Fede Alvarez
Fede Alvarez
Fede Alvarez sometimes Federico Álvarez is an Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his short film Ataque de Pánico! and the Evil Dead reboot...
NationalityUruguayan
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth9 February 1978
CountryUruguay
evil horror-fans evil-dead
Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me.
blood want tone
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.
drama character writing
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.
believe character female
It's a convention, but in horror movies the female characters usually tend to believe easier in a supernatural event.
character thinking actors
I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody.
trying cameras spectacular
I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on.
feelings mind audience
I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds.
everyday everyday-life radical
In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.
I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.
thinking giving audience
I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that's what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big screen. You have to give them a cinematic experience.
thinking scary horror
I've seen a lot of movies that were great and scary, but not particularly fancy in their filmmaking or performance. And they're still scary, and I think a good horror movie should be scary above all things.
comedy jokes
Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don't do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn't matter. It should never be fancy.
comedy wonderful jokes
You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is the joke. It has to be funny, so usually all the things in the background don't matter.
thinking honest storytelling
I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works.