Christopher Nolan's Favorite Horror Movies
Here's a guide to Christopher Nolan's favorite horror movies. While he has yet to make a horror film himself, Christopher Nolan's work bears major influence from the genre. The Dark Knight trilogy features several moments that inspire dread, such as Scarecrow's fear hallucinations or Heath Ledger's Joker taunting victims as he spins a new story about his scars. The unseen Nazis in Dunkirk almost act as the faceless gang from John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13, while the opening torture scene in Tenet — which mercifully happens offscreen — also won't be out of place in a horror movie.
Even while dreaming up Inception, the Christopher Nolan movie was originally envisioned as a horror story, before switching to a heist concept. In interviews, Nolan has made it clear he loves everything from Kubrick to Michael Mann to the lesser-sung likes of The Fast And The Furious series or MacGruber, making it clear he has eclectic taste. Nolan has also stated he's open to helming a horror project someday, but he has yet to commit to one.
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Here are Christopher Nolan's favorite horror movies, and how they influenced his own work
Many filmmakers have cited Alien as one of the scariest movies of all time, but it's almost easy to forget how groundbreaking it was. The Ridley Scott helmed sci-fi horror may have been set in the future, but its grounded characters and aesthetic made it all the more horrifying when the H.R. Giger-designed Xenomorph struck from the dark.
Scott has been a particularly big influence on Nolan, who told the Media Factory that "Alien, Blade Runner just blew me away because they created these extraordinary worlds that were just completely immersive." Blade Runner isn't a
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