Horror movies scare me. I don't really watch them. I'm not a big horror genre fan. I like certain classic horror - like 'Alien', 'Jaws', 'The Exorcist', stuff like that. Katharine Isabelle alienbigclassic Change image and share on social
Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps. Kirk Hammett doorstepfronthome share on social
Horror movies travel pretty well anyway. They're like action movies: People overseas can watch them and enjoy them, and they're not so culturally specific in terms of their references, and they can follow a good scary story. Robert Englund actionculturallyenjoy share on social
Horror, of all the genres, is the only one that can provoke an involuntary visceral reaction. Stephen Graham Jones genrehorrorinvoluntary Change image and share on social
Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without. Nancy A. Collins catharticconfrontdarkness Change image and share on social
Horror stories give us a way of exhausting our emotions around social issues, like a woman's right to an abortion, which I always thought was the core of 'Rosemary's Baby,' or the backlash against feminism which I always thought was the core to 'Stepford Wives.' Chuck Palahniuk abortionbabybacklash share on social
Horror used to be one thing, and I think that's starting to broaden - there can have subgenres, and other things can be going on in a horror story. In comics, you'll never get the 'Boo' effect in a comic; you can go for mood, atmosphere and personal tragedy to build the horror elements and sense of dread. Cullen Bunn atmosphereboobroaden share on social
Horror will always be there, it always comes back, it's a familiar genre that some people, not everyone - it's sort of the cinema anchovies. You either like it or you don't. George A. Romero anchovybackcinema Change image and share on social
Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence. H. P. Lovecraft commonhorrorinfluence Change image and share on social
Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces. Jack Benny cutfortyham Change image and share on social