#horro

The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#bearing #been #caused #eastern #events

I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily. ↗

— Oliver Stone

#get #horror #horror movies #i #movies

I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give them as much energy as they're willing to give to the picture. ↗

— Sam Raimi

#energy #feel #give #great #horror

I brought Sammy inside and put him to bed. Said his prayer with him. “‘Now I lay me down to sleep…’” To me, just random noise. Gibberish. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was, but I felt that, when it came to God, there was a broken promise in there somewhere. ↗

— Rick Yancey

#apocalypse #cassie #fiction #god #horror

Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there finds it more than it can bear? Shall there be no strong meat at table because there happen to be some guests there whose stomachs are weak, or who have spoiled their own digestions? ↗

— Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

#supernatural #supernatural

Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly. ↗

— Stephen King

#king #on-writing #stephen-king #information

Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#evil #horror #supernatural #supernatural

Stare at him," said Ghost. "They won't bite you if you keep staring at them." Steve backed away. "They bite?" Not really. They hiss at you, mostly. The only time geese are ever dangerous is when you happen to be standing on the edge of a cliff. I heard about a guy that almost got killed that way." By geese?" Yeah, there was a whole flock of them coming after him. All hissing and cackling and stabbing at his ankles with their big ol' beaks. He didn't know you had to stare them right in the eye, and he panicked. They backed him right over a fifty-foot cliff." So how come he didn't die?" This guy had wings," said Ghost. "He flew away. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#supernatural #vampires #supernatural

It's poor judgment', said Grandpa 'to call anything by a name. We don't know what a hobgoblin or a vampire or a troll is. Could be lots of things. You can't heave them into categories with labels and say they'll act one way or another. That'd be silly. They're people. People who do things. Yes, that's the way to put it. People who *do* things. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#monsters #names #supernatural #supernatural

Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror. ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#supernatural #supernatural