Top 10 Horror Directors

[HardCoreKid]

Here are my top 10 horror movie makers!


In no particular order...


Dario Argento
David Cronenberg
David Lynch
George A. Romero
John Carpenter
Lucio Fulci
Sam Raimi
Stanley Kubrick
Wes Craven
Alfred Hitchcock


Feel free to leave a comment and list your top 10

[TheWickerFan]

I think my list would be pretty much the same, except I'd have Takashi Miike instead of Lucio Fulci.

[HardCoreKid]

The director of Ichi the killer,Visitor Q, Gozu & Audition?

[TheWickerFan]

That's the one.

[HardCoreKid]

Then you have good taste :D

[fiend_skull]

I wouldn't count Kubrick as a horror director.

[HardCoreKid]

I wouldn't count Kubrick as a horror director.

..... erm.... He directed one of the best horror films ever made "The Shining" and i always think that "A Clockwork Orange" is very horror like

[fiend_skull]

..... erm.... He directed one of the best horror films ever made "The Shining" and i always think that "A Clockwork Orange" is very horror like

True, however, I would consider someone a horror director when they've made a considerable amount of horror movies or are known mostly for their horror movies. I would more consider Kubrick to me a chameleon director (from how he has been able to make a wide variety of Genre movies).

[neverending]

James Whale
Tod Browning
HG Lewis
Roger Corman

[HardCoreKid]

True, however, I would consider someone a horror director when they've made a considerable amount of horror movies or are known mostly for their horror movies. I would more consider Kubrick to me a chameleon director (from how he has been able to make a wide variety of Genre movies).

I can see where your coming from :D

[alica]

Here are my top 10 horror movie makers!


In no particular order...


Dario Argento
David Cronenberg
David Lynch
George A. Romero
John Carpenter
Lucio Fulci
Sam Raimi
Stanley Kubrick
Wes Craven
Alfred Hitchcock


Feel free to leave a comment and list your top 10


Its a good collection of horror movie directors , as you caught them here in your long list . Great..

[neverending]

Not a lot of respect here for the classics, I see...

[GoreHound13]

In no particular order my top 10 horror film directors are;

Sean S. Cunningham
Wes Craven
George A. Romero
Rob Zombie
Tobe Hooper
Mary Lambert
William Castle
Jim Gillespie
Kevin Yagher
Tod Browning

lots of other really good ones, just current favorites.

[HardCoreKid]

Not a lot of respect here for the classics, I see...

I myself tend to watch horrors from the 60s+

[GoreHound13]

that doesnt narrow the selection down much lol i like horror movies pre 60's also myself. like the Bat, Circus of Fear, and House on Haunted Hill. plus the classics, Nosforatu, Frankenstein, the Blob lol

[HardCoreKid]

I prefer GORE films :D

[GoreHound13]

Hell ya, like Saw or Hostel. gotta love good ol' fashoned gore

[HardCoreKid]

=D have you seen blood feast?

[GoreHound13]

I have a dvd movie pack called bloodfest if thats what your refering to, and if not where can i get my hands on the movie? lol

[HardCoreKid]

Herschell Gordon Lewis was a genius who was way ahead of his time. Although his movies were erm mediocre

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056875/ <<< ignore the bad rating xD
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058694/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059044/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057480/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066578/

Note the dates the 60s had never been so violent xD

[GoreHound13]

lmao no kidding thats violent for the 60's

[HardCoreKid]

HELL YEAH! He had people having their eyes gouged out! which is kinda gruesome even by todays standards!

worth a watch if you enjoy gore xD

[HardCoreKid]

oh and hurry up and reply to my PM or profile comment xD

[GoreHound13]

Oh I did man

[HardCoreKid]

:D thankiez

[GoreHound13]

no problem, now you just gotta start answering me lol

[HardCoreKid]

LOL yes sir

[GoreHound13]

lmao i think i just got one from you actually

[TheWickerFan]

A shout out to some others that haven't been mentioned:

Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, The Ninth Gate)
Narciso Ibanez Serrador (The House That Screamed, Who Can Kill A Child)
Steven Spielberg (Duel, Jaws)
Brian DePalma (Sisters, Carrie)
Guillermo Del Toro (The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth)

[GoreHound13]

Roman Polanski! excillant horror director, defenitly top 10 overall, without a doubt

[HardCoreKid]

A shout out to some others that haven't been mentioned:

Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, The Ninth Gate)
Narciso Ibanez Serrador (The House That Screamed, Who Can Kill A Child)
Steven Spielberg (Duel, Jaws)
Brian DePalma (Sisters, Carrie)
Guillermo Del Toro (The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth)

Guillermo Del Toro <<< Awesome
Roman Polanski <<< Legend
Steven Spielberg <<< Visonary

[AMICUS HORROR]

Fritz Lang
Fred Walton
Roy Ward Baker
William Castle
James Whale
Freddie Francis
Lamberto Bava
Tobe Hooper
F.W Murnau
Peter Sasdy

[ChronoGrl]

So here's mine - As most of you know, I have a sad dearth of "classic" horror under my belt, so please excuse my philistine cinematic scope.

Takashi Miike
Chan-wook Park
Roman Polanski
Alfred Hitchcock
Guillermo Del Toro
Sam Raimi
David Lynch


I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't seen a single Fritz Lang film. I must really correct that.

Also, I am not a huge fan of Giallo; I believe that it's a matter of taste - Not knocking Argento, Fulci, or anything, but it's just my my thing. And I'm not a fan of HG Lewis - Don't really get why people like him so much but, as I mentioned, please excuse my philistine cinematic scope. :D

[roshiq]

Narciso Ibanez Serrador (The House That Screamed, Who Can Kill A Child)


Agree. I love those films.

My ten:

Fritz Lang
Tod Borrowing
James Whale
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Mario Bava
Terence Fisher
Roman Polanski
William Castle
David Cronenberg
Roger Corman