Fede Alvarez Quotes & Sayings

There's so much stuff going on behind the cameras. Sometimes people think these things are done certain ways and when you watch that you see how hard and down and dirty it was. — Fede Alvarez

It doesn't matter the amount of gore, the amount of shocks that you can have in a movie if the movie's not entertaining, if the story's not entertaining. — Fede Alvarez

There are the horror fans that love the 'Evil Dead' because of the humor, but I'm sure it's not all of them. Not all horror fans love 'Evil Dead' because of the humor, at least not me. — Fede Alvarez

In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer. — Fede Alvarez

Every day I spend in Hollywood, I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck, and I cannot imagine making a film that way. — Fede Alvarez

If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements. — Fede Alvarez

Sci-fi is definitely something that I've been wanting to do again since Panic Attack and I want to do it on a feature scale. — Fede Alvarez

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft. — Fede Alvarez

'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult. — Fede Alvarez

Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh. — Fede Alvarez

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do. — Fede Alvarez

Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and then you start cutting stuff out. — Fede Alvarez

In general I think the inspiration was to think about all those movies that I saw as a kid and never knew they were remakes, because I know there's probably another kid going to watch Evil Dead who has no idea. — Fede Alvarez

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

Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That's my favorite version of the film, the one that I put in theaters. That's my directors cut, there's no question about it. — Fede Alvarez

For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don't imagine that there's other ways to make a film, but unfortunately there is. — Fede Alvarez

'Evil Dead' was such a big movie in my life. It's one of the few that I really remember when I watched it for the first time. I mean, I don't remember when I first saw 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and it's one of my favourite movies. — Fede Alvarez

I watched 'Evil Dead' when I was 12. I was going through all the horror I could grab. I remember going to the video store and asking for something 'real.' And the guy gave me the 'Evil Dead' VHS. When you're 12, you're not supposed to see that. — Fede Alvarez

I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it. — Fede Alvarez

As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience. — Fede Alvarez

A good horror movie - it doesn't matter how many comedy horror films there have been before. Doesn't matter how much you think it's going to be funny. A good horror movie will scare the hell out of you ... the moment you sit down and you start being exposed to that story, it's going to freeze your blood. — Fede Alvarez

You can make a film with a phone and a computer if you want, if you have the time. So it's a world that is saturated with films and all kind of stuff, so it's such a blessing to be able to make a film and people care, and even if they say that it's a bad idea, at least they care and they're talking about it. — Fede Alvarez

That's kind of my ideal sequel - a movie that continues the story, takes one character and moves on, and moves forward with that character that survived with the first one. — Fede Alvarez

Most filmmakers go out with the first feature and nobody cares. — Fede Alvarez

I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody. — Fede Alvarez

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. — Fede Alvarez

A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring. — Fede Alvarez

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

Maybe because I'm a child of the '80s, but for me, a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original, then you don't understand the second one. Like 'Back to the Future 2.' If you haven't seen the first one, you're not going to get anything out of 'Back to the Future 2.' — Fede Alvarez

There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that. — Fede Alvarez

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy. — Fede Alvarez

I have my pride. I'm a director. I'm not going to go and recreate some other director's vision. — Fede Alvarez

If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away. Thank God no one in the 'Evil Dead' family thinks that way. — Fede Alvarez

In 'Clockwork Orange,' you're there with your eyes, watching all those things, your brain goes off, ahh, exposes you to so many things, and at the end of the day, it's just like a roller coaster. Why do you jump in a roller coaster? You want a thrill. — Fede Alvarez

I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time. — Fede Alvarez

PG-13 horror, I just don't watch that. — Fede Alvarez

As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining. — Fede Alvarez

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

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

I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake. An example is, of course, stuff like 'The Fly,' or 'The Thing,' or even 'The Blob.' For our generation, all those things, whether it was 'The Blob' or 'The Fly' or something else, we had no idea they were remakes. — Fede Alvarez