the same time, after you finish the movie, it leaves you excited to see more.

I love scary movies and respect the filmmakers of scary movies, and it's just as hard to make a great scary movie as it is to make a great comedy or drama or anything else.

There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'

When we were making 'Teddy Perkins,' we were playing with a lot of horror tropes and things you might've seen in movies before, but we get the ability to subvert expectations or get a comedic element out of a horror moment.

You know, the comedic and horror thing was the key to 'Zombieland,' which is a comedy first.

I think horror is a genre that can be quite good to women.

Basically, I'm an EC comic book guy, man. You can show me anything that's high-spirited horror, and I'll be there giggling.

I've never done a horror movie, like a full-on gore slasher film.

I don't like scary movies.

The 'Friday the 13th' Jason movies were way too scary for me.

I'm actually a fan of horror films.

I like scary movies. I like the mystery that leaves you wanting to watch the next one.

If you make just hardcore horror, there's a limited audience for that. Whereas if it's horror mixed with action, I think you kinda broaden your potential fanbase.

The funny thing is, I was not a fan of horror when I was a kid. I was scared to watch scary movies. And then along came 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,' and 'Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.' And I like those films because they made scary funny, and it was kind of ironic that I ended up doing the 'Hotel' movies.

I love horror films.