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• I've seen a lot of movies that were great and scary, but not particularly fancy in their filmmaking or performance. And they're still scary, and I think a good horror movie should be scary above all things.

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  Thinking, Scary, Fancy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that's what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big screen. You have to give them a cinematic experience.

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  Thinking, Giving, Needs

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• I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.

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  Stills, Havens

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• In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.

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  Squares, Everyday, Telling Stories

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• I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds.

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  Feelings, Mind, Cozy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works.

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  Thinking, Honest, Storytelling

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't want to spoon-feed the audience, like, "This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like." A lot of movies do that. They don't really give you a choice. They show you the jock, and he's an idiot, and everybody has to hate him. You have no choice.

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  Hate, Giving, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I really don't like to go for the stereotypes. I try to give you characters that you don't know until you get to know them, and [decide] how you should feel about them.

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  Character, Giving, Trying

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• I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too much violence in the beginning, it gets to a point where you don't feel it.

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  Thinking, People, Violence

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on.

  Fede Alvarez

  Trying, Cameras, Witness

  Source: collider.com

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• I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody.

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  Character, Thinking, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• It's a convention, but in horror movies the female characters usually tend to believe easier in a supernatural event.

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  Believe, Character, Events

  Source: collider.com

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• Honestly, when you're writing you try to stay on the story, on the character's mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There is danger, and the scares have to kick in the right places with the drama. And you try not to do too much to try to create those moments. Those moments create themselves.

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  Drama, Writing, Character

  Source: collider.com

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• There's always a tone that you have to hit right in horror. With the blood, you want to make sure that it makes sense all along.

  Fede Alvarez

  Blood, Want, Tone

  Source: collider.com

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• Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me.

  Fede Alvarez

  Evil, Fans, Horror

  Source: collider.com

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• When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

  Fede Alvarez

  Over You, Directors, Shoulders

  Source: collider.com

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