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    Posted: November 08 2005 at 00:49
Hope i didn't forget an important horror - gore director. I pick "George A. Romero". And you?
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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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Obviously Hitchcock.
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I would class Hitchcock as suspense, not horror. I'll vote for john carpenter.
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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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Sam Raimi - innovative, funny and very, very sick (at his best).
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Sam Raimi. But my favorite in the genre is Ruggero Deodato.
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Dario Argento is fantastic, and gets my vote........................his films are a pure delight.
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Originally posted by Fantômas Fantômas wrote:

But my favorite in the genre is Ruggero Deodato.

How did i forget him

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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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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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Romero for me! Dawn of the Dead is simply Bloodtaking!!!
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I voted for Hitchcock but I like Coffin Joe (José Mojica Marins).
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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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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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Originally posted by marktheshark marktheshark wrote:

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.

Is "Psycho" really a horror movie? Not sure about that, but maybe. Is "The Trouble with Harry" a horror comedy?


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What, no Uwe Boll up there 

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