Horror Director Tournament

[Nyarlathotep]

no roger corman

no michelle soavi

jess franco, jean rollin, henri-georges clouzot, riccardo freda...

ok, i'll stop :(

[Zero]

Originally posted by Yeti.13
Has to be Argento, ok his later work tends to be a bit lame but his earlier work is outstanding!!

[The_Return]

Argento

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
What do you mean ''another legend''? Everybody's entitled to their own opinion I guess.

Tobe Hooper direted TCM which is arguably the best horror movie ever made. I'd say that, even though the rest of his body of work wasn't that great, he's still earned the honor just for Texas in my mind.

[bwind22]

Argento wins 10-1 in a landslide!


Next match coming up in a few minutes...

[bwind22]

Round 2 - Match 3

After demolishing Christophe Gans 7-0 in the opening round, our next director will be facing a little tougher competition this time around...



Wes Craven - Last House on the Left, the Hills Have Eyes, Swamp Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street, Chiller, The Hills Have Eyes 2, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Shocker, The People Under the Stairs, New Nightmare, Vampire in Brooklyn, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Cursed, Red Eye

Wes's opponent also scored a shutout victory in the first round, whooping Ronny Yu by a score of 8-0...

Takashi Miike - Audition, N-Girls vs. Vampire, Ichi the Killer, Gozu, You've Got a Call, Izo, The Great Yokai War



First one to 7 wins.....

[_____V_____]

Craven...just for the classics...

[Twilight_Zone]

Craven

[Miss Olivia]

Wes for sure....Craven rules!

[Tat2]

Wes Craven

[alkytrio666]

Wes Craven

[bwind22]

Wes Craven leads 5-0.

Need more votes....

[Abominus]

Craven

[Dante'sInferno]

To put the nail through the skull....
















Craven.:) ........I win gimme prize now.

[slasherman]

Wes

[The_Return]

Craven, but only because I havent seen much of Miike's work. Craven is, for the most part, a hack. He made a few very good films, but most of his work is garbage.

[Zero]

Originally posted by slasherman
Wes

[persuasian70]

Wes Craven, next

[bwind22]

Wes Craven stomps Miike 11-0!

Next match coming up soon...

[bwind22]

Round 2 - Match 4

Coming off a tough round 1 match, Sam pulled out a 10-6 victory over Peter Jackson to advance to this point...

Sam Raimi - Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Crimewave, Darkman, The Gift {Sam also directed the 1st 2 Spiderman movies, The Quick & The Dead, and A Simple Plan.}


His opponent is coming off a 7-0 shutout of horror maestro Herschel Gordon Lewis... Can he keep it up?

Tod Browning - Dracula (1931), Freaks, The Devil Doll, Dracula (1966)


First one to 7 votes wins...

[Zero]

Originally posted by bwind22
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Tod Browning - Dracula (1931), Freaks, The Devil Doll, Dracula (1966)




my vote if for Brownign but, the 66 version of Dracula was a shortened version of the 31 film - Browning died in 62 and was not Directing from the Grave

[The_Return]

Hmmm...quality Vs quantity?

Browning directed the greatest horror film ever made, but Raimi 2 films that made the list, as well as some of my favourite action movies.

No contest really, Dracula trumps all.

Tod Browning

[Twilight_Zone]

Tod Browning

[noctuary]

Browning

[alkytrio666]

GodDAMN, this is hard.

Actually, I refuse to vote. I can't do that to myself.











Oh, fine, I will.

Tod Browning, but only by a hair.

[Miss Olivia]

Raimi. What the hell.....I'll sacrifice a little common sense for the guy because I like him....although Browning is awesome.....
Somebody has to stand up for poor ole Sam!

[Despare]

Sam Raimi

I have more fun with his stuff and am able to spend more time with it; both horror and non. He's a director who makes both films for fans as well as the masses and also combines the two on occasion. Tod Browning was a pioneer no doubt, but I give Sam the nod.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Raimi

[persuasian70]

Raimi

[bwind22]

Browning leads Raimi in a tight one...

5-4

Need more votes....




(And if the 66 Dracula was simply an abridged version of the 33 Darcula, then it was still directed by Browning and simpy re-edited by someone new. Go check out imdb if you want, but he gets the director credit for it.)

