Horror Director Tournament

[bwind22]

I have selected 16 of the most reknowned horror directors (Well, 14 actually, plus 2 up and coming horror directors) to compile a tournament to determine the greatest horror director of all time...


You can vote based on whatever you want. First director to 7 votes wins (but if I'm not online to decalre the match over, it continues until I am which means the first director to 7 votes may not neccesarily end up winning if the other one passes him before I sign on and update the thread.)



Anyways, there's only 16 director's involved so most people should be familiar with at least a couple of their films...

Ready? Here we go......

Round 1 - Match 1

Alexadre Aja - High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes (remake), {FYI- He's also directing Halloween 9, due in 2007.}

vs.

Tobe Hooper - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original), Eaten Alive, Salem's Lot, The Funhouse, Poltergeist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Spontaneous Combustion, The Mangler, Crocodile, The Toolbox Murders (remake)

[Dante'sInferno]

Tobe Hooper.





Heh,you will be putting me in this thing in a couple of years.:D

[AUSTIN316426808]

Alexandre Aja

High Tension's script was a little suspect which is the only bad thing I have to say about it. Hills Have Eyes was one of the very rare good remakes and with an upcoming Halloween film, plus only being about 28 I believe, he's got the potential to blow Hooper away.

[bwind22]

I was expecting a blowout, but we're all tied up right now after the first couple of votes. 1-1





Aja is only 27! (Hard to believe the guy's less than 2 years older than me and already has 2 pretty kick ass films under his belt plus another on the way. I need to get my ass in gear...)

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by bwind22
I was expecting a blowout, but we're all tied up right now after the first couple of votes. 1-1

I totally expect a 7+ to my 1, obviously he hasn't surpassed Hooper in films made or quality films made, but he got my vote because I believe in time he'll far surpass him.

[Zero]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Alexandre Aja

High Tension's script was a little suspect which is the only bad thing I have to say about it. Hills Have Eyes was one of the very rare good remakes and with an upcoming Halloween film, plus only being about 28 I believe, he's got the potential to blow Hooper away.

oddly enough - i'm going to agree with Austin. . . Hooper has had a decent run, TCM is one of the greatest American horror films and Poltergeist had a few non-Speilberg moments. . . but Aja shows promise and I'll vote for promise (at least over a disappointing career)

[The Flayed One]

Alexandre Aja

[Abominus]

Hooper still gets my vote out of respect for past gems.

[bwind22]

This is blowing me away, but Aja leads Hooper 3-2!!!

This could be a major upset in the making.

Need more votes...

[Yellow Jacket]

Tobe Hooper