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. Adam Wingard Read Quote
I like the idea of a character that you wanna like even though you know he’s making immoral choices throughout the film. Adam Wingard Read Quote
Drive’ is definitely an inspiration because it was a film that was able to use what would normally be considered cheesy, kind of bold, electronic music choice and pull it off in a mainstream way. Adam Wingard Read Quote
I love so-called movies that are bad movies, but ‘Prometheus’ is one of those movies that people are gonna come back around on in 20 years. There’s gonna be midnight screenings of that thing. Adam Wingard Read Quote
A lot of people ask me, ‘Are you going to do a sequel to ‘The Guest’ or ‘You’re Next?’ – those movies weren’t financially viable, so even though there are a lot of fans of it, it’d be a pretty small market we’d be appealing to. It’s got to be a big hit for you to really justify that. Adam Wingard Read Quote
What’s really scary about the original ‘Blair Witch’ is that it doesn’t really answer any questions, so what makes that ending so scary is you walk out feeling dirty because you don’t even know what happened. It feels wrong. Adam Wingard Read Quote
I think the hardest part about making a scary film is about being able to retain the mystery, especially when it comes to supernatural stuff. Adam Wingard Read Quote
This house I grew up in was built in the 1800s, and the back yard was like a cemetery. Naturally, I grew up in an environment where ghosts and supernatural things were very unnerving to me, because my brothers and I dealt with it on a daily basis. Adam Wingard Read Quote
You can be precious about something like ‘Blair Witch’ and say, ‘How dare you approach it as a sequel or remake’ or whatever, but its legacy was so tarnished by ‘Book of Shadows’ that someone had to come in and do something in the spirit of the original. Adam Wingard Read Quote
To me, the thing about anime is that it’s so adult-oriented. I remember going to Suncoast growing up, and you see ‘Akira’ there with the little ‘Not for Kids’ sticker on it. That always made an impact on me. Adam Wingard Read Quote
