Los Angeles, April 9 – Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has expressed his desire to direct a horror film in the future. The legendary 79-year-old filmmaker has provided big-screen scares with his movies, such as the 1975 blockbuster "Jaws," the 1993 dinosaur adventure "Jurassic Park," and the 1977 science fiction film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
However, the director has revealed that he would like to make a pure horror movie, as it is a genre he has never fully explored, according to 'Female First UK'.
He told 'Empire' magazine, "I haven't directed a horror film yet, and I've always wanted to, and someday I may."
He sometimes doubts whether he could come up with a story and vision that would truly terrify him when he watches a horror movie that leaves him completely satisfied as a viewer.
According to 'Female First UK', the director of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" has singled out Zach Cregger's "Weapons" as one of the best horror films of the past decade.
He said, "There have been some great horror films out already that satisfy that itch. When I see a great horror film like 'Weapons,' I don't have an itch I need to scratch. I see 'Weapons,' and it doesn't make me want to make a horror film that's as scary or scarier than 'Weapons.' It satisfies me so completely, it actually arrests my desire to someday make a really, really scary movie."
Steven Spielberg did co-write and produce the 1982 supernatural horror film "Poltergeist," but handed over directing duties to Tobe Hooper, who gave the world the iconic 1974 movie "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."
He also praised Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" pictures as "among my favorite science fiction movies of all time." The legendary filmmaker, 79, is a huge fan of Villeneuve's take on Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel and confessed that he "cannot wait" to watch the trilogy's concluding film "Dune: Part Three" when it is released later this year.