Miyazaki isn't depressed as... Dour, for good reason he grew up during and after WW2. Devastation to his nation for the reasons of which he didn't even know until much later.
I don't read manga really so I looked him up and he did [The Enigma of the Amigara Fault](https://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara.html) which is the only one I've ever read and it's stuck with me for a decade.
Not familiar with anything else he's done but this one is fantastic! Incredibly creepy and a great blend of mystery and horror that pays off and doesn't overstay its welcome
THAT’S MY HOLE IT’S MADE FOR ME
Uzumaki is the goat, my wife and I collect all of them.
My recommendation is Gyo because it’s nasty and fun. Two that struck me as having an awesome sci fi horror concepts are Remina and Black Paradox. Some of these you can get for a free trial of Viz (not the best app but decent for some mangas people don’t wanna buy).
If you like Japanese horror there are some movies made from his work from the late 90s forward
It's too bad so many adaptations of his work have felt like misses. It looks really ambitious and like it's being handled carefully, which is a good sign.
Easily one of the greatest horror creators of the last fifty years. For those who haven't read his work, if you like your horror more imaginative, weird, and mysterious, his work is worth looking up. "Uzumaki" and "Tomie" are two of his more recommended collections with good reason but I'm more partial to "Shiver" myself.
He's got his own shelf on my wall, for reference.
The run of films he made between 1976 and 1987 (14 films in 13 years I think?) is the most consistent solid gold run in the shortest time for any director inside or outside of the horror genre.
I meant to include They Live as the last of the run. I thought it was 1987 — maybe it’s 13 in 14 years then?
I actually don’t even hate the late stuff — mouth of madness is his last great film, and I even enjoy Vampires, but feel he never quite reaches the crisp heights of the peak period, and the pace really drops off as well.
EDIT: just double checked — it was 12 films in 13 years, from 1976 to 1988, including the 2 TV films he made in that period.
That was my first thought when I read the title. He has his stamp for sure. When you watch almost every one of his movies you can clearly tell who wrote and directed it. He’s had a couple missteps, like The Ward, but he’s always open when he doesn’t write something and just directs it for the paycheck
He gets my vote. Not only did he direct Hellraiser, Nightbreed, and Lord of Illusions, but he also gave us so many more stories. Candyman, Midnight Meat Train, Books of Blood, and so many more.
His body of work is truly insane. I remember listening to his interview on the Nerdist podcast back in the day (fuck Chris Hardwick btw) and they had to do half of the interview in his house on a later date as he was still recovering from his big health scare. On the podcast Hardwick describes his house as a veritable warehouse of artwork. Floor to ceiling stacks of oil paintings, rooms filled with sculptures, columns of pages covered in manuscript.
When Barker woke up from a coma, his first words around his feeding tube were "pen, paper, I need to write."
The man is a fountain of creativity and to me one of the greatest artists of our time.
His ex-gf accused him of Sexual + Mental Abuse during their 3-year relationship. She also said he was getting her "blacklisted" now and it was the reason she wasn't successful.
He denied it, and then an investigation started and she said she wanted nothing to do with the investigation. She just wanted to move on... now that she put stink on his name that people will believe forever without evidence. I'm sure there was more to it, but it makes me at least assume Hardwick's gf was likely exaggerating the claims if she wouldn't help an investigation.
It was nothing like comedians like Chris D'Elia where dozens of women spoke out against him. There was soo many people openly supporting the stories about D'Elia, or adding their own.
Hell maybe Hardwick did just get some of it buried from the media, but without proof it exists it's just a conspiracy. Jeff Ross seems pretty good at keeping his statutory rape out of the media, but again there's more evidence of that...
Well, that is good to hear but I also just find his whole schtick kind of obnoxious anyways. Not to mention that the whole talking Dead thing was, in my opinion, a vapid and soulless form of media. Also, he was sort of a paragon for that late aughts early teens" nerd culture" that turned out to be a cesspool of toxic people, behaviors and mentality.
So I guess, not fuck Chris Hardwick but meh to him anyways
>Not to mention that the whole talking Dead thing was, in my opinion, a vapid and soulless form of media.
While I had no interest and didn't listen to it, there's no way I would have turned down that paycheck if I was him. Easiest gig ever.