[Dante'sInferno]

Originally posted by noctuary
Browning

[_____V_____]

Raimi...for giving us Bruce Campbell and those terrific camera sequences...

[Tat2]

Browning

[bwind22]

7-5 Browning wins a close one!

Next match coming up soon!

[bwind22]

Round 2 - Match 5

Our next two competitors both claim very convincing 9-1 Round 1 victories, but only one of these two can survive to make the quarterfinals...


John Carpenter - Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, Prince of Darkness, They Live!, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, In the Mouth of Madness, Village of the Damned (remake), Vampires, Ghosts of Mars. {John has also made a number of notable non-horror films including Assault on Precinct 13 (original), Escape from New York, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from LA.}


James Whale - Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man (1933), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Invisible Man (1966) {James also directed several other non-horror films as well.}


First one to 7 wins...

[mothermold]

I dread making these kinds of decisions.....but I gotta go with John Carpenter.

[_____V_____]

Although his movies sucked later...but for the early brilliance...Carpenter...

[Dante'sInferno]

John Carpenter

[AUSTIN316426808]

Carpenter

[bwind22]

4-zip. John Carpenter is putting the smack down so far, but can he close it out?


Need more votes....

[The Flayed One]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Carpenter

[Despare]

John Carpenter - After watching Cigarette Burns I see he still has some left in the tank.

[Zero]

with all due respect to Whale for making the first American horror masterpiece ( - Dracula was first but, in all fairness, not a masterpiece) . . . i still vote


John Carpenter

[bwind22]

Carpenter wins in a 7-0 shutout!

Next match up soon....

[bwind22]

Round 2 - Match 6

Coming off a crushing Round 1 7-0 shutout of Eli Roth....

David Cronenberg - Shivers, Rabid (aka Rage), The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Dead Ringers

And his opponent.... Who managed to best Guillermo del Torro by a score of 7-4 in the opening round...

Lucio Fulci - A Lizard in Womans Skin, Dont Torture a Duckling, Dracula in the Provinces, The Psychic, Zombie (aka Zombi 2) , City of the Living Dead (aka The Gates of Hell), Black Cat, The Beyond, The House by the Cemetary, The Ripper, Evil Eye, Touch of Death, The Sweet House of Horrors, Demonia (aka Liza), Voices from Beyond


First to 7 wins.

[Despare]

Fulci has some great stuff but David Cronenberg has more films that I just love. So... yeah... David.

[_____V_____]

tuff choice...Fulci...

[bwind22]

1-1.


Need more votes....

[MisterSadistro]

Cronenberg. Not much direction involved when you basically make all zombie movies ("stumble around and grunt in a convincing manner" LOL).
CK

[Yellow Jacket]

David Cronenberg

[Zero]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
David Cronenberg

[Miss Olivia]

Cronenberg

[Yeti.13]

Fulci and I can't believe Miike got shut out! What's wrong with you people???:confused:

[AUSTIN316426808]

Cronenberg

[alkytrio666]

Cronenberg

[Twilight_Zone]

Cronenberg easily, He has directed two of my favourite movies Videodrome and A History Of Violence.

[noctuary]

Absolutely no contest here.

Cronenberg

[chainleen]

Cronenberg

[Dante'sInferno]

Originally posted by alkytrio666
Cronenberg

[persuasian70]

Cronenberg
The Fly is one of the remakes that surpassed the original.

[Tat2]

I like Cronenberg, but I gotta go with:

FULCI

[bwind22]

Cronenberg takes out Fulci 12-3 to advance to the quarter finals.


Next match will be up soon...

[bwind22]

Round 2 - Match 7

He advanced through the first round after a hard fought 8-6 battle with DOn Coscarelli...

Stuart Gordon - Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dolls, The Pit & The Pendulum (1990), Castle Freak, Dagon, King of the Ants {Stuart is currently working on a horror film called Stuck, due out in 2007.}

And his opponent crushed the master of puppets 7-1, but can he stand up to the man behind Re-Animator?

Rob Zombie - House of 1000 Corpses, The Devils Rejects

First one to 7 wins...

[Yellow Jacket]

Stuart Gordon

Zombie may haev two great films under his belt, but Gordon's got a ton under his!

[_____V_____]

Gordon...for the masterful Re-Animator...

