The Horror Directors Tournament

[realdealblues]

Roger Corman

[Straker]

Corman....

[The Villain]

Seriously? Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Frankenweenie all range from straight-up horror to drama/comedy with strong horror elements.

Yeah i retract my statement. You're right. I don't know what i was thinking.

Oh and i vote Roger Corman

[fortunato]

Roger Corman

[newb]

Mr Corman to seal the deal

[neverending]

Mr. Corman...

[wizard of gore]

CORRMMMAANN ,love the pit and the pendelum

[Zero]

the hidden was brilliant so some love for



SHOLDER

[Disease]

Seriously? Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Frankenweenie all range from straight-up horror to drama/comedy with strong horror elements.


Like Neverending said, he uses horror elements, I don't consider him a horror director though. ;)

[Disease]

Corman..............

[neverending]

Like Neverending said, he uses horror elements, I don't consider him a horror director though. ;)

That was fortunato you were quoting, not me.

[_____V_____]

Roger Corman - 9 (CaptainSpaulding, realdealblues, Straker, The Villain, fortunato, newb, neverending, wizard of gore, Disease)
Jack Sholder - 1 (Zero)
Bob Clark - 0

Roger Corman wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 1 Match 25



Fred Olen Ray
(Evil Toons, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Silent Venom)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/Chuck-WeirdAmericaFredOlenRay553.jpg




vs.




Robert Rodriguez
(From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse: Planet Terror, The Faculty)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/robert-rodriguez-picture-1.jpg




vs.




Tod Browning
(Dracula, Freaks, The Unknown)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/tod-browning1.gif

[CaptainSpaulding]

Robert Rodriguez

[hammerfan]

Tod Browning

[CannibalHolocaust]

Robert Rodriguez

i like how there is always a "what the fuck is this guy doin in here against these other directors" type of guy

[Straker]

Tod Browning...

[roshiq]

Tod Browning for Little Lily :D

[ChronoGrl]

Tod Browning

[Angra]

Rob Rod........

[wizard of gore]

tod browning :cool:

[_____V_____]

Tod Browning - 5 (hammerfan, Straker, roshiq, Chronogrl, wizard of gore)
Robert Rodriguez - 3 (CaptainSpaulding, CannibalHolocaust, Angra)
Fred Olen Ray - 0

Tod Browning wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 1 Match 26



Bruno Mattei
(Night of the Zombies, Zombie Flesh Eaters 2, Rats: Night of Terror)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/bruno_mattei.jpg




vs.




James Wan
(Saw, Insidious, Dead Silence)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/James-Wan.jpg




vs.




Roman Polanski
(Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, The Fearless Vampire Killers)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/roman.jpg

[hammerfan]

Roman Polanski

[CaptainSpaulding]

Bruno Mattei

[realdealblues]

I'm going to go James Wan...the 1st SAW film was something special to me. I hadn't seen something like that since Argento's Giallo days.

[Angra]

Wan the man.

[fortunato]

Polanski...

[ChronoGrl]

Polanski, unquestionably.

[newb]

Polanski...

[neverending]

Polanski.....

[roshiq]

Polanski......

Roman.......

[_____V_____]

Roman Polanski - 6 (hammerfan, fortunato, Chronogrl, Newb, neverending, roshiq)
James Wan - 2 (realdealblues, Angra)
Bruno Mattei - 1 (CaptainSpaulding)

Roman Polanski wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 1 Match 27



Dan Curtis
(Burnt Offerings, Trilogy of Terror, House of Dark Shadows)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/curtis_mtr1.jpg




vs.




Jess Franco
(Vampyros Lesbos, Count Dracula, Venus in Furs)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/Jesus_Franco.jpg




vs.




Sam Raimi
(The Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/sam-raimi.jpg

[wizard of gore]

Sam Raimi for sure

[Zero]

Sam Raimi for sure

ditto!!!!!!

[hammerfan]

For purely sentimental reasons: Dan Curtis

The little doll in Trilogy of Terror scared the shit out of me the first time I saw the movie.

[CannibalHolocaust]

Sam Raimi :)

[CaptainSpaulding]

Sam Raimi without a shadow of a doubt.

[newb]

For purely sentimental reasons: Dan Curtis

The little doll in Trilogy of Terror scared the shit out of me the first time I saw the movie.

