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While there are many theatre director known for makinghorror movies , there are others who have only visited this genre once , even though they proved they can make great repulsion picture . The horror musical style is a tricky one as make a movie that perfectly balances good story , well - write characters , and scare is not easy . Many director dedicate their entire life history to the repugnance genre , bring both groovy and not - so - dependable motion picture , while others go back and forward between repulsion and other genres , return some counterbalance to their filmographies .
There are also many manager who have never ventured into the repulsion genre , while some others have only visit it once . Although many of those film director deliver the goods with their horror moving picture , they never returned to the musical genre , and the reasons for that are unclear . While there ’s Leslie Townes Hope for some of them to give the repulsion music genre another luck at some point , their horror first appearance were so great that they already earned a daub in horror history , even if they make up one’s mind to never return to the literary genre again .
10Steven Soderbergh - Unsane
Unsane Was Entirely Shot On iPhone
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Steven Soderbergh has explore a change of genre throughout his career as a film producer – from play withSex , Lies , and Videotapeto law-breaking withTrafficand even comedy withMagic Mike – but it was n’t until 2018 that he explore the horror genre withUnsane . This psychological repugnance picture was scoot completely on iPhone 7 Plus and follows Sawyer Valentini ( Claire Foy ) , who involuntarily enters a mental care introduction . Once there , she bring out that one of the staff member is the prowler she had been running forth from , and she judge to show her saneness before it ’s too tardy . AlthoughUnsanewas a critical and commercial-grade success , Soderbergh has n’t made a repulsion movie again .
9Tomas Alfredson - Let The Right One In
Let The Right One In Is Among The Best Vampire Movies In Recent Years
In 2008 , Tomas Alfredson broughtLet The Right One In , a Swedish romantic horror flick base on the 2004 novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindquist . Let The proper One Intells the story of Oskar ( Kåre Hedebrant ) , a boss around 12 - year - old who dream of revenge against his aggressors , and one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , he get together a strange female child named Eli ( Lina Leandersson ) . Oskar and Eli soon originate a special friendly relationship , but he also learns that she ’s actually a vampire . allow The Right One Inwas praised by critic and got an American remake in 2010 , but despite its success , Alfredson has n’t lead back to the revulsion literary genre ( yet ) .
8Kathryn Bigelow - Near Dark
Near Dark Brought Together Western & Vampires
Kathryn Bigelow squander no time and call in the revulsion genre in her second film , Near Dark . liberate in 1987,Near Darkis a neo - westerly horror movie that observe Caleb Cotton ( Adrian Pasdar ) , a young humanity in a diminished town who find himself regard with a family of mobile American vampires after an attractive woman bite his neck . AlthoughNear Darkwas a boxful office flop , it mostly get plus review , and with clock time , it has gathered a cult be . AfterNear Dark , Bigelow be active on to the genre of activity , thriller , and war films , with her most noted works beingPoint Break , The Hurt Locker , andZero Dark Thirty .
7Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs Made Way For A Movie Series Centered On Hannibal Lecter
In 1991 , Jonathan Demme brought the psychological horror thrillerThe secretiveness of the Lambs , base on the 1988 novel of the same name by Thomas Harris . The Silence of the Lambsfollows Clarice Starling ( Jodie Foster ) , an FBI trainee hunting a nonparallel sea wolf know as “ Buffalo Bill ” , but to catch him , she seek the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter ( Anthony Hopkins ) , a brilliant psychiatrist but also a cannibalistic serial killer . The Silence of the Lambsis widely considered one of the majuscule moviesever made and made room for a movie serial publication with a sequel and two prequels , but Demme never made a horror movie again .
6James Gunn - Slither
Gunn Has Written Horror Movies, But Only Directed One
Before conjoin the Marvel Cinematic Universe , James Gunn made his directorial debut with the horror movieSlither . When a meteorite brings a malevolent , sentient parasite to Earth , it infect Grant Grant ( Michael Rooker ) , taking over his body and absorbing his brain , turning him into a grotesque devil . After taint a local adult female to expend her as a breeder for his alien larvae , the townsfolk becomes infested with these animal . Slithergot positively charged reviews from critics and has become a cult movie , and while Gunn has n’t made a horror movie again , he compose theDawn of the Deadremake as well asThe Belko Experiment .
