I have always loved reading a little creep-factor and a lot of suspense.
To me a great sci-fi movie has elements of horror and suspense.
I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.
In episodic TV you have to keep things secret to keep the viewer in suspense.
'Duel' is one of the greatest suspense films of all time.
What I like about the Carpenter take on 'The Thing' is the fact that it just has so much suspense. It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements.
The Windsor monarchy is held in just awe. The whole process of criticism of the personal behaviour of the monarch is put in absolute suspense until about 1977, when it begins again.
I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.
Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.
I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.
I think the best fiction is a form of psychological suspense, even though I don't really write in that idiom.
I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre.
The term 'psychological thriller' is an elastic one these days, tagged liberally on to any story of suspense that explores motivations while keeping blood and chainsaws to a minimum.
What I like about the Carpenter take on 'The Thing' is the fact that it just has so much suspense. It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements.
'Without a Trace' analyzes criminal behavior in the special context of a disappearance. We consider it a suspense thriller.
Suspense arises naturally from good writing - it's not a spice to be added separately.
I wanted to be Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, and Hitchcock. I'd wanted to be a director since 13, and horror and the suspense thriller were the most powerful genres to me.
I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.
'Without a Trace' analyzes criminal behavior in the special context of a disappearance. We consider it a suspense thriller.
The very name of the thriller '89' suggests that there is suspense.