The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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…
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…
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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