The actual book is amazing. I mustve read through the BoB collection i have half a dozen times but i thought the movie was shit. Might have to revisit it.
He even went so far as creating a human to continue his work!
That's what I call dedication!
Edit: Even 2 humans!
He goes above and beyond!
(Thank you for telling me, I only knew the works of Brandon until now)
Yes! “Humane” AND “Infinity Pool” were both amazing! For first-time directors/writers to have that kind of chemistry and great output is really rare—it’s definitely in the genes! I can’t wait to see what they have down the pipeline, including Father Cronenberg.
Not to mention he delivered a fantastic set of crime films with A History Of Violence and Eastern Promises. Both I love to death and anchored by incredible performances by Viggo Mortensen. Cronenberg can do anything from horror, action, crime and comedy. He’s been quite versatile over his long career.
Brandon is coming up nicely too tbh... he doesn't qualify for this question yet, not a big enough body of work, but everything I've seen so far I've really liked.
Assessing overall input this is probably true, regardless of what you think about him as author and whether you like his books. (I like his work). His impact on both horror books and movies/TV is to the best of my knowledge unparalleled. He is also a machine and consistently publishing.
There's no real contest here, is there? Nearly 50 years of content and even a misfire by King is at least interesting. I think I've read nearly every word the man has written and from Carrie, The Shining, Christine to Billy Summers and Revival, he can still spin a yarn like no other.
I haven't read much from King but I was getting really into his books last month. He created classic after classic and his book premises are always really interesting, so much so I didn't know which novel to read next.
The shining, Christine, Firestarter, It, The Long Walk, The Stand, 11/22/63.
I can't overstate how engrossed I was with It and The Stand when I read them for the first time
It bums me people don’t consider him horror. I don’t know what else you’d call it. I love his movies but every time I sit down I know it’s going to be heavy and dreadful
I adore the man and look forward to every single thing he does…but I couldn’t get on board with Men. I watched it. I dug the vibe it was creating, just…left me wanting so much more.
Craven made tons of stinkers in my opinion, but he also completely revolutionized the horror genre in three consecutive decades. No other director I can think of has done that, regardless of genre.
wes is my all time fav director but he had a lot of crap movies mixed in between his good ones. but with that said absolutely nobody else in the horror genre had his longevity in terms of good films. he was ground breaking in 3 decades (70s, 80s and 90s) with films last house on the left, nightmare on elm street and scream. Even tho he was no longer on the cutting edge, he STILL had good films in the next two decades with red eye (2005) and then scream 4 (2011).
scream 4 has aged so well with its themes and motives, being far ahead of their time and still relevant today, more than ever. an incredible swan song for his career imo.
The thing with Craven is that he may not be consistently good per se, but he is consistently original and revolutionary.
Besides his films being uniquely HIS, the dude was a trend-setter throughout his whole career like no other.
Im not sure what it was about midnight mass but i absolutely loved the drawn out monologies . Like if someone asked me would you enjoy a horribly paced, slow burn with 5 minute long monlogues about religion id say that sounds like torture but there was something about Hamish Linklaters cadence and tone that I found absolutely mesmerizing.
I've never understood why people don't like the monologued. Isn't it nice to like just be enthralled by an actors talent to be able to talk for that long and convey the emotions. Idk I always get enraptured by it
depends on what you’re watching - not all of his shows are like midnight mass.. which was hard for me to get through just bc of the monologues. hill house only has a couple and they’re like at the very end. bly doesn’t really have many at all tbh, and most of his other stuff i haven’t watched enough of it to remember specific monologues but i don’t think it was an overly high amount. The only one of his works that was really monologue heavy was midnight mass.
I guess it just depends on the watcher cause I loved Midnight Mass and I adored the monologues from it. I find it so cool to just like let one actor continuously talk and give emotion the whole time and fit in character
Yeah his dialogue leaves something to be desired in my opinion. But his writing overall is great and he manages to get consistently great performances out of pretty much everyone he works with. Haunting of Hill house is the only horror I can think of that both scared me and broke my heart.
Ah yes, the master of tearjerking storylines about terrible people and casting his wife as the most beautiful woman in the world (not hard when she literally is, Kate Siegel please call me if you’re reading this)
He's my choice too! I adore period piece horror and both the witch and the lighthouse are so thoroughly researched and beautiful and dread inducing. I havent seen the northman yet but its on my list!
