Best Horror Director?

[Shane]

In your opinion, which of these 3 directors is superior when it comes to making horror movies?

1. John Carpenter - Directed the following:
Halloween
The Fog
Christine
The Thing
Prince of Darkness
In the Mouth of Madness
Vampires
Village of the Damned
Cigarette Burns

2. John Landis - He's directed the following:
An American Werewolf in London
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Innocent Blood
Deer Woman

3. David Cronenberg - He directed:
Rabid
Shivers
The Brood
Scanners
Videodrome
The Fly
Dead Ringers
The Dead Zone

[Doom_Girl]

While some of the artsy crowd might vote for Cronenberg, I would have to give John Carpenter the nod. All 3 are excellent (Werewolf in London was a freakin scream), but I believe Carpenter's films have had a greater impact on modern filmmaking.

That, and I always thought Kurt Russell was pretty hunky for an older guy.

That being said, I thought Cigarette Burns sucked a high hard one. Yuck.

[Shane]

John Carpenter...without a doubt. The Thing and Big Trouble in Little China are my two all-time favorites.

His career has really run out of steam, but he was a force of nature during the 80s.

[MC_Squiddly_Diddly]

Cronenberg wins on originality. Videodrome was reall nice and The Fly is one of best movies ever. Carpenter was good, but all his movies had that same cheap-sounding music. And who can forget Michael Ironside getting his head blown up in Scanners?

[Randy]

I'd vote for Cronenberg if not for Halloween, which I contend is a masterpiece far beyond just the horror genre.

[Groovy_Movie]

Has to be Carpenter. The Fog scared em witless as a kid and the rest of his work is great too.

[Shane]

Originally Posted by Groovy_Movie

Has to be Carpenter. The Fog scared em witless as a kid and the rest of his work is great too.

As a little kid, I remember seeing that one at a drive-in movie theater.

[Darryl Mathe]

My favorite isn't on the list but I'll go with Cronenberg on this one.

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[regina414]

Why no mention of Alfred Hitchcock?...

[Shane]

The list was about which of the three was the better horror director, not who was the greatest of all time. As much as I like all these guys, I never claimed that they could hold a candle to Hitch.

Hitchcock's on a whole other level.