[Miss Olivia]

Gordon

[bwind22]

Gordon leads 3-0.


Need more votes...

[AUSTIN316426808]

Gordon

[mothermold]

Staurt Gordon

[bwind22]

Gordon leads 5-0!

Need more votes...




P.S. I have just decided on the tournament I will be running next and I, for one, am pretty excited about it. I think it'll be a good one. You can trust me. Have I let you down with a tournament in the past? The Tournament of the Living Dead (Zombie films), The Eternalment (Vampire films), The Cartoonament I (Simpsons) and The Cartoonament II (South Park), now the Greatest Horror Directors. Come on! If I'm running it, you know it's bound to be a pretty good tourney. :D

[Zero]

Originally posted by mothermold
Staurt Gordon

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by bwind22
Gordon leads 5-0!

Need more votes...




P.S. I have just decided on the tournament I will be running next and I, for one, am pretty excited about it. I think it'll be a good one. You can trust me. Have I let you down with a tournament in the past? The Tournament of the Living Dead (Zombie films), The Eternalment (Vampire films), The Cartoonament I (Simpsons) and The Cartoonament II (South Park), now the Greatest Horror Directors. Come on! If I'm running it, you know it's bound to be a pretty good tourney. :D

I love tourneys...waitin with anticipation :D

[bwind22]

6-0 Gordon leads, but can he maintain the shutout....

Need more votes....

[persuasian70]

Gordon

Next please

[scaryminda15]

i am saying rob Zombie cool person and a good director.

[Tat2]

Zombie is new and shows alot of promise, but for now he cant touch Gordon and his collection of excellent films. so:

Gordon

[bwind22]

Gordon wins 8-1 and advances to the quarterfinals!

Final match of Round 2 will be posted in a few minutes....

[bwind22]

Round 2 - Final Match

Our first contestant is a certified legend and coming an impressive 11-0 stomping of William Castle in the opening round...


George Romero - Night of the Living Dead (original), Season of the Witch (aka Hungry Wives), The Crazies, Martin, Dawn of the Dead (original), Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Monkey Shines, Two Evil Eyes, The Dark Half, Bruiser, Land of the Dead {George also has a few more horror movies lined up for our future... The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, From a Buick 8 & Diamond Dead are all scheduled to hit theatres by 2007.}




And his opponent, advancing after a lopsided 8-0 whooping of the other Bava boy, Lamberto...


Mario Bava - Black Sunday, The Evil Eye, Black Sabbath, Blood and Black Lace, Curse of the Vampires, Kill Baby Kill, Island of Terror, Hatchet for the Honeymoon, Bay of Blood, Baron Blood, The House of Exorcism, Schock



First one to 7 votes wins and advances to the quarterfinals!

[newb]

Tough one


Gotta go with Romero

[_____V_____]

Romero...for the ages...:D

[Miss Olivia]

RRRomerrrro.....

[MisterSadistro]

Bava. Although 'NOTLD' is probably the single greatest horror movie, Bava hit the mark more often and consistantly than Romero.
CK

[Tat2]

No contest:

Romero!

[alkytrio666]

George A. Romero

[Yeti.13]

Originally posted by alkytrio666
George A. Romero

[Angelakillsluts]

Romero

[Twilight_Zone]

George Romero

imo the best horror director

[ENTITY2000]

george romero

[persuasian70]

romero

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
Romero

[The_Return]

Romero, George A.

[Zero]

Originally posted by _____V_____
Romero...for the ages...:D

[bwind22]

Romero wins 13-1!

Round 3 will begin shortly...

[bwind22]

Quarter Finals - Match 1

Our first quarterfinalist has put up two dominating wins in the first two rounds for a combined score of 21-0! M. Night Shyamalan was no match for him and neither was Ridley Scott. To this point, he has proven to be the most dominant force in the tournament....


Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window, Dial M For Murder, Psycho, Vertigo, The Birds, North by Northwest (And waaay too many more to list off, but those are his most major ones.)


Ad his opponent....Making his way to the quarterfinals via a 9-2 stomping of Clive Barker followed by a 10-1 romping of rookie horror mastro, Alexandre Aja...


Dario Argento - The Bird with Crystal Plumage, Deep Red, Suspiria, Inferno, Tenebre, Inferno, Opera, The Card Player




First one to 7 wins.... Who will be the 1st Semifinalist?