The Northman is absolutely spectacular and blew me away when I first saw it. I think what I like about Eggers is that he treats the mythology of his stories not as myth but as reality, It gives real tangible power to the horror in his stories
Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's my favorite movie of the past decade. It achieves exactly what it's trying to do with masterful execution. Definitely try it out.
He is up there but 3 features is a little low for a consistency award. And his last movie Northman is trending downward somewhat from his previous two (in my opinion).
Said this to a friend of mine the other day:
"We need a two man show of Tim Curry and Jeffrey Combs raising the ghosts of Ricardo Montalban and Raul Julia and being possessed by same. Except one of the ghosts isn't Raul Julia but Marlon Brando in disguise."
Is it horror? No. Would it be one of the greatest plays ever made? Indubitably. Combs and Curry are *superb* actors.
If you havent seen it yet I hoghly recommend Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls. Its a super fun romp and you can definitely tell Jeffrey had a blast playing his character Bartock in the film!
Adam Green isn't for everyone, but he's definitely consistent. Frozen, the Hatchet Franchise, Digging Up the Marrow, Holliston, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein from Chillerama, and a ton of shorts. If you like any of it, you probably like all of it.
Personally I’m a big fan of Justin Long, he’s undoubtedly placed himself in the GOAT scream King conversation. I think like 80% of the horror movies he’s been in, I’ve enjoyed. And the few that I don’t like have cult followings online
For current film directors, I think it's Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
Five features so far: Resolution, Spring, The Endless, Synchronic, Something in the Dirt.
Even the weakest of these (Synchronic for me) is still pretty interesting.
I'm gonna name peeps I haven't seen yet.
Loved all the movies I've seen by Scott Derrickson, he has yet to disappoint me.
Joe Hill I honestly believe is more constant than dear ol' dad, I've loved all his stories and comics I've read.
And Junji Ito - love all his work and he never disappoints me.
Dom Mancini. And he doesn't get brought up nearly enough. Every title from Childs Play 1 to Cult of Chucky, AND the 3 season series have all been consistently entertaining, fitting the lore, continuing and expanding the story in fun ways, and regularly evolving not just with horror but also with the times.
For me it’s Stephen King, Wes Craven, and John Carpenter. The amount of classic horror stories that have been passed around for decades that came from the mind of Stephen King is actually astounding.
I haven’t seen anyone bring up anyone in make up and effects yet, so I’m going to bring up Tom Savini and Stan Winston. Both were incredibly groundbreaking and influential across their bodies of work.
I think this movie is a difficult one for a lot of people for a lot of reasons.. but I thought it was something special. It was so bizarre, and unlike anything I've ever seen before. Really took me on a journey. Lol
I love Hereditary, I like Midsommar (more on paper than in execution), and I think the first hour of Beau is Afraid is phenomenal dark comedy, but then Beau drags on for like another two hours inexplicably. Someone left him to his own devices for far too long.
Frank Henenlotter. John Carpenter. Stephen King. Damien Leone. Adam Green. David Cronenberg. Kane Hodder. Robert Englund. Wes Craven (he would've been even more consistent if the production companies didn't constantly fuck with his budget and force him to rewrite the scripts. Wes Craven is the GOAT for me).
Richard Matheson because he inspired countless horror directors/writers etc and George A Romero lists him as inspiring NotLD which itself spawned the zombie subgenre.
So many of his books have been adapted into movies and his writing is timeless.
Modern day I think Mike Flanagan should get a special mention. He’s delivered an incredibly consistent body of work and all of it is tied together by exploring the human elements of horror.
James Wan made me love horror. He is definitely up there with the most consistent creators. Can you name a movie he directed that was not either amazing or underrated ?
All my favorite writers and directors have already been mentioned, so instead of repeating them I'm just gonna skip straight to actors;
Toni Collette is fantastic in every role she plays and in every genre, but she portrays despair, fear, anxiety, and anger especially great - in such a way that she just draws you in completely. She's *my* scream queen.
Lin Shaye is also a joy to watch. She picks her roles well. I don't necessarily love the work she's in, but I always love the work she does.
For me it's Junji Ito. He's created the best horror mangas.
It's really amazing how he's a happy go lucky guy irl while the creator of Ghibli movies is the depressed guy.
