Top 10 Filmmakers Who Contrubuted to the Genre

by Wayne
(Canada)

1. Georges Melies, magician to filmmaker. The first to do special effects.

2. Lon Chaney, perfected the art of applied make-up techniques.

3. James Whale, director of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein.

4. Boris Karloff, the person who really brought the monster to life.

5. Willis o' Brien and Ray Harryhausen with their stop motion animation techniques (King Kong).

6. England's 'Hammer Studio', who revived the Universal monsters in their own unique style.

7. Alfred Hitchcock and George Romero who brought the horror film into the modern world and leaving the gothic castles behind.

8. Tom Savini, who introduced us to his horrorific style of realism in his make-up effects.

9. Stephen King, one way or another he has contributed quite a lot.

10. Independent film makers and studios, especially from foreign countries. All Hollywood seems to be interested in now is to rehash the horror films made in the past. Only the Independents are willing to take the risks in something unproven.