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WHO IS THE BEST HORROR DIRECTOR AND WHY?
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE FILMS BY THIS DIRECTOR?

JOHN CARPENTER for consistency, The Thing, Halloween, The Fog, The Prince of darkness etc

Id say Alfred Hitchcock cos its so crap its good.

I think this has been done before.

But is nice to see Fulci in the poll.

Sadly, that "consistency" died about 15 years ago. He's still my pick.

i say Romero for the outstanding Dead Trilogy

John carpenter made the most quality horror films, but my 2 favourite horrors are The TCM by Tobe Hooper nad Cannibal Holocaust by Ruggero Deodata

John Carpenter

hitchcock, argento and carpenter

John Carpenter

John Carpenter and Ridley Scott. You people seem to forget a little Space Horror film called ALIEN!

I wouldn't exactly call "Alien" a horror movie. It was more of a Scifi/Thriller.

Wow, someone that likes Prince of Darkness other than me!

Lol what a coincidence it's on Cable over here in less than 10 minutes, I'll check it out

Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper and George Romero, David Crotenberg and i know he's not on there but Sean S. Cunningham

These Filmakers brought us classics like:

Wes Craven:
Nightmare On Elm Street
Swamp Thing
Serpent and the Rainbow
Last House on the Left
People Under The Stairs
Shocker
Scream.

John Carpenter:
Halloween
The Fog
The Thing
Prince Of Darkness
They Live!
Christine

Tobe Hooper.
Texas Chainsaw MAssacre
Eaten Alive
Poltergeist
The Funhouse

David Crotenberg.
The Fly
Videodrome
Shivers
Scannerz

George Romero.

MArtin
The " Dead"Trilogy

Sean S. Cunnigham.
Friday the 13th
Last House on the Left

i was going to add sean cunningham but he only did friday the 13th and produced last house on the left, so he has not directed enough classic films

Are you talking about Prince of Darkness?

i used to appreciate Hitchcock, till i had to study Psycho, now i dont like him. nothing wrong with the movie, but i just think Hitchcocks a pompous ****. if you believe the rumors (like i do in this case) he wasn't even there when the shower scene was shot

More importantly, "Monkey Shines". "Martin" was a good idea, but had poor execution, IMO.

I voted for Tobe Hooper, TCM hit me hard.

John Carpenter! Favorite movie: The Thing. Others I like: The Fog., Ghosts of Mars, Halloween series.

But I also like Paul W.S. Anderson. I found "Alien vs Predator". "Resident Evil 1 & 2" as good horror movies.

I think he did good work with upcoming "The Dark" and I hope "Resident Evil 3: Afterlife" to be the best of the series.

Maybe, sooner or later we'll have great movies made by Mr. Anderson and he'll be on our "best horror director" list. Who knows?

Anderson is a poo director, but he's a good writer and I like the stories of his movies.

Not quite 'poo' director! He has wonderful ideas but too bad he's got too many goofs in writing... But... As I said: I'm waiting for something good!!!

No its official genre is space horror.

Carpenter and guy that did sings

M. Night Shayamalan

Anderson is good for action, but when it comes to the acting and delivery of lines and so on, he is mostly crap.

Event Horizon was interesting though.


Tabby- We had to study Alfred Hitchcock and his films immensely in film studies, absolutely love his films.

wes craven is the bomb.

Yeah Alfred Hitchcock is an excellent writer/director.

persinally , i think wes craven is a bit poo

Why do you think that?

i dont like the feel of most of his movies, the atmospheres dont feel right, perhaps to modern or too much of a specific time, i do like anoes and scream, but the rest i dont really feel

I dislike the movies, but, "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Last House on the Left", for their time, had some pretty high tension.

Carpenter

I say Carpender, and Romero

M Night isn't a horror director. Neither is Hitchcock, come to think of it.

My fave are Craven and Carpenter

M Night is not strictly horror but has directed a few, The Sixth Sense, The Village, Signs.

Also hitchcock made a few, Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo, he was more into psychological terror and suspense.

Yep, Hitchcock has horror elements in some of his films, Papa said it above.

Voted for carpenter purely based on his work in "The Thing"... awesome stuff