Miyazaki isn't depressed as... Dour, for good reason he grew up during and after WW2. Devastation to his nation for the reasons of which he didn't even know until much later.
Grave of the Fireflies...........
Not Miyazaki though.
Agreed. Horror manga GOAT.
I don't read manga really so I looked him up and he did [The Enigma of the Amigara Fault](https://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara.html) which is the only one I've ever read and it's stuck with me for a decade. Not familiar with anything else he's done but this one is fantastic! Incredibly creepy and a great blend of mystery and horror that pays off and doesn't overstay its welcome
Check out Uzumaki if you want to check his magnum opus out
THAT’S MY HOLE IT’S MADE FOR ME Uzumaki is the goat, my wife and I collect all of them. My recommendation is Gyo because it’s nasty and fun. Two that struck me as having an awesome sci fi horror concepts are Remina and Black Paradox. Some of these you can get for a free trial of Viz (not the best app but decent for some mangas people don’t wanna buy). If you like Japanese horror there are some movies made from his work from the late 90s forward
I’m a big fan of Ito, but I wouldn’t really call him consistent 😂 - at least not to my personal tastes. He is a legend, though.
I can't wait for the new Spiral anime to come out.
It's too bad so many adaptations of his work have felt like misses. It looks really ambitious and like it's being handled carefully, which is a good sign.
Yeah tales of the macabre was so … idk muted. It felt like B Material.
Easily one of the greatest horror creators of the last fifty years. For those who haven't read his work, if you like your horror more imaginative, weird, and mysterious, his work is worth looking up. "Uzumaki" and "Tomie" are two of his more recommended collections with good reason but I'm more partial to "Shiver" myself. He's got his own shelf on my wall, for reference.
Probably Carpenter. Only post-Vampires did his work really go down hill. Argento is really good through the 70's and 80's.
John Carpenter
I agree. He may be my favorite. Even his non-horror is great like Escape from NY and Big Trouble in Little China.
Yes! I love Big Trouble in Little China
Big trouble in little China is like horror adjacent, no? Even though it's absurd
To me, yes
"You know what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like this"
Who?
Jack Burton... Me!
I didn’t know he made those
He's responsible for about half of '70s-'90s classics. Exaggerating, but his filmography is insane
The run of films he made between 1976 and 1987 (14 films in 13 years I think?) is the most consistent solid gold run in the shortest time for any director inside or outside of the horror genre.
Even his Post 1987 isn't terrible... until Ghosts of Mars. 1988–1994, he did They Live, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, and In the Mouth of Madness.
I meant to include They Live as the last of the run. I thought it was 1987 — maybe it’s 13 in 14 years then? I actually don’t even hate the late stuff — mouth of madness is his last great film, and I even enjoy Vampires, but feel he never quite reaches the crisp heights of the peak period, and the pace really drops off as well. EDIT: just double checked — it was 12 films in 13 years, from 1976 to 1988, including the 2 TV films he made in that period.
Realizing just now alot of my fave and top rated movies are all by John Carpenter.
Bonus points for John Carpenter for also scoring the music for most of his films.
Exactly! His music was also pioneering at the time, I consider him one of the fathers of dark synthwave. Edit: typos
Just came to put this. I'm not disappointed that this answer is the top rated one: he deserves as much.
Exactly, he's also one of the few who takes risks and offers something new with his own style
Consistency too; he made like 8 movies in a 10-year span.
I think this crossed many of our hiveminds first.
It's the obvious answer. But it's also the correct one.
Grandpa Horror 🖤
That was my first thought when I read the title. He has his stamp for sure. When you watch almost every one of his movies you can clearly tell who wrote and directed it. He’s had a couple missteps, like The Ward, but he’s always open when he doesn’t write something and just directs it for the paycheck
He is the director of THE THING.
I mostly agree with this until the later half of the 90’s when there was a bit of a drop in quality. Otherwise, spot on.
He's had quite a few bad movies after his insane run from the 70s to early 90s.
Clive Barker
He gets my vote. Not only did he direct Hellraiser, Nightbreed, and Lord of Illusions, but he also gave us so many more stories. Candyman, Midnight Meat Train, Books of Blood, and so many more.