I will almost agree with this...Mr. Curtis was surely the king of 70s TV cheesy movies....but Evil Dead was such a needed shot in the arm to horror...I must vote for S R

[hammerfan]

I will almost agree with this...Mr. Curtis was surely the king of 70s TV cheesy movies....but Evil Dead was such a needed shot in the arm to horror...I must vote for S R

The other sentimentality is for Dark Shadows, of course. That show was a huge part of my childhood.

[Disease]

Sam ..................

[_____V_____]

Sam Raimi - 6 (wizard of gore, Zero, CannibalHolocaust, CaptainSpaulding, newb, Disease)
Dan Curtis - 1 (hammerfan)
Jess Franco - 0

Sam Raimi wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 1



Jack Arnold
(The Incredible Shrinking Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Tarantula)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/jackarnold.jpg




vs.




David Cronenberg
(Videodrome, Scanners, The Fly)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/david-cronenberg.jpg




vs.




William Castle
(House on Haunted Hill, 13 Ghosts, Strait-Jacket)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/william_castle_medium.jpg

[hammerfan]

Jack Arnold, simply for Creature From the Black Lagoon.

[Bob Gray]

Oooooh, tough one for me. Cronenberg and Castle are two of my favorites. Hmmmm... eeny, meeny,... Castle will be my choice

[neverending]

William Castle.

But I think Cronenberg will take this round.

[newb]

Jack Arnold

[fortunato]

Hm, Cronenberg

[wizard of gore]

tough one but ...ill have to go with jack arnold

[roshiq]

David CREEPY Cronenberg

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/sanjidhdc/DavidCronenberg4in1.jpg

He also got the look to do some acting in a horror film anytime.

[CaptainSpaulding]

I vote Castle

[Angra]

Cronenberg


Coz i'm obviously young. :D

[ChronoGrl]

Jack Arnold

[realdealblues]

Jack Arnold

[The Villain]

Jack Arnold

[_____V_____]

Jack Arnold - 6 (hammerfan, newb, wizard of gore, Chronogrl, realdealblues, The Villain)
William Castle - 3 (Bob Gray, neverending, CaptainSpaulding)
David Cronenberg - 3 (fortunato, roshiq, Angra)

Jack Arnold wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 2



Jacques Tourneur
(Cat People, Night of the Demon, I Walked with a Zombie)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/Top%20100/JacquesTourneur.jpg




vs.




Don Coscarelli
(Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep, Phantasm II)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/doncoscarelli.jpg




vs.




George A. Romero
(Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/2332676238_george_romero_01_xlarge.jpg

[wizard of gore]

George A. Romero

[neverending]

Jacques Tourneur

[hammerfan]

George Romero

[CannibalHolocaust]

George A. Romero

[CaptainSpaulding]

George Romero!!!

[newb]

Shit.....another tough one

Gonna give my vote to Jacques Tourneur

and not just because I'm old

Just recently watched Night of The Demon for the first time and was pretty impressed

[realdealblues]

I love Don...but George A. Romero.

[The Villain]

George Romero

[roshiq]

Jacques Tourneur

[_____V_____]

George A. Romero - 7 (wizard of gore, hammerfan, CannibalHolocaust, CaptainSpaulding, realdealblues, The Villain, Медвежуть)
Jacques Tourneur - 3 (neverending, newb, roshiq)
Don Coscarelli - 0

George A. Romero wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 3



Ishiro Honda
(Godzilla, Matango, Destroy All Monsters)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/HondaCamera-smjpg.jpg




vs.




John Carpenter
(Halloween, The Thing, The Fog)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/john-carpenter-darkchylde_thumb.jpg




vs.




Herschell Gordon Lewis
(Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs!, The Wizard of Gore)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/herschell4002.jpg

[roshiq]

Ishiro Honda

Tough one though.

[CaptainSpaulding]

John Carpenter

[hammerfan]

Ishiro Honda

Tough one though.

Agreed......on both counts!

[newb]

oy vey



.............



.............


John Carpenter

[realdealblues]

Hondo made great contributions to cinema...but I feel John Carpenter made greater contributions to Horror cinema so Carpenter.

[fortunato]

oy vey



.............



.............


John Carpenter

Eeee, same here.

[ChronoGrl]

Ishiro Honda

[Straker]

John Carpenter

[skuzzles]

Johnny Carpenter!

