The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think I scare people. I really have to watch myself.
I use myself as the barometer to gauge what is scary. I like to think if something scares me, then there's a very good chance an audience will feel the same way.
I seem to be the most wordy when it comes to monsters because I'm a bit of a monster freak.
Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.
If we're going to be considered horror filmmakers, we have to prove it not only to ourselves but to the audience that we can actually make something scary.
If you're going to be an entertainer, entertain thoroughly. If you're going to make a scary movie, scare people well.
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.
Real-life things, like spiders and snakes, that doesn't scare me, but if it's a monster or a ghost or an alien, that will always scare me.
What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me.