[ENTITY2000]

Alfred Hitchcock

[AUSTIN316426808]

Hitchcock

[MisterSadistro]

for horror ? Argento.
CK

[Tat2]

Argento

[Dante'sInferno]

Alfred Hitchcock

[bwind22]

3-2 Hitchcock leads Argento!


Need more votes...

[Miss Olivia]

Sorry, Al.

Argento.

[bwind22]

Someone has finally risen to the challenge and is giving ALfred HItchcock a run for his money!

3-3 Argento and Hitchcock are all tied up!


Need more votes....

[_____V_____]

Tough choice...damn...do I need to choose?

Suspiria...my all time fav...Argento...

Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo...Hitchcock...damn

grrrrrrrr...:mad:

but just for Suspiria...Argento

sorry Alfred...indeed...:(

[Abominus]

Argento

[bwind22]

5-3 Argento moves into the lead.

Need more votes...

[scaryminda15]

hitchcock all the way!

[bwind22]

5-4 Argento still leading....


Need more votes....

[Zero]

SIR HITCHCOCK!!!!!!!!!

[Despare]

Hitchcock

[Yeti.13]

Dario Argento seems as this is for horror.

[alkytrio666]

Hmm..

[alkytrio666]

...

[kpropain]

Argento

[noctuary]

Argento

[bwind22]

Dario Argento pulls off the hard fought and extremely close victory 8-7!


Next match will be up soon.

[bwind22]

Quarterfinals - Match 2


Our first combatant is coming off of two crushing victories over Christophe Gans and Takashi Miike for a total score of 19-0!

Wes Craven - Last House on the Left, the Hills Have Eyes, Swamp Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street, Chiller, The Hills Have Eyes 2, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Shocker, The People Under the Stairs, New Nightmare, Vampire in Brooklyn, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Cursed, Red Eye


And his opponent, coming off of a 7-0 whooping of Herschel Gordon Lewis and narrowly escaping the 2nd round with a 7-5 victory over Sam Raimi...

Tod Browning - Dracula (1931), Freaks, The Devil Doll, Dracula (1966)


First one to 7 wins.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Now you've got a real tourney since the fav's been tossed out.


anyway...


Craven has 2 great films, one of which is often thrown into the conversation of 'greatest horror movie'. Also has a handful of horror classics. Browing has 2 great films and one ok film.

Craven

[Twilight_Zone]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Craven has 2 great films, one of which is often thrown into the conversation of 'greatest horror movie'. Also has a handful of horror classics. Browing has 2 great films and one ok film.

Craven

[Zero]

Originally posted by bwind22

Tod Browning - Dracula (1931), Freaks, The Devil Doll, Dracula (1966)


and, in fairness, Browning did a number of influential silent films such as The Unholy Three and London After Midnight (another pseudo-vampire film)

[The_Return]

Hmmm...a hack that happened to direct a couple great movies early in his career, or the man behind the greatest horror film of all time?

No contest, Tod Browning

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by bwind22
Dario Argento pulls off the hard fought and extremely close victory 8-7!


Next match will be up soon.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


You guys all suck...


Anyway, Tod Browning.

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by The_Return
Hmmm...a hack that happened to direct a couple great movies early in his career, or the man behind the greatest horror film of all time?

No contest, Tod Browning

I didn't know Tod Browning directed Halloween!


:p :D ;)

[Yellow Jacket]

Tod Browning

[Miss Olivia]

Craven.

[noctuary]

Fuck Craven.

Browning ftw.

[bwind22]

Browning leads Craven 5-3!

Need more votes...

[MisterSadistro]

Browning

[Despare]

Wes Craven

Mostly because of Serpent and the Rainbow and giving us the first "reaL" zombie movie. As much as people like o belive he's a hack I think he really has talent... but he wants too much to make gobs of money to really let it shine.

[bwind22]

Browning still leading Craven 6-4!


Need more votes...

[Tat2]

Damn! This one is hard! Two different directors that made a serious impact on the horror genre from two different eras. I almost feel like I shouldn't vote, so not to do a dis-service to the other!


As much as I love the old classics... I have to go with:

Craven...

based on the Last House on the Left. He went against some serious grain here folks, if it wasn't for Craven and LHOTL, who knows where the Gore and Slasher genre would be...if at all.

