John Carpenter has a clear message for those who don't like his new television series Suburban Screams - "f*** off".
The director has helmed some of the most legendary horror movies of all time including Halloween and The Thing. He is known by some as the "master of horror" due to his influence on the genre.
In his opinion, though, that title isn't deserved.
"Look, I'm not a master of anything. I just want to play video games and watch basketball. That's all I care about doing. I don't want to bother anybody," he told Insider.
"I made a little series. If you don't like it, f*** off. If you do like it, I like you. So there you go."
The official premise of John Carpenter's Suburban Screams reads:
'Horror maestro John Carpenter takes a stab at television and unearths the evil that lurks in the suburbs. This true horror series features detailed encounters with actual slashers, psychos, demons and ghosts that terrorize the nation's neighborhoods, as told by the everyday people who survived them.'
The series has received mostly negative reviews, with one calling it "a ruinous moment, a bad moment for Carpenter's career."
Why do people like to be scared?
When asked by Insider why he believes cinemagoers like to be scared by movies, Carpenter responded:
"Well, I don't know. It's the most powerful emotion there is. We're all born afraid. We're all afraid of things. We're all essentially afraid of the same things. I'm afraid of what you're afraid of. Vice versa. The way it is. We're humans.
"That's a sad commentary, isn't it? On human beings. But look what we're doing as human beings
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