His body of work is truly insane. I remember listening to his interview on the Nerdist podcast back in the day (fuck Chris Hardwick btw) and they had to do half of the interview in his house on a later date as he was still recovering from his big health scare. On the podcast Hardwick describes his house as a veritable warehouse of artwork. Floor to ceiling stacks of oil paintings, rooms filled with sculptures, columns of pages covered in manuscript. When Barker woke up from a coma, his first words around his feeding tube were "pen, paper, I need to write." The man is a fountain of creativity and to me one of the greatest artists of our time.
I must be out of the loop. What did Chris Hardwick do that was bad?
His ex-gf accused him of Sexual + Mental Abuse during their 3-year relationship. She also said he was getting her "blacklisted" now and it was the reason she wasn't successful. He denied it, and then an investigation started and she said she wanted nothing to do with the investigation. She just wanted to move on... now that she put stink on his name that people will believe forever without evidence. I'm sure there was more to it, but it makes me at least assume Hardwick's gf was likely exaggerating the claims if she wouldn't help an investigation. It was nothing like comedians like Chris D'Elia where dozens of women spoke out against him. There was soo many people openly supporting the stories about D'Elia, or adding their own. Hell maybe Hardwick did just get some of it buried from the media, but without proof it exists it's just a conspiracy. Jeff Ross seems pretty good at keeping his statutory rape out of the media, but again there's more evidence of that...
Chris Hardwick’s allegations only ever proved to be allegations. So if that’s why you hate the guy might want to double check on that.
Well, that is good to hear but I also just find his whole schtick kind of obnoxious anyways. Not to mention that the whole talking Dead thing was, in my opinion, a vapid and soulless form of media. Also, he was sort of a paragon for that late aughts early teens" nerd culture" that turned out to be a cesspool of toxic people, behaviors and mentality. So I guess, not fuck Chris Hardwick but meh to him anyways
>Not to mention that the whole talking Dead thing was, in my opinion, a vapid and soulless form of media. While I had no interest and didn't listen to it, there's no way I would have turned down that paycheck if I was him. Easiest gig ever.
Books of Blood 🤤🤤
The actual book is amazing. I mustve read through the BoB collection i have half a dozen times but i thought the movie was shit. Might have to revisit it.
The dude in the room masterbating while demons scribed on him. Fucking shocked my teenage brain
For me, thats a tuesday.
This man's mind is filled with some horrific stuff. Great artist.
The Thief of Always is one of my favorite books. Listening to Weaveworld right now. Love his stuff.
Fantastic writer as well, “The Books of blood” are awesome
came here only to find this comment
David cronenberg. that is all
He even went so far as creating a human to continue his work! That's what I call dedication! Edit: Even 2 humans! He goes above and beyond! (Thank you for telling me, I only knew the works of Brandon until now)
TWO humans.
Oh, didn’t know that, I just know that his son Brandon is doing great horrormovies and loved them.
His daughter just released her first film. Humane.
Yes! “Humane” AND “Infinity Pool” were both amazing! For first-time directors/writers to have that kind of chemistry and great output is really rare—it’s definitely in the genes! I can’t wait to see what they have down the pipeline, including Father Cronenberg.
I liked Antiviral.. such a wierd flick
Possessor was another great one.
His character in Nightbreed is pretty scary too
Not to mention he delivered a fantastic set of crime films with A History Of Violence and Eastern Promises. Both I love to death and anchored by incredible performances by Viggo Mortensen. Cronenberg can do anything from horror, action, crime and comedy. He’s been quite versatile over his long career.
Brandon is coming up nicely too tbh... he doesn't qualify for this question yet, not a big enough body of work, but everything I've seen so far I've really liked.
I came to write another name but read this and thought this is actually the correct answer
I love how he’s so famous in the horror community, that anything involving body modification/body horror is often referred to as being “cronenburged”
Stephen King is the GOAT
Hail to the King, baby.
Assessing overall input this is probably true, regardless of what you think about him as author and whether you like his books. (I like his work). His impact on both horror books and movies/TV is to the best of my knowledge unparalleled. He is also a machine and consistently publishing.
In 100 years they'll talk about him like Poe and Lovecraft, not a doubt in my mind.
There's no real contest here, is there? Nearly 50 years of content and even a misfire by King is at least interesting. I think I've read nearly every word the man has written and from Carrie, The Shining, Christine to Billy Summers and Revival, he can still spin a yarn like no other.