[FreddyMyers]

Tough one.......Carpenter. Based on Holloween and The Thing.
Anyone else think Honda needs a cheeseburger in his life. Ive seen thicker skeletons.

[_____V_____]

John Carpenter - 7 (CaptainSpaulding, newb, realdealblues, fortunato, Straker, skuzzles, FreddyMyers)
Ishiro Honda - 3 (roshiq, hammerfan, Chronogrl)
Herschell Gordon Lewis - 0

John Carpenter wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 4



Sir Alfred Hitchcock
(Psycho, The Birds, Rebecca)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/alfred-hitchcock.jpg




vs.




Stuart Gordon
(Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dagon)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/stuart-gordon.jpg




vs.




Tobe Hooper
(The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, Salem's Lot)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/tobe-hooper-01.jpg

[Bob Gray]

My brain tells me Hitchcock, me heart says Hooper. To hell with it, HOOPER!

[neverending]

The Hitch.....


The final round will be Hitch vs. Carpenter.

[roshiq]

Sir Alfred Hitchcock

[hammerfan]

Sir Alfred Hitchcock

[CaptainSpaulding]

Hooper is my choice

[realdealblues]

Have to go for the master of Suspense...Alfred Hitchcock

[newb]

The Hitch.....


The final round will be Hitch vs. Carpenter.

you may be right

toughest round yet


Hitch

[Straker]

Gotta go with Hooper... even though it looks like he's already lost.

[_____V_____]

Sir Alfred Hitchcock - 5 (neverending, roshiq, hammerfan, realdealblues, newb)
Tobe Hooper - 3 (Bob Gray, CaptainSpaulding, Straker)
Stuart Gordon - 0

Sir Alfred Hitchcock wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 5



Roger Corman
(The Little Shop of Horrors, The Pit and the Pendulum, House of Usher)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/Roger-Corman-9257734-1-402.jpg




vs.




Terence Fisher
(Horror of Dracula, The Devil Rides Out, The Curse of Frankenstein)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/TerenceFisher.jpg




vs.




Tod Browning
(Dracula, Freaks, The Unknown)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/tod-browning1.gif

[realdealblues]

Might be the toughest yet for me...going Terence Fisher though. He just has something special that makes his films so visually appealing.

[neverending]

Roger Corman.

[roshiq]

Tod Browning

[newb]

hmmmm.....may not be the "best" director....but I've had lots of fun watching his movies


Roger Corman

[Straker]

Tough call.... Terence Fisher for me though.

[CaptainSpaulding]

Roger Corman

[hammerfan]

Terence Fisher

[Bob Gray]

Tod Browning

[fortunato]

Daaamn.
Browning.

[The Villain]

Roger Corman

[_____V_____]

Roger Corman - 4 (neverending, newb, CaptainSpaulding, The Villain)
Terence Fisher - 3 (realdealblues, Straker, hammerfan)
Tod Browning - 3 (roshiq, Bob Gray, fortunato)

Waiting...

[Elvis_Christ]

Roger Corman

[_____V_____]

Roger Corman - 5 (neverending, newb, CaptainSpaulding, The Villain, Elvis_Christ)
Terence Fisher - 3 (realdealblues, Straker, hammerfan)
Tod Browning - 3 (roshiq, Bob Gray, fortunato)

Roger Corman wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 6



James Whale
(Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/James-Whale.jpg




vs.




David Lynch
(Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Dr.)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/David-Lynch.jpg




vs.




Tim Burton
(Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/timburton.jpg

[CaptainSpaulding]

Tim Burton

[roshiq]

James Whale

[wizard of gore]

James Whale :cool:

[Zero]

james whale!

[realdealblues]

James Whale

[newb]

James Whale

[fortunato]

David Lynch

[The Villain]

Tim Burton

[_____V_____]

James Whale - 5 (roshiq, wizard of gore, Zero, realdealblues, newb)
Tim Burton - 2 (CaptainSpaulding, The Villain)
David Lynch - 1 (fortunato)

James Whale wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 7



M. Night Shyamalan
(The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/m-night-shyamalan.jpg




vs.




Sam Raimi
(The Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/sam-raimi.jpg




vs.




Guillermo Del Toro
(Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/guillermo-del-toro1.jpg

[The Villain]

Guillermo Del Toro

[CaptainSpaulding]

Sam Raimi is my vote

[realdealblues]

Gonna go Sam Raimi on this one.

