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1
Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
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William Friedkin • Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Mercedes McCambridge
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Horror
3
Dario Argento • Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci
Fantasy • Gothic Film • Horror
4
Jack Clayton • Starring: Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • British New Wave • Ghost Film
5
Roman Polanski • Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • New Hollywood
6
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Kassie Wesley, Lou Hancock
Black Comedy • Haunted House Film • Horror Comedy
7
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie
Comedy • Fantasy • Horror Comedy
8
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker
Haunted House Film • Horror • Monster Film
9
Nicolas Roeg • Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Mindbender
10
Andrzej Zulawski • Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Horror
11
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi • Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Ohba, Yôko Minamida
Avant-garde / Experimental • Comedy • Fantasy Comedy
12
Guillermo del Toro • Starring: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film • Gothic Film
13
Robert Wise • Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ensemble Film • Ghost Film
14
F.W. Murnau • Starring: Emil Jannings, Gosta Ekman, Camilla Horn
Drama • Fantasy • Foreign Language Film
15
Tobe Hooper • Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke
Ghost Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
16
Drew Goddard • Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins
Black Comedy • Fantasy • Horror Comedy
17
Carl Theodor Dreyer • Starring: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Foreign Language Film • German Expressionist Film
18
Brian De Palma • Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Horror
19
Benjamin Christensen • Starring: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio
Docudrama • Documentary • Drama
20
Ari Aster • Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
Drama • Horror • Psychological Drama
21
Wes Craven • Starring: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp
Horror • Slasher Film • Supernatural Horror
22
Richard Donner • Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner
Horror • Religious Horror • Supernatural Horror
23
Robert Eggers • Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
Costume Horror • Folk Horror • Gothic Film
24
David Robert Mitchell • Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto
Chase Movie • Horror • Psychological Horror
25
Jacques Tourneur • Starring: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis
Folk Horror • Gothic Film • Horror
26
John Carpenter • Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong
Apocalyptic Film • Horror • Religious Horror
27
Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza • Starring: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano
Foreign Language Film • Found Footage Film • Horror
28
John Carpenter • Starring: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow
Apocalyptic Film • Fantasy • Horror
29
J.A. Bayona • Starring: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep
Foreign Language Film • Gothic Film • Haunted House Film
30
Peter Medak • Starring: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas
Canuxploitation • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
31
George A. Romero • Starring: Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Carrie Nye
Anthology Film • Black Comedy • Body Horror
32
Mario Bava • Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film
33
Jacques Tourneur • Starring: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway
Horror • Monster Film • Supernatural Horror
34
Herk Harvey • Starring: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger
Gothic Film • Horror • Psychological Horror
35
Peter Jackson • Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Fantasy
36
John Carpenter • Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, John Houseman, Adrienne Barbeau
Ghost Film • Horror • Mystery
37
Tim Burton • Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Detective Film
38
Alan Parker • Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Detective Film • Horror
39
Lucio Fulci • Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale
Exploitation Film • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
40
Jim Jarmusch • Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska
Drama • Horror • Monster Film
41
Clive Barker • Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Body Horror • Horror
42
Andy Muschietti • Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Jack Dylan Grazer
43
Don Coscarelli • Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister
Horror • Sci-Fi Horror • Science Fiction
44
Mario Bava • Starring: Boris Karloff, Michèle Mercier, Mark Damon
Anthology Film • Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film
45
Dario Argento • Starring: Irene Miracle, Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgi
Horror • Supernatural Horror • Witchcraft
46
Michael Dougherty • Starring: Anna Paquin, Dylan Baker, Leslie Bibb
Black Comedy • Ensemble Film • Horror Comedy
47
Lewis Allen • Starring: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Ghost Film
48
Jennifer Kent • Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
Female-Directed Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
49
James Wan • Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston
50
