Quentin Tarantino Would Love to Make a Scary Horror Movie
John Squires
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Quentin Tarantino has recently stated that he’s going to quit after his tenth feature, and with The Hateful Eight being his eighth, that means he’s (possibly) only got two more left in him. Time is running out for QT to make a horror film, in other words, but he’s at least open to the idea.
In a new interview with Time Out, Tarantino was asked if there’s any genre he’s itching to dip his toes into, and he indicated that he’s indeed very interested in making a horror movie. But don’t get your hopes up because he also noted that horror may not exactly be his forte as a filmmaker.
“If I had all the time in the world, I would love to make a really, really scary horror film, like The Exorcist,” said Tarantino. “But I don’t know if me taking my sense of humor and putting it in the backseat just to hit a tone of dread from beginning to end is the best use of my talents or my time.”
“I don’t know if I could let go of that humor and be able to make something like The Exorcist and keep that tone of dread all the way through,” he continued. “Although a case could be made that The Hateful Eight is the closest I’ve ever come to a horror film. And more than any other Western, the film that influenced this movie the most is John Carpenter’s The Thing, way beyond just working with the same composer, Ennio Morricone, and star, Kurt Russell.”
Long story short? Never say never. And go see The Hateful Eight.
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