Name↕ | Films↕ | Avg Rating↕ | Genres↕ | Known Films↕ | Language↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Chaves | 5 | 6.58 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | The Conjuring: Last Rites, The Nun II, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Curse of La Llorona, The Maiden | English |
Rigoberto Castañeda | 5 | 6.12 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Night Shift, Originless, Km 31-2, Blackout, KM 31: Kilometer 31 | English, Spanish |
Julien Maury | 5 | 6 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Kandisha, The Deep House, Leatherface, Among the Living, Inside | English, French |
Brandon Christensen | 5 | 5.98 | Horror, Thriller | Night of the Reaper, The Puppetman, Superhost, Z, Still/Born | English |
Damien Leone | 7 | 5.87 | Horror, Thriller | Terrifier 3, Terrifier 2, Terrifier, Frankenstein vs. The Mummy, All Hallows' Eve | English |
William Brent Bell | 8 | 5.85 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Lord of Misrule, Orphan: First Kill, Separation, Brahms: The Boy II, The Boy | English |
Stephen Cognetti | 6 | 5.73 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 825 Forest Road, Hell House LLC: Lineage, Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire, Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel | English |
Jacob Gentry | 6 | 5.73 | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV Movie | Broadcast Signal Intrusion, Synchronicity, My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3, My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2, My Super Psycho Sweet 16 | English |
Rocky Soraya | 7 | 5.31 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Indigo, The Doll 3, The Third Eye 2, Sabrina, The Third Eye | Indonesian |
Ahn Byeong-ki | 5 | 5.28 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Bunshinsaba, Apt, Bunshinsaba: Ouija Board, Phone, Nightmare | Chinese, Korean |
John Carpenter | 15 | 7.1 | Slasher, Sci-Fi Horror | Halloween, The Thing, They Live | en |
Wes Craven | 20 | 6.5 | Slasher, Meta-Horror | A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream | en |
James Wan | 12 | 7 | Supernatural, Torture | Saw, The Conjuring, Insidious | en |
Jordan Peele | 3 | 7.3 | Social Horror, Psychological | Get Out, Us, Nope | en |
Ari Aster | 3 | 7.2 | Art-House Horror, Folk | Hereditary, Midsommar | en |
George A. Romero | 18 | 6.5 | Zombie, Social Commentary | Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead | en |
Tobe Hooper | 14 | 6 | Slasher, Grindhouse | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist | en |
Dario Argento | 20 | 6.8 | Giallo, Supernatural | Suspiria, Deep Red | it |
Mike Flanagan | 10 | 7 | Psychological, Supernatural | The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep | en |
Robert Eggers | 4 | 7.4 | Period Horror, Folk | The Witch, The Lighthouse, Nosferatu | en |
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