Roger Corman • Starring: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Gothic Film
51
Roman Polanski • Starring: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass
Comedy • Costume Horror • Gothic Film
52
Alejandro Amenábar • Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston
Ghost Film • Gothic Film • Haunted House Film
53
Sam Raimi • Starring: Alison Lohman, Dileep Rao, Justin Long
Horror • Supernatural Horror • Thriller
54
Don Coscarelli • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce
Black Comedy • Horror Comedy • Horror
55
Mike Flanagan • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Ghost Film • Horror
56
Kaneto Shindô • Starring: Kichiemon Nakamura, Kiwako Taichi, Kei Sato
Costume Horror • Folk Horror • Foreign Language Film
57
Chuck Russell • Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette
58
John Hough • Starring: Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill
59
John Carpenter • Starring: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul
60
Gary Sherman • Starring: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson
61
Hideo Nakata • Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film
62
Taylor Hackford • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Religious Horror
63
André Øvredal • Starring: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Tomas Alf Larsen
Adventure • Fantasy Adventure • Fantasy
64
Clive Barker • Starring: Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Monster Film
65
Lamberto Bava • Starring: Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny
Horror • Monster Film • Splatter Film
66
Wes Craven • Starring: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes
Horror • Satire • Slasher Film
67
Hong-jin Na • Starring: Jung-min Hwang, Do Won Kwak, Woo-hee Chun
Foreign Language Film • Horror • K-Horror
68
Bernard Rose • Starring: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ghost Film • Horror
69
William Peter Blatty • Starring: George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Mystery
70
Lars von Trier • Starring: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Drama • Horror • Magic Realism
71
Tony Randel • Starring: Ashley Laurence, Imogen Boorman, Kenneth Cranham
Body Horror • Horror • Religious Horror
72
Joe Dante • Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Fantasy Comedy
73
Gore Verbinski • Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman
74
Lucio Fulci • Starring: Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Carlo de Mejo, Catriona MacColl
Exploitation Film • Horror • Monster Film
75
Richard Attenborough • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Burgess Meredith, Ann-Margret
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
76
Mary Lambert • Starring: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Female-Directed Film • Horror
77
Chris Butler, Sam Fell • Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Casey Affleck
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
78
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett • Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien
Black Comedy • Chase Movie • Horror Comedy
79
Jack Clayton • Starring: Jason Robards, Diane Ladd, Shawn Carson
80
Tom Holland • Starring: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif
81
Tobe Hooper • Starring: David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia
82
Tom McLoughlin • Starring: Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Renee Jones
83
Tommy Lee Wallace • Starring: Tim Curry, Richard Thomas, Harry Anderson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Made-for-Television
84
Bryan Forbes • Starring: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Cyborg / Android / Robot • Psychological Horror
85
David Koepp • Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kevin Dunn, Jenny Morrison
86
Ernest R. Dickerson • Starring: John Kassir, Billy Zane, William Sadler
Based-on-Comics • Black Comedy • Horror Comedy
87
Mario Bava • Starring: Erica Blanc, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Fabienne Dali
Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film
88
Lucio Fulci • Starring: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni
Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
89
Don Coscarelli • Starring: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm
Horror • Road Movie • Supernatural Horror
90
Stuart Rosenberg • Starring: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger
91
Mick Garris • Starring: Gary Sinise, Jamey Sheridan, Molly Ringwald
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Disaster Film • Epic
92
Luca Guadagnino • Starring: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth
Drama • Horror • Period Film
93
Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez • Starring: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams
Folk Horror • Found Footage Film • Horror
94
Terence Fisher • Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux
Costume Horror • Horror • Monster Film
95
James Wan • Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey
96
Francis Lawrence • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf
Action • Based-on-Comics • Detective Film
97
Edgar Wright • Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Diana Rigg
Horror • Mystery • Period Film
98
Michael Gornick • Starring: Frank S. Salsedo, Holt McCallany, Jeremy Green
Anthology Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy
99
Stan Winston • Starring: Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D'Aquino
Folk Horror • Horror • Monster Film
100
Sidney J. Furie • Starring: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa
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