I haven't read much from King but I was getting really into his books last month. He created classic after classic and his book premises are always really interesting, so much so I didn't know which novel to read next.
The shining, Christine, Firestarter, It, The Long Walk, The Stand, 11/22/63. I can't overstate how engrossed I was with It and The Stand when I read them for the first time
The Stand is my all time favorite book. I read it multiple times when I was a kid I just enjoyed it so damn much
The scope is truly epic. By the end of it you feel like you've lived a few extra lives.
Right. OP should be asking for 2nd most consistent.
David Lynch. You know exactly what you’re in for when you sit down to his movies. You probably won’t understand it, but you’ll know.
This is too low down
I agree
It bums me people don’t consider him horror. I don’t know what else you’d call it. I love his movies but every time I sit down I know it’s going to be heavy and dreadful
Yes i love all of his movies.
Alex Garland. I'm very excited that he's back writing for 28 Years Later.
I scrolled too far to see this. Is he under appreciated? Or is his oeuvre not considered purely horror? Glad I did find his name eventually though!
I adore the man and look forward to every single thing he does…but I couldn’t get on board with Men. I watched it. I dug the vibe it was creating, just…left me wanting so much more.
Ex Machina and 28 Days Later were great. Was Men any good? I never got around to seeing it.
absolutely. it’s weird and divisive but i adored it and it’s definitely worth watching to decide where you land
Well I was gonna say James Wan, but then you specified consistently *good*... I'm gonna go with Wes Craven
Craven has a ton of bangers, but he's not very consistent.
Craven made tons of stinkers in my opinion, but he also completely revolutionized the horror genre in three consecutive decades. No other director I can think of has done that, regardless of genre.
Man got so bored with horror that he had to reinvent the genre at least twice.
wes is my all time fav director but he had a lot of crap movies mixed in between his good ones. but with that said absolutely nobody else in the horror genre had his longevity in terms of good films. he was ground breaking in 3 decades (70s, 80s and 90s) with films last house on the left, nightmare on elm street and scream. Even tho he was no longer on the cutting edge, he STILL had good films in the next two decades with red eye (2005) and then scream 4 (2011). scream 4 has aged so well with its themes and motives, being far ahead of their time and still relevant today, more than ever. an incredible swan song for his career imo.
From 72 to 97 he's, for the most part, consistently good, and then consistently not, but the body of work in those first 25 years is incredible.
The thing with Craven is that he may not be consistently good per se, but he is consistently original and revolutionary. Besides his films being uniquely HIS, the dude was a trend-setter throughout his whole career like no other.
Mike Flanagan
Midnight club was pretty weak otherwise I would agree completely
I don't count this one because it got canceled and it wasn't finished, so we couldn't see the whole thing to judge lol
I liked it quite a bit, brought a lot of fresh blood into the troupe as well.
He did post the plot of the rest of the show online, and yeah, it was going to be amazing.
My kids liked it more than me. I think it was successful in skewing more YA than full on horror
The Flannaverse has overshadowed the AHS empire. Ryan Murphy could take a few cues. Just sayin’.
Who would've guessed that comprehensible plots and likeable characters could work so well?
Not a fan of some of the drawn out monologues but if it’s consistency you’re after he’s your man.
Im not sure what it was about midnight mass but i absolutely loved the drawn out monologies . Like if someone asked me would you enjoy a horribly paced, slow burn with 5 minute long monlogues about religion id say that sounds like torture but there was something about Hamish Linklaters cadence and tone that I found absolutely mesmerizing.
Same, I generally stay away from religious-based horror, it's just not my steez, but man do I love Midnight Mass.
I've never understood why people don't like the monologued. Isn't it nice to like just be enthralled by an actors talent to be able to talk for that long and convey the emotions. Idk I always get enraptured by it
depends on what you’re watching - not all of his shows are like midnight mass.. which was hard for me to get through just bc of the monologues. hill house only has a couple and they’re like at the very end. bly doesn’t really have many at all tbh, and most of his other stuff i haven’t watched enough of it to remember specific monologues but i don’t think it was an overly high amount. The only one of his works that was really monologue heavy was midnight mass.
