James Wan, Director of `The Conjuring’ and `Saw,’ Finished With Horror; Hollywood Is Scared, Insidious 2 Had The Best September Opening Ever

'The Conjuring' & 'Insidious' director James Wan, says he is done with horror. James Wan, who broke onto the scene as the director of “Saw” director, became the new king of fear. James Wan made “The Conjuring” and the critics said it was the best horror film of 2013. “The Conjuring” director James Wan also picked up another title, he’s not just the director of “Saw” anymore.

 “Insidious: Chapter 2” took was number one at the box office a few weeks ago with a take of just over $41 million. James Wan’s horror movie had the best September opening in box office history.
Don’t get used to it. James Wan says he is done with horror.

James Wan, who is busy working on Fast & Furious 7 told Moviefone that "I'm going to go on record and say I am finished with the horror genre. Conjuring and Insidious 2 are my two last scary movies."
James Wan might do another, in a few years, if a script is beyond good. He said "I spent the last ten years of my life doing this. It's time for a change, for goodness sake!"

Does that mean he feels pigeonholed in horror? Wan said "That applies to anything. Hollywood puts you in a box. If you do a successful comedy, then you're know as The Comedy Guy. If you do a successful car chase movie, then you become that guy. So I'm a student of cinema, so I just want to make sure I get the chance to make other kinds of films."

“The Conjuring” director James Wan created a creepy classic that keeps the most hardened and cynical of critics on the edge of their seats. James Wan didn’t cast any vampires in “The Conjuring.” You won’t see witches, zombies or monsters. You won’t actually see anything scary. The biggest horror payoff scene in the movie doesn’t even have blood.

Director James Wan creates an wholly bone-chilling atmosphere that harkens back to the classic movies of the seventies. He does this because the people who really did this stuff did it in the seventies and they scared us before with their tales that became “The Amityville Horror” and other modern horror classics.