[Straker]

Del Toro....

[Zero]

del toro for me

[roshiq]

Sam Raimi
................

[FreddyMyers]

M. Night.......wait what. Sam Raimi. Whew. That was close.

[ChronoGrl]

Wow, this is a toughie!!!

Guillermo Del Toro, but it was a close one...

[fortunato]

Wow, this is a toughie!!!

Guillermo Del Toro, but it was a close one...

Yeah, I'll go with him overall, too.

[hammerfan]

Guillermo Del Toro

Yep, that's my vote, too.

[_____V_____]

Guillermo Del Toro - 6 (The Villain, Straker, Zero, Chronogrl, fortunato, hammerfan)
Sam Raimi - 5 (Медвежуть, CaptainSpaulding, realdealblues, roshiq, FreddyMyers)
M. Night Shyamalan - 0

Guillermo Del Toro wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 8



Ridley Scott
(Alien, Hannibal)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/ridley_scott_6.jpg




vs.




Lucio Fulci
(Zombie, The Beyond, The House by the Cemetery)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/fulci.jpg




vs.




Wes Craven
(A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Last House on the Left)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/cravennew090310.jpg

[hammerfan]

Ridley Scott

[wizard of gore]

lucio fulci

[Bob Gray]

Wes Craven but I love Fulci too.

[realdealblues]

Lucio Fulci. I've got 38 of his films on DVD. The man usually had nothing to work with and made beautiful films.

[The Villain]

Wes Craven

[newb]

Guess they are all going to be hard from this point


going with Lucio Fulci

[Straker]

Wes Craven

[fortunato]

Guess they are all going to be hard from this point


going with Lucio Fulci

Tough between Ridley Scott and Fulci, but I'll go with the Maestro.

[roshiq]

Wes Craven

[_____V_____]

...i've never seen anything that Fulci made. what would be the best one to watch?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WjRZeqfYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-2-Disc-Ultimate-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B005CU5OEU/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1337759997&sr=1-3

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5172iroh1pL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beyond-Al-Cliver/dp/B001D5C1OO/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1337759997&sr=1-5

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5156v9F3SwL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/House-Cemetery-Blu-ray-Catriona-MacColl/dp/B0057O6IDW/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1337759997&sr=1-2

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VmLmz6wzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/City-Living-Blu-ray-Christopher-George/dp/B0036R92UI/ref=sr_1_4?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1337759997&sr=1-4

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OA5sA4XGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Torture-Duckling-Florinda-Bolkan/dp/B000KRNG54/ref=sr_1_7?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1337759997&sr=1-7

[CaptainSpaulding]

Wow, talk about tough. Um...Fulci.

[_____V_____]

Lucio Fulci - 5 (wizard of gore, realdealblues, newb, fortunato, CaptainSpaulding)
Wes Craven - 4 (Bob Gray, The Villain, Straker, roshiq)
Ridley Scott - 2 (hammerfan, Медвежуть)

Lucio Fulci wins.

[_____V_____]

ROUND 2 Match 9



Roman Polanski
(Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, The Fearless Vampire Killers)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/roman.jpg




vs.




Dario Argento
(Suspiria, Deep Red, Tenebre)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/02_04_2010_Dario_Argento.jpg




vs.




Mario Bava
(Black Sunday, Blood and Black Lace, Kill, Baby...Kill!)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/bava_000.jpg

[Bob Gray]

Dario Argento

[hammerfan]

Roman Polanski

[realdealblues]

I love Bava, and Argento took a lot from Bava, but I think Argento put things on a higher level. Opera is probably my top 5 for Italian films so I'm going to have to go Argento.

[fortunato]

Geez.

I'll go with Bava.

[The Villain]

Dario Argento

[CaptainSpaulding]

Dario Argento

[roshiq]

Roman Polanski

[_____V_____]

Dario Argento - 4 (Bob Gray, realdealblues, The Villain, CaptainSpaulding)
Roman Polanski - 2 (hammerfan, roshiq)
Mario Bava - 1 (fortunato)

Waiting...

[ChronoGrl]

Roman Polanski

[Disease]

Mario!..................

[_____V_____]

Dario Argento - 4 (Bob Gray, realdealblues, The Villain, CaptainSpaulding)
Roman Polanski - 3 (hammerfan, roshiq, Chronogrl)
Mario Bava - 2 (fortunato, Disease)

Waiting...

