Horror stories have always worked on film. It's where they work. That's where vampires and ghosts and UFOs are real. They're not particularly real in life, but they're real on the screen. It's the communal aspect of movie-watching.
To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster. - John Carpenter
To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.
- John Carpenter
When you have no money, you need invention. - John Carpenter
When you have no money, you need invention.
We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something. - John Carpenter
We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.
There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this th… - John Carpenter
There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this th…
Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else. - John Carpenter
Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.
Horror has been a genre since the beginning of cinema, all the way back to the days of silent films. I don't think it will ever go away because it's … - John Carpenter
Horror has been a genre since the beginning of cinema, all the way back to the days of silent films. I don't think it will ever go away because it's …
It [horror genre] never dies. It just keeps getting reinvented and it always will. Horror is a universal language; we're all afraid. We're born afra… - John Carpenter
It [horror genre] never dies. It just keeps getting reinvented and it always will. Horror is a universal language; we're all afraid. We're born afra…
Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audienc… - John Carpenter
Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audienc…
Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns. - John Carpenter
Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.
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