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Who are your 5 favorite horror directors? I don't recall seeing a thread like this, and if there was one it was too long ago.

mine

1. John Carpenter;)
2. Dario Argento
3. Tod Browning
4. George Romero
5. Mario Bava

honorable mention to Neil Marshall - the next John Carpenter

1.) Alfred Hitchcock
2.) Dario Argento
3.) George Romero
4.)David Lynch
5.)Takashi Miike

SUCK UP......:p ;)

1. David Cronenberg
2. Dario Argento
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. George Romero
5. Wes Craven

Had to edit....Craven edges Carpenter out just barely....

I see, going for the positive vibe ....

George A Romero
Wes Craven
John Carpenter
Robert Rodrigeuz
David Cronenburg

No particular order except George A Romero is No.1

Cronenburg...shit, I should've put him on instead of Bava

and Tim Burton is really close to my top 5

1. Sergio Martino
2. Lucio Fulci
3. Paul Naschy
4. Dario Argento
5. Mario Bava

Alfred Hitchcock
Dario Argento
George Romero
Sam Raimi
Cronenberg

Is it weird that I don't have Raimi on my list when he directed my favorite film of all time? Geez....he should be on there somewhere. :(

yes


it is weird

5. Tobe Hooper
4. Wes Craven
3. Sam Raimi
2. George Romero
1. John Carpenter

LOL...well, makes sense since I am so damn weird myself...but really, he only directed two of my favorites, and the others on my list, more than that....so, there I have rationalized it.....:D

(~ that was a rhetorical question by the way ;) )

Was it





or was it a cry for help?




:D

1. F.W. Murnau
2. Argento
3. Bava
4. Hitchcock
5. Fulci

in that order

1. Alfred Hitchcock
2. Dario Argento
3. Mario Bava
4. Jacques Tourneur
5. Tod Browning

James Whale
Hitchcock
Roger Corman
David Lynch
Terence Fisher

Bwind made a tournament last year on horror directors. I think Romero won it by beating Argento. Here's the link...

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21982


And about my top 5 :-

1 - Sir Alfred Hitchcock
2 - Dario Argento
3 - George Romero
4 - David Cronenberg
5 - Sam Raimi

Hon. mentions - John Carpenter, Tod Browning, Mario Bava, Frank Henenlotter, David Lynch.

Thats for horror. Overall I d say Akira Kurosawa. The man was a genius.

None of these guys are JUST horror...but...

Carpenter
Timur Bekmambetov
Romero (but decreasing)
Ryuhei Kitamura
Wes Craven (well, up until mid 90's)

1 George Romero
2 Alfred Hitchcock
3 Sam Raimi
4 John Carpenter
5 Wes Craven

My favorites
 

1) Sir Alfred Hitchcock
2) Dario Argento
3) John Carpenter
4) David Cronenberg
5) Wes Craven

In no real order:
1.) F.W Murnau
2.) Tod Browning
3.)Mario Bava
4.)Jack Arnold
5.)David Cronenberg

Ooooo... Good thread.

Shoe-ins:
John Carpenter
Alfred Hitchcock
David Lynch
Roman Polanski

Fighting for the 5th spot:
Sam Raimi
William Friedkin
George A. Romero
Takashi Shimizu
Tim Burton (I am VERY excited about Sweeney Todd)

Notes:
I'm glad that someone else classifies Lynch as a horror director. I would love to see him do a strictly horror film. Then again, if he stuck to a single genre, he wouldn't be his wonderful Lynch self.

Directors whom I haven't delved into but I should:
Dario Argento
Mario Bava
David Cronenburg (I've seen Spider, which I found well-done yet predictable)

1.George Romero.
2.Sam Raimi.
3.John Carpenter.
4.Wes Craven.
5.Tobe Hopper.

You didn't like Videodrome... hmmmm... try Scanners.




I'd say...

Romero
Cronenburg
Argento
Hitchcock

There are too many directors I like and would give this fifth spot to. From greats like Raimi, Bava, Craven, Polanski and Carpenter to the... different, like Henenlotter and HG Lewis. Hell, I'd even consider putting Stuart Gorden or Roger Corman on my list.

1. George Romero
2. John Carpenter
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. Wes Craven
5. Dario Argento

It's too hard to decide. robert Rodriguez and Craven would be there for sure. Oh hell.


1. Ridley Scott
2. Neil Marshall
3. Wes Craven
4. Robert Rodriguez
5. James Cameron

James Cameron...horror...?

Well.... Aliens. I'd have to actually think to put together a decent one. Gimme a break.

Abyss too, if you count that one.

Ehh.... Abyss is an interesting movie. I'm not sure what i'd call it. I mean, it's definitely Sci Fi, but horror? Not really.

Piranha 2: The Spawning?

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock

Fuck you! Those flying poissons were genius!

Hitchcock
Romero
Carpenter
Craven
Cronenberg

no order, and more or less what everyone else is putting:

david cronenberg
alfred hitchcock
tod browning
john carpenter
dario argento and mario bava fight for a spot.

Well no, not EVERYONE.

well, i know not everyone. it seems mostly everyone has some or all of those directors in their top 5, which makes sense. there is an elite group of directors that have made such incredible strides in the horror genre that they're (until this point, at least) impossible to outdo.

agreed

I started this thread to find out with whom everyone thinks I should be working.

I've already got two out of the top 5 most frequently listed directors working on screenplays of mine and I'm trying to decide who to write for next:D

Someone like Miike I don't count because his stuff that isn't necessarily horror is what I like best. Ichi the Killer, especially. It's his best movie, IMO, and it's not a horror movie. Same with Chronenberg. His horror stuff was good, and all, but I was never so impressed with him as a director until his most recent movies. I think Eastern Promises is his best movie yet.


Anywho, in no particular order:


Alfred Hitchcock
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Dario Argento
Wes Craven
Romero

David Fincher is close to being in the top 5, but is barely edged out since I don't consider Zodiac a horror movie.

Hitchcock
Browning
Cronenberg
Bava
Carpenter


in that order.



Edgar

Carpenter
Hitchcock
Barker
Craven
Raimi