Drew Goddard

“I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico, which is my hometown. In Los Alamos is, for people who don't know, a nuclear lab that built the atomic bomb. The only reason the town exists is to make n...”

“This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!”

“In the 'Buffy' room, it was never about a plot twist, ever. It was always about, 'Tell the story, tell the characters, complicate their lives, make things get worse,' but we never worked bac...”

“Some of our best episodes of 'Buffy' were written over a weekend. You can really get in touch with your creative spirit when you're at your most desperate.”

“I've always said I'm less interested in twists as I am about escalation.”

“Clearly, the works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi are front and center here. Argento is definitely there. But even stuff like the 'Friday the 13th' movies had quite an influence on me growi...”

“I think audiences crave something new. I don't think audiences want the same old thing, no matter how much conventional Hollywood tells you that.”

“If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That's probably number one.”

“My favorite movies are the ones that are different the second time, or where you're constantly discovering new things. It's not just genre movies, either, and it's not just about twists. I s...”

“As a filmmaker, I wish we didn't have to do trailers at all, quite honestly. I wish we didn't have to do posters. I wish didn't have to give anything away. I wish people could just come in t...”

“If I had all the filmmakers that traumatized me when I was a little kid in this room, all I would say is, 'Thank you,' because they've made me who I am. As much as I say 'trauma,' it all com...”

“The horror genre gets you in touch with our primal instincts as a people more than any other genre I can think of. It gives you this chance to sort of reflect on who we are and look at the s...”

“It's not like vampires are inherently bad. It's just people need to make better vampire movies.”