It’s pretty hard to be a movie fan and not see a movie by Wes Anderson, the man who brought us such titles as The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Moonrise Kingdom. After all, it feels like any movie the man puts out is pretty much guaranteed a yellow brick road path to winning a swath of prestigious awards. While The Royal Tenenbaums flirted with some black comedy, Anderson has never entered the realm of horror, although that, he says, might change
Per Indiewire, Anderson told author Donna Tartt at the Rome Film Festival:
I have thought of doing a horror movie…. Horror is an area where if a filmmaker really wants to use all the tricks, the techniques to affect your emotions… With the kind of movies I do, you’re supposed to say is this part supposed to be funny, or is this part supposed to be sad? Well, you say, I don’t know. I’m not sure. This is the way we wanted it. When you make a horror or a thriller, you say you’re supposed to be scared here. You’re supposed to be relieved here. Here we’re explaining something so you know the next part so you’ll be more scared then. I like the idea of the requirements and the obligations of working in a genre like that. I’ve done some scenes like that, but I’d like to do a scary movie.
Anderson’s movies are often incredibly charming and witty, so hearing that he wants to do a horror movie is something I’m 100% for! It doesn’t have to be gruesome or bloody for me to be scared. And if he can pull of suspense and fear the way he expertly crafts comedy (in my opinion), then I’d say he’d be able to weave a real gem for the genre.