[newb]

Roman Polanski

[Straker]

I thought I voted on this one already.... Argento

[_____V_____]

Dario Argento - 5 (Bob Gray, realdealblues, The Villain, CaptainSpaulding, Straker)
Roman Polanski - 4 (hammerfan, roshiq, Chronogrl, newb)
Mario Bava - 2 (fortunato, Disease)

Dario Argento wins.

[_____V_____]

PRE - FINAL #1



James Whale
(Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/James-Whale.jpg




vs.




Roger Corman
(The Little Shop of Horrors, The Pit and the Pendulum, House of Usher)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/Roger-Corman-9257734-1-402.jpg




vs.




Guillermo Del Toro
(Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/guillermo-del-toro1.jpg

[CaptainSpaulding]

Guillermo Del Toro

[Disease]

Roger Dodger,

[wizard of gore]

james whale

[realdealblues]

James Whale

[Straker]

James Whale...

[newb]

James Whale

[roshiq]

James Whale

[_____V_____]

James Whale - 5 (wizard of gore, realdealblues, Straker, newb, roshiq)
Guillermo Del Toro - 1 (CaptainSpaulding)
Roger Corman - 1 (Disease)

James Whale wins, and moves into the Final.

[_____V_____]

PRE - FINAL #2



George A. Romero
(Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/2332676238_george_romero_01_xlarge.jpg




vs.




Jack Arnold
(The Incredible Shrinking Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Tarantula)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/jackarnold.jpg




vs.




Dario Argento
(Suspiria, Deep Red, Tenebre)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/02_04_2010_Dario_Argento.jpg

[realdealblues]

Tough...but I have to go with George A. Romero though. Night Of The Living Dead really put Horror movies back on the map to me and paved the way for other independent film makers to be able to become successful.

[wizard of gore]

george a romeo

[CaptainSpaulding]

I vote for Romero

[fortunato]

Hmmm, I'll give Argento a vote.

[Straker]

Argento....

[Zero]

george a romero

[_____V_____]

George A. Romero - 5 (realdealblues, wizard of gore, CaptainSpaulding, Zero, Медвежуть)
Dario Argento - 2 (fortunato, Straker)
Jack Arnold - 0

George A. Romero wins, and moves into the Final.

[_____V_____]

PRE - FINAL #3



John Carpenter
(Halloween, The Thing, The Fog)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/john-carpenter-darkchylde_thumb.jpg




vs.




Lucio Fulci
(Zombie, The Beyond, The House by the Cemetery)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/fulci.jpg




vs.




Sir Alfred Hitchcock
(Psycho, The Birds, Rebecca)

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/alfred-hitchcock.jpg

[Disease]

Johny boy!

[wizard of gore]

.......................lucio

[roshiq]

Sir Alfred Hitchcock

[neverending]

Sir Alfred

[newb]

Alfred Hitchcock

[Geddy]

John Carpenter.

[realdealblues]

Hardest one for me yet...personally I would love to vote Lucio because he doesn't get enough love. Alfred was one of the greatest directors of all time, but he was mostly a suspense/thriller director in my mind. So, since this is Horror directors I have to vote John Carpenter.

[CaptainSpaulding]

John Carpenter

[Straker]

Damn.... Carpenter has made a bunch of my favourite horror movies, but I think Hitchcock is the better director. I think I'm gonna even things up and vote for Hitchcock.

[fortunato]

Sir Hitchcock

[The Villain]

Hitchcock for me as well

[_____V_____]

Sir Alfred Hitchcock - 6 (roshiq, neverending, newb, Straker, fortunato, The Villain)
John Carpenter - 4 (Disease, Geddy, realdealblues, CaptainSpaulding)
Lucio Fulci - 1 (wizard of gore)

Sir Alfred Hitchcock wins, and moves into the Final.

[_____V_____]

THE FINAL



James Whale
(Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man)

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vs.




George A. Romero
(Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow)

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vs.




Sir Alfred Hitchcock
(Psycho, The Birds, Rebecca)

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[neverending]

Well, Whale directed my favorite horror film...

Romero directed one really great movie, a couple of really good movies, a bunch of okay movies, and some kinda sucky movies...

Htchcock rarely failed, and at his best, was pure genius. His influence cannot be overestimated.

I'll have to vote for Sir Alfred.