[_____V_____]

now this one is real TOUGH...

hmm...

Craven...for giving a new dimension to gore in horror...

[bwind22]

Wes Craven and Tod Browning are all tied up at 6 each!


Need more votes...

[Dante'sInferno]

Tod Browning.

[persuasian70]

Craven, but it was a tough choice

I'm sorry I missed out on the Hitchcock vote.

[bwind22]

Still tied! 7-7!


Need more votes....

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Tat2
if it wasn't for Craven and LHOTL, who knows where the Slasher genre would be...if at all.



I think that credit goes to Bava and Carpenter.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
I think that credit goes to Bava and Carpenter.

Which Argento film are you refering to?

Because I'd give the honor to Bob Clark for Black Christmas over JC for Halloween. (Black Christmas came out a full 4 years ahead of Halloween but incorporated much of the same camera techniques that Halloween gets credit for. It is also, as far as I've seen, the first slasher film that was done in manner that resembles what we still see today.) Although, LHotL was a few years ahead of it, I wouldnt exactly think of that as a slasher film. (I certainly do credit Craven for having some balls back then though.)

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by bwind22
Which Argento film are you refering to?

Because I'd give the honor to Bob Clark for Black Christmas over JC for Halloween. (Black Christmas came out a full 4 years ahead of Halloween but incorporated much of the same camera techniques that Halloween gets credit for. It is also, as far as I've seen, the first slasher film that was done in manner that resembles what we still see today.) Although, LHotL was a few years ahead of it, I wouldnt exactly think of that as a slasher film. (I certainly do credit Craven for having some balls back then though.)



Sorry, I meant Bob Clark and JC for Black Christmas and Halloween. I definately give Craven credit for having the guts to make a film like that at the time but he gets none for creating the slasher genre. Like I said that goes to Clark and Carpenter, at least imo.

p.s.
I often get Black Christmas and Sunday mixed up which is why I said Bava rather than Clark.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808

p.s.
I often get Black Christmas and Sunday mixed up which is why I said Bava rather than Clark.

Ahhh. Im sure you're not the only whos done that.

[Nyarlathotep]

black christmas 1974

reazione a catena 1971

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by bwind22
Because I'd give the honor to Bob Clark for Black Christmas over JC for Halloween. It is also, as far as I've seen, the first slasher film that was done in manner that resembles what we still see today.


Slashers (http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22240&perpage=15&pagenumber=1)

the first one (if we have to take all murder mysteries into the slasher genre) was in the 40s...Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"...

The first independent one was "Peeping Tom"(1960)...the year in which "Psycho" released too...then there was Herschel Gordon Lewis' "Blood Feast(1963)...

Bava's "Blood and Black Lace" came in 1964...and "Bay of Blood" in 1971...

although its claimed that "Black Christmas" was the first horror film to use the "the calls are coming from inside the house" plotline...

[bwind22]

We can debate the origin of the slasher sub-genre elsewhere.

Craven and Browning still tied at 7!


Need more votes....

[Abominus]

Craven!

[bwind22]

Wes Craven edges out Browning in a come from behind 8-7 victory to advance to the semi-finals!

Next match coming up soon.






(So far, both quarterfinal matches have been decided by only 1 vote.)

[bwind22]

Quarterfinals - Match 3


Our next quarterfinalist earned his spot by first trouncing Takashi Shimizu 9-1 followed by a an absolute thumping of James Whale for a 7-0 shutout. Can he continue his path of destruction through the competitors?

John Carpenter - Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, Prince of Darkness, They Live!, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, In the Mouth of Madness, Village of the Damned (remake), Vampires, Ghosts of Mars.

And his opponent, making his way to the Elite 8 via a 7-0 shutout of Eli Roth and a very dominant and convincing 12-3 win over Lucio Fulci...


David Cronenberg - Shivers, Rabid (aka Rage), The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Dead Ringers

[_____V_____]

ugh not another TOUGHIE...:confused:

hmm...


...


...


...


...


...


...


...


...


...


C...errrrr...Carpenter for the Thing and Mikey...

(boy now I need coffee after all that debate in my brains!?):D

[MisterSadistro]

Carpenter (since horror, although Cronenberg is a better director IMO)
CK

[Thumber]

Carpenter

[bwind22]

John Carpenter takes a 3-0 lead.

