Leslie Poles Hartley Quotes

Even the most impassioned devotee of the ghost story would admit that the taste for it is slightly abnormal, a survival, perhaps, from adolescence, a disease of deficiency suffered by those whose lives and imaginations do not react satisfactorily to normal experience and require an extra thrill

Leslie Poles Hartley

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• I mean, horror films in general put humans in these awful supernatural or horrible situations, but 'Cabin In The Woods' cranks it up a few notches and becomes outrageous and totally bizarre.

  

  Fran Kranz
  • Up
  • Mean
  • Supernatural

• I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Science
  • Human
  • Monster

• I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • World
  • Imagination
  • Monster

• I really like the power of stopping the laughter and turning it to horror.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Power
  • Laughter
  • Horror

• I watched 'Evil Dead' when I was 12. I was going through all the horror I could grab. I remember going to the video store and asking for something 'real.' And the guy gave me the 'Evil Dead' VHS. When you're 12, you're not supposed to see that.

  

  Fede Alvarez
  • Remember
  • Guy
  • Horror

• I think female-centric films shouldn't be only about thriller or horror. Angelina Jolie has been doing all kinds of stuff.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Think
  • Doing
  • Horror

• Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Mind
  • Society
  • Cancer

• People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.

  

  Tania Raymonde
  • People
  • Good
  • Perfect

• Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence, and diminishing them, restricting their dimensions, is itself a civilizing act.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Violence
  • Horror
  • Panic

• I love horror movies.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Love
  • Movies
  • Horror

• I try to stay far away from anything creepy and supernatural. I'd rather not think about it.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Think
  • Try
  • Supernatural

• When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it.

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • Film
  • Moment
  • Fantasy

• A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the publicity, and I offered to try and find another title, but Clint liked it, and it stayed.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Child
  • Find
  • Fight

• There are the horror fans that love the 'Evil Dead' because of the humor, but I'm sure it's not all of them. Not all horror fans love 'Evil Dead' because of the humor, at least not me.

  

  Fede Alvarez
  • Evil
  • Fans
  • Humor

• Basically, Urban Fantasy means D&D in New York. Ordinary people have no idea that they share the world with fantastic, supernatural creatures. It can't just be vampires or werewolves; it has to be a whole continuum of fantastic beings, with their own society within society.

  

  Ted Naifeh
  • People
  • World
  • Society

• Even though 'Hemlock Grove' was a serious, supernatural mystery, it was pretty fun on set. It was a light mood.

  

  Kaniehtiio Horn
  • Fun
  • Pretty
  • Light

• I'm not really a horror movie fan.

  

  Dan Scanlon
  • Movie
  • Really
  • Fan

• I'd never thought of horror as being so challenging, but it is.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Never
  • Thought
  • Horror

• To explore the unknown and the familiar, distant and near and to record in detail with the eyes of a child, any beauty, (of the flesh or otherwise) horror, irony, traces of utopia or Hell. Select your team with care, but when in doubt, take on some new crew and give them a chance. But avoid at all costs fluctuations of sincerity with your best people.

  

  Dan Eldon
  • People
  • Beauty
  • Explore

• The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.

  

  James Thurber
  • Time
  • Sleep

• At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.

  

  Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
  • Guy
  • Day
  • Evil

• Even the most impassioned devotee of the ghost story would admit that the taste for it is slightly abnormal, a survival, perhaps, from adolescence, a disease of deficiency suffered by those whose lives and imaginations do not react satisfactorily to normal experience and require an extra thrill

  

  Leslie Poles Hartley
  • Horror
  • Supernatural