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Xymphony 
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 Topic: Best Horror Movie Director?
Posted: November 08 2005 at 00:49 |
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Hope i didn't forget an important horror - gore director. I pick "George A. Romero". And you?
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Matti
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Posted: November 08 2005 at 02:06 |
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Obvious choice: Sir Hitchcock - though he's not really a 'horror' but suspense director. A genius.
I'm not very fond of horror genre. The latest I saw was "The Ring" (American one) and it was quite good.
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Posted: November 08 2005 at 06:59 |
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Obviously Hitchcock.
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Phil
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Posted: November 08 2005 at 07:08 |
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I would class Hitchcock as suspense, not horror. I'll vote for john carpenter.
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Posted: November 08 2005 at 18:33 |
I feel like i need to vote for Wes Craven. I don't think Slasher Horror movies are the best, but Wes Craven has made legendary slasher movies (Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream). Both of the killers in that movies are also the two most popular horror movie halloween costumes. Wes Craven is famous on a film and culture level.
The runner up or the best would have to be Romero. Land of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead are just amazing horror movies. George Romero movies are not just horror movies, they are epic horror movies.
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Posted: November 09 2005 at 17:40 |
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Sam Raimi - innovative, funny and very, very sick (at his best).
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Fantômas
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Posted: November 09 2005 at 18:10 |
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Sam Raimi. But my favorite in the genre is Ruggero Deodato.
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Posted: November 09 2005 at 19:24 |
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Dario Argento is fantastic, and gets my vote........................his films are a pure delight.
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Xymphony
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Posted: November 09 2005 at 19:45 |
 Fantômas wrote:
But my favorite in the genre is Ruggero Deodato. |
How did i forget him 
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Posted: November 10 2005 at 01:40 |
I voted for George Romero but also really like Raimi.The Evil Dead scared the crap out of me when I was younger.
And while Hitchcock is a great director his movies are more suspense than horror.
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Drachen Theaker
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Posted: November 10 2005 at 03:26 |
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I voted for Terence Fisher as I'm a big fan of British Horror - like prog we used to be very good at it.
Michael (Witchfinder General) Reeves should also probably be on the list.
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R.Darkmoon
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Posted: November 17 2005 at 18:55 |
Romero for me! Dawn of the Dead is simply Bloodtaking!!! 
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Posted: November 17 2005 at 19:26 |
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I voted for Hitchcock but I like Coffin Joe (José Mojica Marins).
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Posted: January 31 2006 at 20:37 |
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Of Hitchcock probably only "The Birds" could be named a horror movie.
Roman Polanksi should be on the list; the movies "Repulsion", "Rosemary's Baby", "The Tenant" and the horror comedy "The Fearless Vampire Killers" are some of the very best of this genré.
My vote goes to Murnau, by the way; his "Nosferatu" is unsurpassed.
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Posted: January 31 2006 at 21:10 |
Alfred Hitchcock of course like Friede for The Byrds AND Psycho! Forget one Friede? Hello? 
Also 2 others not mentioned, James Whale (Frankenstien and Bride Of) and Mario Bava (Black Sabbath and Lisa And The Devil).
And I guess you can throw in William Friedkin for The Exorcist, one of the all time great horror films.
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Posted: February 01 2006 at 04:16 |
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: February 01 2006 at 04:52 |
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Dario Argento
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Posted: February 01 2006 at 04:54 |
What, no Uwe Boll up there 
Seriously folks Uwe sucks
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