Need more votes...

[The Flayed One]

Cronenberg

[Despare]

David Cronenberg, I've changed my mind 5 times within the course of the past 10 seconds I've been writing this.

[bwind22]

Cronenberg starts to mount a comeback....

3-2 Carpenter still leads...




Need more votes.

[noctuary]

This is a really tough decision... Although I have no doubt whatsoever that Carpenter will end up winning this match, I have to cast my vote for Cronenberg. He's never made a film that I would rate at less than 8/10, while Carpenter has made some crap.

[Zero]

tougher and tougher - a History of Violence almost pushes me to vote for old DC (a brilliant - brilliant film) but for innovation and sheer creative spark - - i vote for the old cowboy


JOHN CARPENTER

[Dante'sInferno]

John Carpenter

[Yeti.13]

Cronenberg

[Miss Olivia]

John "The Thing" Carpenter

[Thomasgeorge]

Originally posted by Miss Olivia
John "The Thing" Carpenter

[Jacob Singer]

Carpenter

[AUSTIN316426808]

Carpenter

[The_Return]

The're both great, but Carpenter is easily the winner here.

JC

[ENTITY2000]

CARPENTER!

[alkytrio666]

Hitchcock gets bumped out of the tourny, and then Browning loses to Craven.

You guys are makin' me sick.




John Carpenter.

[Twilight_Zone]

Carpenter

[persuasian70]

cronenberg

[Tat2]

JC

[bwind22]

Jon Carpenter wins 14-5 to advance to the semi finals!


Final Quarterfinal match up in a few minutes...

[bwind22]

Quarterfinals - Match 4

Our next quarterfinalist made his way to this point by first winning a hard fought 8-6 battle with Don Coscarelli before laying the smack down on Rob Zombie 8-1....

Stuart Gordon - Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dolls, The Pit & The Pendulum (1990), Castle Freak, Dagon, King of the Ants

And our final quarterfinalist earned his spot with not one, but two extremely dominant and convincing wins. The first was an 11-0 shutout over William Castle while the second was 13-1 pummeling of Mario Bava. Will Stuart Gordon be able to fair any better?

George Romero - Night of the Living Dead (original), Season of the Witch (aka Hungry Wives), The Crazies, Martin, Dawn of the Dead (original), Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Monkey Shines, Two Evil Eyes, The Dark Half, Bruiser, Land of the Dead


First one to 7 votes wins.

[Dante'sInferno]

George Romero

[ENTITY2000]

i liked dagon, but George has got talent!

Romero

[MisterSadistro]

http://www.garmentdistrict.com/store/popculture/southpark/magnets/southx.jpg
It's a draw !
CK

[Tat2]

Shit! Another hard choice!

Romero

[bwind22]

Romero pulls out to a quick 2-0 lead.


Need more votes....







(I told you guys this tourney was gonna be a tough one.)

[_____V_____]

Romero any day...

4-0 to him weehaw...

[Angelakillsluts]

Mr. Romero

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
Mr. Romero

[bwind22]

5-0 Romero leads Gordon.


Need more votes....

[_____V_____]

its 6 to Romero actually BW...

Dante, Entity, Tat2, me, Angela & Austin...

[The Flayed One]

Romero

[Zero]

Originally posted by The Flayed One
Romero

[Despare]

George Romero

Even thought I like Gordon he just doesn't have the heavy list of horror classics behind him.

[chainleen]

George Romero

[noctuary]

Romero. Even though I think that Gordon's films are a little more consisten, you just can't fuck with the classic Dead trilogy (and Martin, of course.) In fact, I predict that Romero will carry the tournament. Of course, around here you never know...

[bwind22]

George Romero dominates another match up with an 11-0 shutout!


Semifinals start in a few minutes....

[bwind22]

(Before we get started with the Final 4, I just want to comment that I think the 4 we ended up with are all true horror juggernauts when it comes to directing so you guys give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.)

To ensure that the rightful director wins from here on out, the matches are to 10 votes instead of 7. Furthermore, there will be no more 1 point victories. In order to claim a win, the director must be leading by 2 votes or more and have more than 10 total votes.

