The Horror Directors Tournament

[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.

Originally Posted by 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.

Ditto.

[newb]

Originally Posted by 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.

I find it really hard to disagree with this logic

Hitch

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

[realdealblues]

Originally Posted by newb

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]

Originally Posted by realdealblues

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]

Originally Posted by neverending

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