Fred Dekker (Night of the Creeps, The Monster Squad) - What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?

FRED DEKKER

Director, Producer and Writer – Night of the Creeps (1986), House (1986), The Monster Squad (1987), Tales from the Crypt – The Thing From the Grave (1990), Robocop 3 (1993), The Predator (2018)

What’s your favorite scary movie?

Jaws.

Who is your favorite horror movie director?

William Friedkin.

What’s your favorite type (sub-genre) of horror movie?

Haunted house movies (The Haunting, The Shining, The Legend of Hell House).

What’s your favorite “bad” horror movie?

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959).

What would be your favorite horror double feature drive-in choice?

The Omega Man (1971) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).

Who is your favorite horror movie killer?

Hannibal Lecter.

What is your favorite horror movie creature/monster?

Frankenstein’s monster.

What is your favorite horror movie franchise?

The Universal Monsters.

What’s your favorite horror movie sequel?

Tie: Aliens and Day of the Dead (1985).

What’s your favorite horror movie remake?

John Carpenter’s The Thing.

What’s your favorite horror television show?

Not strictly horror, but I’ll go with The Twilight Zone.

What’s your favorite zombie movie? 

Day of the Dead (1985).

What has been your favorite Halloween costume?

That I wore personally? Howard Hughes.

Taken from What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?

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Killian Gore asks over 100 horror filmmakers and fans from all over the world the same 13 questions regarding their favorite scary movies. Includes interviews with such horror legends as Joe Dante (Gremlins), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), Fred Dekker (The Monster Squad), Marcus Nispel (Friday the 13th), Bill Johnson (Texas Chainsaw 2), Jack Sholder (Nightmare on Elm Street 2), Rob Schmidt (Wrong Turn), Mark Shostrom (Evil Dead II) Richard Stanley (Dust Devil), John A. Russo (Night of the Living Dead), William Malone (House on Haunted Hill), Greydon Clark (Wacko), Jeff Burr (Leatherface), Chuck Parello (Ed Gein), Adam Marcus (Jason Goes to Hell), Tom Sullivan (The Evil Dead), Michael A. Simpson (Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3), Adam Simon (The Haunting in Connecticut), Victor Garcia (Hellraiser: Revelations) and Sean Clark (Horror's Hallowed Grounds). Plus lots more from the makers of the Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, Evil Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Child's Play, Gremlins, Phantasm, Sleepaway Camp and the Wrong Turn movies, as well as some of the most hardcore horror fans on the planet! Mr. Gore asks questions about favorite horror films, directors, sequels, franchises, monsters, remakes, TV shows plus favorite "bad" horror movies and Halloween costumes! "A Very Entertaining Book!" - Tim Ritter (Truth or Dare?" A Critical Madness)