SemiFinal - Match 1

Our first semifinalist has made his way through the tournament with a combined record of 27-10, taking out such great directors as Clive Barker, Alexandre Aja, and the early favorite to win this tournament, Alfred Hitchcock...


Dario Argento - The Bird with Crystal Plumage, Deep Red, Suspiria, Inferno, Tenebre, Inferno, Opera, The Card Player


Standing in his way is our second semifinalist, making his way through the tournament with a combined record of 27-7 with two of wins coming by way of shutout... He's knocked out Christophe Gans, Takashi Miike and Tod Browning along the way...

Wes Craven - Last House on the Left, the Hills Have Eyes, Swamp Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street, Chiller, The Hills Have Eyes 2, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Shocker, The People Under the Stairs, New Nightmare, Vampire in Brooklyn, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Cursed, Red Eye







First one to 10 votes wins, but they must win by 2.

[Abominus]

I love Argento but Craven shaped my youth. So...Craven!

[The Flayed One]

Argento all the way.

[_____V_____]

Ah shit this one is tough as hell...

(re-reading and thinking for 5 whole minutes)

just for "Suspiria"...Argento...

(really sorry Wes)

[MisterSadistro]

Argento for not prostituting Freddy into a walking one-liner.
CK

[Miss Olivia]

Aaawwww.....this makes my head hurt....

Craargentenn....

Craven. Dammit.

[bwind22]

Dario Argento leads Wes Craven 3-2!


Need more votes.

[ENTITY2000]

craven

[Dante'sInferno]

Wes Craven

[bwind22]

Craven takes the lead 4-3!


Need more votes....

[Zero]

Originally posted by Dante'sInferno
Wes Craven

[persuasian70]

craven

[Twilight_Zone]

Argento

[Jacob Singer]

Argento

[Yeti.13]

Originally posted by MisterSadistro
Argento for not prostituting Freddy into a walking one-liner.
CK

Gotta agree with that!

[Tat2]

Christ! your making this hard!


I gotta go with Craven...
For the same reason as last time...He shaped the slasher era with LHOTL and who knows where we would be with out his foresight!

[noctuary]

Argento, a thousand times.

[The_Return]

Blast! This is another hard choice.

Ive only seen one of Argento's films, Suspiria, and it blew me away. One of the greatest horror films Ive ever seen, and it spent quite a bit of time on the Honorable Mentions section of my signature.

On the other hand, Ive seen plenty of Craven's films and they are very hit and miss. Hills Have Eyes and Nightmare on Elm Street were incredible, but Chiller is one of the worst movie's Ive ever seen. Swamp Thing wasnt great either, Cursed was pretty dumb, but I did really like Scream. For the most part though, he's a hack.

I think just for the sheer masterprice of Suspiria I have to go with Argento. Craven made a couple of great movies, but none can live up to Suspiria.

[bwind22]

8-7 Argento leads Craven in a back and forth match up!

Need more votes...

[AUSTIN316426808]

Argento

[bwind22]

9-7 Argento leads Craven.


Need more votes....

[Angelakillsluts]

Argento!

[bwind22]

That seals it! Dario Argento tops Wes Craven to advance to the finals!



Final Semi Final match coming up in a few minutes....

[bwind22]

SemiFinal - Match 2

Our third semifinalist has made his way through the tournament with a combined record of 30-6, with 1 shutout, taking out such directing heavyweights as Takashi Shimizu, James Whale, and David Cronenberg...


John Carpenter - Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, Prince of Darkness, They Live!, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, In the Mouth of Madness, Village of the Damned (remake), Vampires, Ghosts of Mars.


And his opponent...Untouchable thus far. He has destroyed legends William Castle, Mario Bava and Stuart Gordon by an amazing combined score of 35-1 with two wins coming by way of shutout...

George Romero - Night of the Living Dead (original), Season of the Witch (aka Hungry Wives), The Crazies, Martin, Dawn of the Dead (original), Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Monkey Shines, Two Evil Eyes, The Dark Half, Bruiser, Land of the Dead


First one to 10 votes wins, but they must win by 2.

[_____V_____]

Romero...

although John has made some really memorable movies...but Romero is a genius...

[ENTITY2000]

Romero

[Jacob Singer]

Carpenter

[Dante'sInferno]

Originally posted by ENTITY2000
Romero

[alkytrio666]

Very, very tough match.

