31 Days of Halloween: Top 10 Horror Directors


Top 10 Horror Movie Directors


10. 

Tied Between 5

Stuart Gordon, James Wan, Ted Nicolaou, Rob Zombie, David DeCoteau




James Wan:

Saw
Insidious 1 and 2
Dead Silence
The Conjuring

Ted Nicolaou:

Terror Vision (1986)
Subspecies
Bad Channels (1992)
Bloodstone: Subspecies (1993)
Bloodlust: Subspecies 3 (1994)
Vampire Journals (1997)
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998)
Ragdoll (1999)

Rob Zombie:

House of a 1000 Corpses 2003
The Devils Rejects 2005
Halloween 2007
Halloween 2 2009
The Lords of Salem 2013

David Decoteau:

1988       Creepozoids      
1988       Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama     
1993       Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1998       Shrieker
1998       Curse of the Puppet Master
1998       Talisman
1999       The Killer Eye
1999       Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy       
1999       Witchouse
1999       Totem
1999       Retro Puppet Master
2000       Voodoo Academy           
2001       Prison of the Dead
2001       The Brotherhood
2001       Final Stab            
2001       The Brotherhood II: Young Warlocks      
2002       The Frightening
2002       Wolves of Wall Street   
2003       The Brotherhood III: Young Demons      
2003       Leeches!             
2003       Speed Demon  
2004       Ring of Darkness
2004       The Sisterhood
2005       The Brotherhood IV: The Complex          
2005       Killer Bash          
2005       Witches of the Caribbean            
2005       Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn! 
2006       Beastly Boyz      
2007       Grizzly Rage       
2007       The Raven          
2007       House of Usher
2009       The Brotherhood V: Alumni       
2009       The Brotherhood VI: Initiation  
2009       The Pit and the Pendulum          
2010       Puppet Master: Axis of Evil

Stuart Gordon:

Re-Animator (1985)
From Beyond (1986)
Dolls (1987)
Daughter of Darkness (1990)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Castle Freak (1995)
Dagon (2001)
King of the Ants (2003)

9. Tobe Hopper


The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Eaten Alive (1977)
Salem’s Lot (1979)
The Funhouse (1981)
Poltergeist (1982)
Lifeforce (1985)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Spontaneous Combustion (1990)
I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
Night Terrors (1993)
Body Bags (1993)
The Mangler (1995)
The Apartment Complex (1999)
Crocodile (2000)
Toolbox Murders (2004)
Mortuary (2006)
Djinn (2013)


8. Wes Craven


1972       The Last House on the Left                         
1977      The Hills Have Eyes         
1978       Stranger in Our House  
1981       Deadly Blessing
1982       Swamp Thing                    
1984       Invitation to Hell              
1984     A Nightmare on Elm Street                                                           
1985       Chiller
1985      The Hills Have Eyes 2
1986       Deadly Friend
1988       The Serpent and the Rainbow   
1989       The People Next Door                  
1989      Shocker
1991       The People Under the Stairs      
1994       Wes Craven's New Nightmare  
1995       Vampire in Brooklyn                                                                      
1996       Scream
1997       Scream 2                                                                                                             
2000       Scream 3                                                                                             
2005      Cursed                                                                                 
2005      Red Eye
2010       My Soul to Take                                               
2011       Scream 4


7. Dario Argento


1970       The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1971       The Cat o' Nine Tails
1971       Four Flies on Grey Velvet
1975       Deep Red
1977       Suspiria               
1980       Inferno
1982      Tenebrae
1985      Phenomena       
1987       Terror at the Opera / Trauma
1996      The Stendhal Syndrome
1998       The Phantom of the Opera
2001       Sleepless
2004       The Card Player
2007       Mother of Tears


6. George Romero 



1968       Night of the Living Dead
1973       The Crazies
1973      Season of the Witch
1978       Martin
1978      Dawn of the Dead
1982       Creepshow
1985       Day of the Dead              
1987       Creepshow 2
1988       Monkey Shine
1990       Two Evil Eyes
1993       The Dark Half
2000       Bruiser
2005       Land of the Dead
2008       Diary of the Dead
2009      Survival of the Dead


5. Mario Bava 



1960       Black Sunday                     
1963       The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963       Black Sabbath
1963       The Whip and the Body
1964       Blood and Black Lace
1965       Planet of the Vampires
1966       Kill, Baby, Kill
1970       Five Dolls for an August Moon
1970       Hatchet for the Honeymoon      
1971       Twitch of the Death Nerve
1972       Baron Blood
1972       Lisa and the Devil
1974       Rabid Dogs
1977       Shock    


3. Terence Fisher


The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Dracula (1958) aka Horror of Dracula (US)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Mummy (1959)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1960)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Horror of It All (1963)
The Gorgon (1964)
The Earth Dies Screaming (1965)
Island of Terror (1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
The Devil Rides Out (1968) aka The Devil's Bride (US)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973)


2. John Carpenter 





1978      Eyes of Laura Mars
1978      Halloween
1980       The Fog               
1981      Halloween II
1982       The Thing
1983       Christine
1987       Prince of Darkness
1993       Body Bags                                          
1995       In the Mouth of Madness
1995       Village of the Damned
1998       Vampires                            
2001       Ghosts of Mars                                
2010      The Ward




1. Lucio Fulci

1971       A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
1972       Don't Torture a Duckling
1977       The Psychic
1979       Zombi 2
1980       City of the Living Dead
1981       The Black Cat  
1981       The Beyond     
1981       The House by the Cemetery    
1982       The New York Ripper
1982       Manhattan Baby           
1983       Conquest
1983       Murder Rock
1987       Aenigma
1988       Sodoma's Ghost
1989       The Sweet House of Horrors
1989       The House of Clocks
1990       Demonia
1990       A Cat in the Brain

1991       Voices from Beyond