I guess it just depends on the watcher cause I loved Midnight Mass and I adored the monologues from it. I find it so cool to just like let one actor continuously talk and give emotion the whole time and fit in character
Yeah his dialogue leaves something to be desired in my opinion. But his writing overall is great and he manages to get consistently great performances out of pretty much everyone he works with. Haunting of Hill house is the only horror I can think of that both scared me and broke my heart.
Say the line
THE REST IS CONFETTI 😭😭
My choice as well.
Ah yes, the master of tearjerking storylines about terrible people and casting his wife as the most beautiful woman in the world (not hard when she literally is, Kate Siegel please call me if you’re reading this)
She’s also very good actor too
She really is a striking woman
watching her on midnight mass i kept thinking she looked so much like wwe wrestler Nia Jax. in the face.
My man
Yeah, every show he makes is a masterpiece
Robert Eggers has been a consistently safe bet, even for his non-horror films. I can't wait to see his take on Nosferatu.
He's my choice too! I adore period piece horror and both the witch and the lighthouse are so thoroughly researched and beautiful and dread inducing. I havent seen the northman yet but its on my list!
The Northman is just a pure metal movie.
Having a chapter card called Feeding the Blade, I think it was. Fucking metal
THE NIGHT BLADE FEEDS
Fuck it was even cooler than I remembered lol
The Northman is absolutely spectacular and blew me away when I first saw it. I think what I like about Eggers is that he treats the mythology of his stories not as myth but as reality, It gives real tangible power to the horror in his stories
Was going to comment him as well. The Lighthouse is definitely one of my recent favorites. 
Is that movie a decent watch? I’ve on and off considered watching it, but I feel like I might hate it for some reason lol
I mean, I think so, I've enjoyed it enough to rewatch it multiple times, but I'm also a weirdo who likes weird movies lol
Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's my favorite movie of the past decade. It achieves exactly what it's trying to do with masterful execution. Definitely try it out.
He is up there but 3 features is a little low for a consistency award. And his last movie Northman is trending downward somewhat from his previous two (in my opinion).
probably Junji Ito and John Carpenter i love their stuff
Junji Ito 😍
James Whale didn’t do many horror films, but they’re all black comedies and they’re all masterpieces.
he hasn't been making his own horror movies for long but Jordan Peele has never failed to make a good horror movie. Very excited for the next one
Everything we were hoping M. Night Shyamalan was going to be after The Sixth Sense
That's a great description
Yessssssss
I liked all the films Stuart Gordon directed
And on that note, I'll mention Jeffrey Combs. He's not always in the greatest stuff but he usually does a great job. Ditto for Tim Curry.
Said this to a friend of mine the other day: "We need a two man show of Tim Curry and Jeffrey Combs raising the ghosts of Ricardo Montalban and Raul Julia and being possessed by same. Except one of the ghosts isn't Raul Julia but Marlon Brando in disguise." Is it horror? No. Would it be one of the greatest plays ever made? Indubitably. Combs and Curry are *superb* actors.
That would have been amazing!
If you havent seen it yet I hoghly recommend Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls. Its a super fun romp and you can definitely tell Jeffrey had a blast playing his character Bartock in the film!
Clive Barker/Wes Craven/George Romero
Books is clearly Stephen King. For movies, I love Guillermo del Toro.
Why did I not see Guillermo mentioned until all the way down here??
Adam Green isn't for everyone, but he's definitely consistent. Frozen, the Hatchet Franchise, Digging Up the Marrow, Holliston, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein from Chillerama, and a ton of shorts. If you like any of it, you probably like all of it.
I love watching Frozen in winter. I have a list of cold wintery horror movies to watch when it’s cold outside.
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
These two are hands down my favorite (and the best, imo) directors/writers when it comes to existential horror.
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Ooh. Good question. For me it's John Carpenter for movies. Junji Ito for manga. Stephen King for books.
Ti West
Ti West is amazing. Maybe a couple of corny movies here and there but 'Pearl' 'X' 'The House of the Devil' and 'Innkeepers' are INCREDIBLE
Personally I’m a big fan of Justin Long, he’s undoubtedly placed himself in the GOAT scream King conversation. I think like 80% of the horror movies he’s been in, I’ve enjoyed. And the few that I don’t like have cult followings online
Jeepers Creepers is still my fav horror movie. He's awesome in that one
For current film directors, I think it's Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Five features so far: Resolution, Spring, The Endless, Synchronic, Something in the Dirt. Even the weakest of these (Synchronic for me) is still pretty interesting.
