Horror Quotes

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  The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Fear, Halloween, Scary

  H. P. Lovecraft (2014). “Complete Collection Of H. P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks With 100+ Audiobooks (Complete Collection Of Lovecraft's Fiction, Juvenilia, Poems, Essays And Collaborations)”, p.11, Ageless Reads

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  Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Halloween, Imagination, Scary

  Study in Scarlet (1888) ch. 5

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• When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.

  George A. Romero

  Scary, Zombie, Earth

  George A. Romero (2015). “Dawn of the Dead”, Simon and Schuster

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• Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Writing, Thoughtful, Reality

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• When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Courage, Fear

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• Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

  Clive Barker

  Life, Believe, Scary

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The monster was the best friend I ever had.

  Boris Karloff

  Friendship, Best Friend, Movie

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Horror films don't create fear. They release it.

  Wes Craven

  Film, Release, Horror Film

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• Whatever you do....don't fall asleep.

  Heather Langenkamp

  Fall, Scary, Nightmare On Elm Street

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• The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Fear, Halloween, Strong Emotions

  H.P. Lovecraft, Digital Papyrus (2014). “H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works Including Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links)”, eBookIt.com

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• There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Imagination, Mystery

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear”, p.30, BoD - Books on Demand

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• Horror alone brings peace of mind.

  Ernest Becker

  Mind, Peace Of Mind

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• Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!

  Bram Stoker

  Movie, Children, Halloween

  Dracula ch. 2 (1897)

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  There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Inspirational, Bangs, Cinema

  "Attributed to Alfred Hitchcock in "Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion"". 1984.

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• Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

  Theodor Adorno

  Psychology

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.164, Verso

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• I came to the conclusion that in comedy, everybody gets what they need, whereas in horror, everybody gets what they deserve. I decided that at the end of the day, I was going to give everybody what they needed.

  Neil Gaiman

  Giving, The End Of The Day, Needs

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. September 28, 2005.

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• Civilization is hideously fragile... there's not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.

  C.P. Snow

  Civilization, Coats, Fragile

  C.P. Snow (2011). “A Coat Of Varnish”, p.43, House of Stratus

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• You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.'

  Eli Roth

  Film, Best Things, Knows

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• Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life.

  Jean Giraudoux

  Death, Dying, Ultimate

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• The greatest horrors of our world are committed by people who are totally sincere.

  John Mortimer

  Our World, People, Sincere

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• Ultimate horror often paralyses memory in a merciful way.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Memories, Way, Paralysis

  H. P. Lovecraft (2016). “H. P. LOVECRAFT äóñ The Ultimate Horror Collection: 60 Occult & Supernatural Mysteries in One Volume: The Greatest Spine-Chilling and Blood-Curdling Stories of Terror & Macabre: The Call of Cthulhu, The White Ship, The Dunwich Horror, At The Mountains Of Madness, The Whisperer in Darknessäó_”, p.274, e-artnow

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• Even as a child I felt in my heart two opposite emotions: the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Children, Heart, Two

  "Baudelaire: a self portrait".

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• The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life-the terror of art.

  Franz Kafka

  Dream, Art, Halloween

  Franz Kafka (1972). “The Metamorphosis”

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• I love when you go to a horror film with real horror fans and everybody's there watching, getting involved and screaming. That's when it's most alive and exciting for me.

  David Arquette

  Real, Fans, Alive

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Horror and moral terror are your friends.

  Marlon Brando

  Moral, Apocalypse, Terror

  "Fictional character: Colonel Walter E. Kurtz". "Apocalypse Now", www.imdb.com. August 15, 1979.

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