Eli Roth Quotes About Horror

Quotes about: Horror

• Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way.

  Eli Roth

  Different, Way, Comedy

  "Eli Roth Exclusive Interview THE LAST EXORCISM; Plus Updates on FUNHOUSE 3D, MAN WITH THE IRON FIST, ENDANGERED SPECIES, More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 25, 2010.

• When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. I want nudity. I want sex and violence mixed together. What's wrong with that? Am I the only one? I don't think so.

  Eli Roth

  Sex, Thinking, Together

  Source: deadline.com

• Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering , 'When do I put my arm around her?'

  Eli Roth

  Arms, Wonder, Horror

• I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war; it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of.

  Eli Roth

  War, Thinking, Iraq

  "Eli Roth answers your questions" by Adam Boult, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2013.

• I want to have an ending where people say: "That's the most shocking ending I've ever seen in a mainstream horror film."

  Eli Roth

  People, Want, Horror

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.

  Eli Roth

  Needs, Actors, Tvs

  "Scream Kings: Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino". Interview with Logan Hill, nymag.com. January 9, 2006.

• I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.

  Eli Roth

  Thinking, Safe, Horror

• I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.

  Eli Roth

  Thinking, Horror, Late

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down.

  Eli Roth

  Safe, Way, Horror

  "'Hostel' Helmer Eli Roth Says Horror Should Have No Limits: 'It's All Fake'". Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. March 27, 2007.

• When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.

  Eli Roth

  Want, Violence, Horror

  "'Hostel' Helmer Eli Roth Says Horror Should Have No Limits: 'It's All Fake'". Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. March 27, 2007.

• Women became almost our bigger audience. Teenage girls went crazy for my movie. I saw it. I went to theatres all over and there were gangs of girls going and screaming. There were kids that were 10 or 11 years old when September 11 happened. They've been told for years they're going to get killed, they're going to get blown up. Every time you go on an airplane, X-ray your shoes because you're going to get blown up. Terror alert orange, don't travel. So, people have a reaction and they want to scream. Horror movies have become the new date movie.

  Eli Roth

  Girl, Teenage, Crazy

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one.

  Eli Roth

  Firsts, Horror, Sequels

• You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.'

  Eli Roth

  Horror, Film, Best Things

• The point of the first one was that it was about guys being lured by sex and the stereotypes... I always say it's like a horror version of Borat. Borat's not an accurate depiction of Khazakstan, it's an accurate depiction of America. That's what Hostel is.

  Eli Roth

  Sex, America, Guy

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie.

  Eli Roth

  People, Want, Horror

  "Eli Roth (Part Two)". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. April 26, 2006.

• The one negative to horror is that it's always law of diminishing returns. When you go in the funhouse, the ride is never scary the second time. You will never have that pure experience as when you first watch it.

  Eli Roth

  Law, Scary, Negative

• I like movies like 'Mother's Day', where you watch it, and you've liked it for years as a horror movie.

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  Mother, Years, Watches

  Source: www.avclub.com

• The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap.

  Eli Roth

  People, Video, Use

• If I don't come home covered head to toe in fake blood then I haven't done my job as a horror director.

  Eli Roth

  Jobs, Home, Blood

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific.

  Eli Roth

  Moving, Perfect Guy, Cabins

  "24 Hours Of Horror With Eli Roth". Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 24, 2007.

• If you don’t want to be scared in a horror film, don’t close your eyes. Close your ears.

  Eli Roth

  Eye, Ears, Want

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