5Stanley Kubrick - The Shining
The Shining Isn’t A Loyal Adaptation of Stephen King’s Novel
Stanley Kubrick explored unlike genre in his career as a filmmaker , and in 1980 , he visited the revulsion genre withThe Shining . ground on Stephen King ’s 1977 novel of the same name , The Shiningfollows Jack Torrance ( Jack Nicholson ) , a recovering alcoholic and author who assume a job as the off - season caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rocky Mountains . Once he , his wife Wendy ( Shelley Duvall ) , and their boy Danny arrive , they are haunted by the sinister presences in the hotel , crusade Jack ’s sanity over the edge . Kubrick made so many change to King ’s novel that his version ofThe Shiningisn’t precisely consider an adaptationof it , but despite that , it ’s regarded as one of the greatest horror movies ever made , and it was Kubrick ’s only horror movie .
4Tony Scott - The Hunger
The Hunger Starred Music Icon David Bowie
Tony Scott kick off his vocation as a filmmaker with the titillating horror movieThe Hunger , a free adaptation of the 1981 novel of the same name by Whitley Striber . The Hungerfollows Sarah Roberts ( Susan Sarandon ) , a Dr. who speciate in sopor and age inquiry , and Miriam ( Catherine Deneuve ) and John Blaylock ( David Bowie ) , a vampire span who go to Miriam for service when John begins to maturate chop-chop . The Hungerhas build a cult followingover the years , but Tony Scott never return to the horror genre .
3Quentin Tarantino - Death Proof
Death Proof Is Considered Quentin Tarantino’s Worst Movie
In 2007 , theGrindhousedouble feature projection brought Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino together : the former brought the zombie moviePlanet Terrorand the latter the slasher filmDeath Proof . Death Prooffollows Stuntman Mike ( Kurt Russell ) a psychopathic stuntman and killer who uses his limited “ death - trial impression ” car to murder young women , as the car is only dying - substantiation for the number one wood . Although Quentin Tarantino ’s narrative and ocular style fit with the horror genre , Death Proofwasn’t his most successful moving-picture show , and he has n’t ventured back into the horror writing style since then .
Quentin Tarantino ’s weakest flick is Death Proof , his only horror moving-picture show to date , and there are different rationality why it did n’t succeed .
2Martin Scorsese - Cape Fear
Cape Fear Is A Remake Of A 1962 Movie
Martin Scorsese is best be intimate for his gangster and drama picture , and in 1991 , he brought something different withCape Fear , a remaking of the 1962 movie of the same name which is based on the 1957 novelThe Executionersby John D. MacDonald . mantle Fearfollows Max Cady ( Robert De Niro ) , a convict and very dangerous rapist who is released from prison house after serving a 14 - class - prison term . Cady get word that the public defender who sent him to prison used faulty defense tactic , and so he conk after him and his family . Given its story , primary character , and graphic vehemence , Cape Fearis considered Scorsese ’s only horror movie , and it ’s improbable he will do another one .
1Danny Boyle - 28 Days Later
Danny Boyle Didn’t Return To Direct The Sequel, 28 Weeks Later
Danny Boyle surprised the audience in 2002 with28 day afterward , a post - apocalyptic revulsion motion picture publish by Alex Garland.28 solar day Laterfollows Jim ( Cillian Murphy ) , a bicycle messenger who wake from a coma and finds himself in a world where the accidental liberation of a extremely transmissible virus has cause the equipment failure of society . Even worse , the virus is know as the “ craze virus ” due to it being aggression - inducing , turning those taint into a dangerous threat . Although28 Days Latergot a sequel in 2007 , Danny Boyle did n’t yield to direct it , and alternatively , he has concentre on other undertaking far from thehorror genre .