John Carpenter

[Tat2]

Romero

[Twilight_Zone]

Romero

[Thomasgeorge]

romero

[noctuary]

Romero

[bwind22]

George Romero leads 7-2 over JOhn Carpenter!


Need more votes...

[Miss Olivia]

Romero

[mothermold]

John Carpenter....by a hair.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Hardest decision of the tourney by far...


Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Carpenter.

[bwind22]

8-4 Romero leads Carpenter!


Need more votes...

[AmericanManiac]

I'm gonna have to go with my boy Romero !
9-4

[slasherman]

Originally posted by Jacob Singer
Carpenter

[chainleen]

Romero

[persuasian70]

carpenter

[bwind22]

George Romero hangs on to pull ou a 10-6 win over JOhn Carpenter and advance to the finals!

Championship Match coming up shortly...

[bwind22]

Final Match



Our first finalist has made his way through the tournament with a combined record of 37-17, taking out such great directors as Clive Barker, Alexandre Aja, and the early favorite to win this tournament, Alfred Hitchcock as well as Wes Craven in the semi finals...


Dario Argento - The Bird with Crystal Plumage, Deep Red, Suspiria, Inferno, Tenebre, Inferno, Opera, The Card Player


And his opponent...Untouchable thus far. He has destroyed legends William Castle, Mario Bava and Stuart Gordon by an amazing combined score of 45-7 with two wins coming by way of shutout and his most recent win, a hard fought semifinal against John Carpenter...

George Romero - Night of the Living Dead (original), Season of the Witch (aka Hungry Wives), The Crazies, Martin, Dawn of the Dead (original), Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Monkey Shines, Two Evil Eyes, The Dark Half, Bruiser, Land of the Dead




First one to 10 votes win, but they must win by 2.

[Miss Olivia]

Romero

[persuasian70]

romero

[Dante'sInferno]

George Romero

[bwind22]

Romero is out to a 3-0 lead on Argento!

Need more votes...

[_____V_____]

damn...and I thought the other rounds were tough...

why do my 2 most fav directors have to square off with each other?

Suspiria, Inferno vs Night, Dawn...

Romero's genius against Argento's uniqueness...

hmm....

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Romero has indeed done a range of masterpieces, but when it comes to direction and its various brilliant touches...

I have to go with Argento...for his originality...

Romero gave a new dimension to the horror genre...but Argento has molded it to what it was at the beginning of the 90s...

Argento it is...but just by a whisker...51% Argento, 49% Romero...

[AUSTIN316426808]

Romero

[bwind22]

4-1 Romero leads Argento!

Need more votes...

[Twilight_Zone]

Romero

[The Flayed One]

Talk about tough. I'm really glad these ended up being the final two.

Argento wins for me.

[The_Return]

Ive gotta say Romero

[Yeti.13]

I don't reckon he will win but I will have to go with Argento. Just more flair and originality than Romero but it is a tough one. especially as Dawn of the Dead involved both of them so can't really count it as Romero or Argento.

[slasherman]

Argento
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/slasherman1971/argento.jpg

[Abominus]

This hurts my soul because I love zombies SO much but Argento gets my vote by a hair.

[Thomasgeorge]

romero

[Tat2]

Romero

[bwind22]

Romero leads Argento 8-5!

Need more votes...

[mothermold]

Originally posted by slasherman
Argento
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/slasherman1971/argento.jpg

[bwind22]

George Romero leads Dario Argento 8-6!


Need more votes....

[noctuary]

Arghh... I have to vote for Romero, for Martin.

[Zero]

Romero - no question

[bwind22]

10-6 George Romero fends off Dario Argento to capture the title of Best Horror Director!!!

Well done George & thanks for all the great movies!

And thanks to everyone who particpated! Keep your eyes peeled for the next bwind22 Tourney coming up very soon....



It wil be......



(Drumroll)










New Millenium of Horror Tourney!

That's right, any and every widely released horror film from 2000-2006 will do battle for the title of Best Horror Film of the New Millenium! Stay tuned, because this new tourney will start very soon!

[_____V_____]

wtg Romero...you rule! (Argento too)

yw BW...excellently run tourney, although I joined it in the middle but I loved it...

thanks a lot amigo...waiting for your next one...

*applause*