Favorite horror directors?
 

Who are your favorite horror directors?

For me I must say that it includes David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, James Wan, Alfred Hitchcock, Rob Zombie, George A. Romero, Sam Raimi, Eli Roth, and Adam Green. I'm probably forgetting some right now.

James Wan is one of the best right now.

John Carpenter is a legend.

Wes Craven is another legend. RIP Wes!!

Kim Ji Woon directed two of my favourites A Tale of Two Sisters and sorta horror but mostly thriller I Saw The Devil.

Adam Wingard who directed Blair Witch, The Guest and You're Next.

David Cronenberg is also excellent.

There's quite a few who have made just one horror movie but are very promising like Robert Eggers who directed The Witch.

I really wish more high profile filmmakers dabbled more in horror!

A lot of amazing names already tossed out there!

I would add Tobe Hooper. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Eaten Alive, Life Force, Poltergeist, Salems Lot, Toolbox Murders (2004)...and more.
I'm also a huge fan of German filmmaker Jorg Buttgereit. He's responsible for some classic stuff, like Nekromantik, Der Todesking and Schramm.
Going way back, Tod Browning made some of the most unforgetable Horror movies. Dracula alone would make him an all time great, but his catalogue is impressive.
A couple of modern movie makers I have high hopes for are Lucky McKee and Ti West.

And don't forget some of the folks who made great schlock! No list of my favorite Directors would be complete without mentioning Herschel Gordon Lewis, Ed Wood, William Girdler and Jeff Lieberman!

I completely forgot about Lucky McKee and Ti West.
I loved House of the Devil by West and The Woman and May from Lucky McKee.

McKee also directed the episode Sick Girl of Masters of Horror. One of the first episodes of that show I watched.

Also, let's have a shout out to Takashi Miike. Audition, Imprint (Another Master of Horror episode), One Missed Call, Over Your Dead Body.
A prolific and awesome filmmaker who did a lot of different types of movies.

Good call on Miike! Love his work. Visitor Q and Audition have to be my favorites, With Ichi The Killer not far behind.

Guillermo Del Toro.

Mickey Keating

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Roman Polanski

Excellent!
I'm guessing you're a big Terence Fisher fan, Hammer?

Good lord! How could I forget him?! *face palm*

It did seem like an obvious choice. ::big grin::

::big grin::

James Wan! Conjuring is a classic. I like the settings and atmosphere

James Wan
 

It's really hard to find a good horror film these days and I'm grateful that James Wan has really stirred the pot and raised the bar on the paranoramal subgenre of horror.

I also was really impressed with Mike Flanagan's "Ouija: Origin of Evil" and "Hush." He appears to be taking on the paranormal while Wan is doing the DC universe.

Directors
 

Clive Barker... you didn't mention him..

Hmmmm would probably have to say the directors of my favorite films in general. Without the directors it wouldn't have been possible to like them as much as I do. So:

Joe Dante
Lowell Dean
Wes Craven
Clive Barker
John Landis
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Spielberg
Tobe Hooper
Sean S. Cunningham
Steve Miner

Umm... about all I can think of at the moment.

Yeah, you've pretty much nailed them there, though I'd add Lynch in there even though he's not a 'horror' director per-se, but he does have some great horror moments in his films. And I'm not a huge fan of Roth.

And I love Mike Flanagan's work too - he really knows how to create a creepy vibe.

Seen a short by Heidrik a Heygum called "Skuld" there the other day - amazing work. Love to see a feature length horror from him.

Hard to see any of the current crop living up to the masters of the 70s - like Wes Craven.

Wes Craven, but Alfred Hitchcock is no doubt a master. There is new age horror that I like but I wouldn't consider Eli Roth or Adam Green among my favorites. James Wan seems to know what he's doing.

I know he isn't necessarily a horror director but as far as horror creators go I think Robert Kirkman is at the top of his game right now with The Walking Dead (2003 - Present) comics. I've read up on the comic books and they far surpass the show by miles.

Wes will always be my favorite director. My two favorite horror films are People Under the Stairs (1991) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). I love that man's philosophies on life. His work has intrigued me ever since I watched an interview with him at the end of the Nightmare on Elm Street VHS I use to have as a kid.