10 Best Horror Directors!

by Jordan Griffiths
(Tasmania, Australia)

Bruce Campbell as Ash

In order to make this list the directors have to have made at least 2 or more brilliant horror movies. In other words, they can't just be one-hit-wonders...


10. Peter Jackson - Although gaining more recent and highly recognized success with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, this talented New-Zealander started off his career in a far better fashion... Over-the-top gruesome horror comedies!

Highlights - Bad Taste,
Dead Alive (Braindead)


9. Alfred Hitchcock - Really more of a thriller director than a horror one, this legendary film maker knew how to create suspense and shocks in his eerie black and white style better than most.

Highlights - Psycho,
The Birds,
Rear Window


8. Stanley Kubrick - Personally my favorite director, this directorial legend tackled every single genre. Horror, comedy, period, adult, sci-fi, war, crime thriller, epic, but in each of his movies lay a horrifying backdrop, and a scary vision.

Highlights - The Shining,
A Clockwork Orange,
2001 A Space Odyssey


7. Neil Marshall - Only recently hitting the big time, this up-and-coming horror creator produced some absolute stinkers; Boo, Cemetery gates, but has also directed some instant classics.

Highlights - Dog Soldiers,
The Descent


6. John Carpenter - Any director that bursts onto the scene with a movie like Halloween automatically gets a place on this list! He has been both influenced and heavily influential, and the only reason he's not further down the list is that next to the amount of awesome cult movies he's made, there's an equally as big list of major flops.

Highlights - Halloween,
The Thing




Here is where things start getting tricky, so many directors! so little space! Here goes...


5. Lucio Fulci - Commonly referred to as 'The Master of Gore' Lucio never hesitates in his no-holes-barred style! although some of his movies have more blood than sense, boy are they a hell of a ride!

Highlights - Zombie 11,
The Beyond,
City of the Living Dead


4. Wes Craven - Branching into the 'Teen Horror' market may have slightly damaged his initial psychopathic and damaging horror movie status, but even if he now made a hundred 'Norbit' sequels he would still be an individual, influential genius.

Highlights - Last House On The Left,
The Hills Have Eyes,
Scream


3. Tobe Hooper - Just hearing the name 'Leatherface' chills me to the bone. Tobe has a great talent of creating utterly terrifying movie antagonists and has the art of gore and violence down to a tee.

Highlights - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
Poltergeist


2. Sam Raimi - He's the genius behind and father to the 'evil Dead' series... Enough Said. This list couldn't be made without him. he also introduced us to Bruce Campbell, the biggest B actor of all time.

Highlights - The Evil Dead,
Evil Dead 2,
Army Of Darkness


1. George Romero - 'They're coming to get you Barbara!' When I was watching Night of the Living Dead for the first time I was like, WOW... His use of memorable dialogue and stylized and graphic violence make all his films instant successes, and his legend will live on for a millennium... He also made the best sequel of all time, and is the real, zombie master...

Highlights - Night of the Living Dead,
Dawn of the Dead,
Day of the Dead



I hope you enjoyed the list!