The saviors of the Horror Genre
by Goose4456 | created - 18 Jul 2013 | updated - 18 Jul 2013 | PublicSo, basically the Horror Directors who are not letting the Horror genre drop below the "B-Movie' line.
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1. James Wan
Writer | Saw
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010)...
(Saw, Dead Silence, The Conjuring and Insidious)
2. David Twohy
Writer | The Fugitive
As both writer and director, David Twohy has contributed much to the film world, helping to elevate movies in such a way that Entertainment Weekly was prompted to name him "one of the 100 most creative people in Hollywood." In his career, Twohy has worked with on-screen notables like Harrison Ford,...
(Pitch Black, Below, A Perfect Getaway and The Arrival)
3. Tom Elkins
Editor | Inferno
Tom Elkins is known for Inferno (2016), Annabelle (2014) and Child's Play (2019).
(The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia)
4. Greg McLean
Director | Wolf Creek
After training as a fine artist before working as a director in Theatre and Opera, Australian writer, director, and producer Greg McLean's filmmaking career began when he wrote and directed the horror smash hit 'Wolf Creek.' The film played at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals before going ...
(Wolf Creek, Rogue and Wolf Creek 2)
5. James DeMonaco
Writer | The Purge: Anarchy
James DeMonaco was born in 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Purge: Election Year (2016) and The First Purge (2018).
(The Purge, Staten Island)
6. Franck Khalfoun
Director | Maniac
Franck Khalfoun is known for Maniac (2012), P2 (2007) and Oxygen (2021).
(Wrong Turn at Tahoe and Maniac)
7. John Erick Dowdle
Writer | No Escape
John grew up in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. After graduating St. Thomas Academy, an all-boys, military, Catholic highschool, John moved to Iowa City to attend the University of Iowa. There he would make the move from writing to film. Two years later, John moved to Manhattan to attend NYU's film ...
(Quarantine, Devil,)
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