[CaptainSpaulding]

George A. Romero

[realdealblues]

Whale directed my favorite movie as well...

Hitchcock was one of the greatest directors of all time...

But again as this is a "Horror Director's Tournament" I have to go...

George A. Romero!!!

[neverending]

Bah- Romero's been directing the same movie for the past 25 years. He's creatively bankrupt. Of the three choices, he's the worst director.


But then again... this IS HDC.

[Straker]

Hitchcock..... The reason I voted Argento over Romero in the previous round was basically for the reasons outlined above.

[fortunato]

Sir Hitchcock.

[CannibalHolocaust]

romero fuck hitchcock

[roshiq]

Hate to vote against Sir James Whale...his contribution to the genre is undeniable. Initially wanted to vote him as I thought most would go for Hitchcock; but as now we see Romero(!) is becoming a threat for Hitchcock, so just decided to vote the greatest...who deserves most to win the tourney...Sir Alfred Hitchcock.

Bah- Romero's been directing the same movie for the past 25 years. He's creatively bankrupt. Of the three choices, he's the worst director.


Ditto.

[newb]

Well, Whale directed my favorite horror film...

Romero directed one really great movie, a couple of really good movies, a bunch of okay movies, and some kinda sucky movies...

Htchcock rarely failed, and at his best, was pure genius. His influence cannot be overestimated.

I'll have to vote for Sir Alfred.

I find it really hard to disagree with this logic

Hitch

and The Birds and Psycho are most definitely in the "horror" genre.

[realdealblues]

I find it really hard to disagree with this logic

Hitch

and The Birds and Psycho are most definitely in the "horror" genre.

My logic is the same with Ridley Scott...It's percentage of output...so out of say 60 movies that Hitchcock directed he did 2 "Horror" movies...vs Romero who has directed say 15 films and at least 10 are in the Horror Genre.

I just don't consider someone a "Horror Director" unless a large majority of their output is related to the Genre.

[wizard of gore]

...............whale

someone pleeease get rid of the must have more than 10 characters thing

[neverending]

My logic is the same with Ridley Scott...It's percentage of output...so out of say 60 movies that Hitchcock directed he did 2 "Horror" movies...vs Romero who has directed say 15 films and at least 10 are in the Horror Genre.

I just don't consider someone a "Horror Director" unless a large majority of their output is related to the Genre.

I prefer quality over quantity.

[realdealblues]

I prefer quality over quantity.

As do I generally...but if you're an athlete like Michael Jordan and you're a great Basketball player and you go out and play 2 great rounds of Golf, I don't know that those 2 outings classify you as the best Golfer...

Hitchcock was the better Filmmaker...I won't argue that. But he didn't dedicate his life trying to evolve the Horror genre like George Romero or John Carpenter did.

[neverending]

He didn't need to- with one film he revolutionized it.


And in all honesty, I wouldn't say Romero has spent his life "evolving the horror genre." I'd say he spent about ten years doing that and the rest of the time spinning his wheels.

[The Villain]

Sir Alfred Hitchcock

[Disease]

Romeroooooooooooooooooooo

[Disease]

He didn't need to- with one film he revolutionized it.


And in all honesty, I wouldn't say Romero has spent his life "evolving the horror genre." I'd say he spent about ten years doing that and the rest of the time spinning his wheels.

so you want to compare Psycho and night of the living dead?

[_____V_____]

Wrapping this up.

Sir Alfred Hitchcock - 6 (neverending, Straker, fortunato, roshiq, newb, The Villain)
George A. Romero - 5 (CaptainSpaulding, realdealblues, CannibalHolocaust, Медвежуть, Disease)
James Whale - 1 (wizard of gore)


Sir Alfred Hitchcock wins The Horror Directors Tournament.



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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock




Thanks to everyone who voted.

Thanks to bwind22 for the original idea behind this tournament.



*************************** TOURNAMENT CLOSED ***************************

[fortunato]

Bravo!

Thanks V for another excellent tournament!

[The Villain]

Damn these things always finish too quickly. Great tournament V

[newb]

another excellent tourney V

[neverending]

Groovy man.

The best man won.

[wizard of gore]

cool tornament,not happy with the end result though

[CannibalHolocaust]

fun tournament but dumb results. oh well

[Bob Gray]

Well damn, I should have partaken on that last one, it would have made it a tie, Romero would have been my choice.

[The Villain]

I don't get why some people are upset with the end result. It's Alfred Fucking Hitchcock for godsakes. Its not like Uwe Boll or M. Night Shyamalan won or something.

[wizard of gore]

I don't get why some people are upset with the end result. It's Alfred Fucking Hitchcock for godsakes. Its not like Uwe Boll or M. Night Shyamalan won or something.

im soo fuckin upset,this thread has been the tornament of my life.iv been following it every second of every day.havnt slept just thinking about it.iv been printing every post and puting them on my wall.dont tell me not too be upset !! :mad:

[The Villain]

im soo fuckin upset,this thread has been the tornament of my life.iv been following it every second of every day.havnt slept just thinking about it.iv been printing every post and puting them on my wall.dont tell me not too be upset !! :mad:

:D:D:D

Ok you're officially cool in my book

[CaptainSpaulding]

This was very fun. I was really rooting for Romero there, but if we all had the exact same taste, then a tournament like this would be rather boring. Great job, V!!!

[wizard of gore]

This was very fun. I was really rooting for Romero there, but if we all had the exact same taste, then a tournament like this would be rather boring. Great job, V!!!

youl just have to keep on rooting

[wizard of gore]

:D:D:D

Ok you're officially cool in my book

.......................:cool:

[wizard of gore]

i'd prefer uwe boll over hitchcock. his Postal is a one kick ass film. better than all birds and psychos together. i'll never understand why people like boring black-and-white "classics". yeah, yeah i know, cuz they are genious and bla-bla-bla

i love black and white and 80s splatter
some people might ask you the same question about boring torture porn

[CaptainSpaulding]

youl just have to keep on rooting

No disrespect to Sir Hitchcock. The creeps have spoken, and the best man won :)

[wizard of gore]

yeah, i know. but damn...words "porn" and "boring" don't go very well together.:D
depends on what kind of torture porn it is. something like guinea pig series i'd call boring myself. but not many people will call newborn porn boring. or raping teenage girl next to her dead and rotten fiance. or raping a corpse in the guts during autopsy. usually one will find another word to describe it.
but anyway Postal isn't even a torture porn at all. and it still better than birdies...unless you have birdiephobia

quick write that shit into a movie youl make millions..fuck even you could come up with a torture porn movie.but if dracula wasnt invented yet,it wouldnt be your simple mind coming up with the story :p

[The Villain]

yeah, i know. but damn...words "porn" and "boring" don't go very well together.:D
depends on what kind of torture porn it is. something like guinea pig series i'd call boring myself. but not many people will call newborn porn boring. or raping teenage girl next to her dead and rotten fiance. or raping a corpse in the guts during autopsy. usually one will find another word to describe it.
but anyway Postal isn't even a torture porn at all. and it still better than birdies...unless you have birdiephobia

No offense dude but.....what the fuck is wrong with you?

[wizard of gore]

i took that shit from the movies, so no easy bucks for me. i think every sick idea already exists in some movie...which is kinda sad. but what did i want to say... oh, movie makers didn't come up with dracula. bram stoker did. so, they didn't invent anything new. just took the novel and filmed a movie. even i could do that, just give me some money and meth for inspiration

:D you crack me up..i like your attitude.
dracula wasnt the only monster movie though.a books almost like writing a script for a movie anyway.anyone with half a brain can think up an awful way to kill someone

[The Villain]

everything is wrong with me. thanks for asking:D

Nice reply ;)

[wizard of gore]

yeah, there are tons of other monster dudes except of dracula. but you started talking about him, so...
btw "phycho" is about a maniac. no monsters there. just a regular looser who went kookoo once upon a time and cut a chick in a bathtub.
even if we gonna honor hitchcock cuz he was the first in cinematograph to make that sort of movie, there were lots of films better after it (not even torture porn ones)...seriously...when you ask someone who they had the best sex with, they not gonna always name you the first one. they certainly remember the first one ( if they weren't too drunk), but in most cases not the first one will be the best one, right?

i dont really care enough to argue...each to there own and all that anyway....bet the first sex you had the most adrinalin pumping through you though,after a while ya know the drill.kinda like the first psychopath,first ones like "what the fuck" then .....you know the drill wip dee doo

[_____V_____]

Thanks.

Thread has served it's purpose.

Closing.