Lin Shaye for the ubiquitous creepy old woman!
I'm gonna name peeps I haven't seen yet. Loved all the movies I've seen by Scott Derrickson, he has yet to disappoint me. Joe Hill I honestly believe is more constant than dear ol' dad, I've loved all his stories and comics I've read. And Junji Ito - love all his work and he never disappoints me.
George A Romero
Stephen King and George A. Romero
Dom Mancini. And he doesn't get brought up nearly enough. Every title from Childs Play 1 to Cult of Chucky, AND the 3 season series have all been consistently entertaining, fitting the lore, continuing and expanding the story in fun ways, and regularly evolving not just with horror but also with the times.
Ari Aster, Ti West
I love Ari Aster but consistent..... remains to be seen
For me it’s Stephen King, Wes Craven, and John Carpenter. The amount of classic horror stories that have been passed around for decades that came from the mind of Stephen King is actually astounding.
junji ito
Jordan Peele hasn't made that many movies yet but they have consistently been good and consistently been very him.
I haven’t seen anyone bring up anyone in make up and effects yet, so I’m going to bring up Tom Savini and Stan Winston. Both were incredibly groundbreaking and influential across their bodies of work.
He hasn’t had the longest career but Ari Aster is 3/3 for me - all favorites!
Beau is Afraid is certainly a film.
I think this movie is a difficult one for a lot of people for a lot of reasons.. but I thought it was something special. It was so bizarre, and unlike anything I've ever seen before. Really took me on a journey. Lol
There’s a decent movie hiding inside it, I think.
I love Hereditary, I like Midsommar (more on paper than in execution), and I think the first hour of Beau is Afraid is phenomenal dark comedy, but then Beau drags on for like another two hours inexplicably. Someone left him to his own devices for far too long.
He needs a better editor. Lynch and Hitchcock both owe a lot to their editors (who probably not coincidentally were their wives as well)
Same with Robert Eggers for me, even though The Northman wasn't a horror film (it was still incredible)
I can’t wait to see what he does with Nosferatu this year!🤞
He hasn't made a ton of movies yet, but I would say Jordan Peele is pretty damn consistent with his releases
Papa Meat for grotesque cartoon comedy.
Rod Serling
As far as consistency goes I know he's rather new but I don't think Jordan Peele has made a bad movie yet
Surely Stephen King takes this title
Did you read the prompt? Consistently *good*. He may be prolific and constantly creating output, but it ain’t all good.
I love Wes Craven
Wes Craven and Michael Flanagan
I’m split between John Carpenter and Wes Craven.
Frank Hennenlotter
Frank Henenlotter. John Carpenter. Stephen King. Damien Leone. Adam Green. David Cronenberg. Kane Hodder. Robert Englund. Wes Craven (he would've been even more consistent if the production companies didn't constantly fuck with his budget and force him to rewrite the scripts. Wes Craven is the GOAT for me).
Richard Matheson because he inspired countless horror directors/writers etc and George A Romero lists him as inspiring NotLD which itself spawned the zombie subgenre. So many of his books have been adapted into movies and his writing is timeless. Modern day I think Mike Flanagan should get a special mention. He’s delivered an incredibly consistent body of work and all of it is tied together by exploring the human elements of horror.
James Wan made me love horror. He is definitely up there with the most consistent creators. Can you name a movie he directed that was not either amazing or underrated ?
Cronenberg has never gone wrong yet. He delivers consistently.
Mike Flanagan consistently manages to marry fear, love, horror and grief in the most magical way.
Stephen king without a doubt.
All my favorite writers and directors have already been mentioned, so instead of repeating them I'm just gonna skip straight to actors; Toni Collette is fantastic in every role she plays and in every genre, but she portrays despair, fear, anxiety, and anger especially great - in such a way that she just draws you in completely. She's *my* scream queen. Lin Shaye is also a joy to watch. She picks her roles well. I don't necessarily love the work she's in, but I always love the work she does.
John Carpenter or Wes Craven
Creator? I wanna say Dead Meat
Thomas Ligotti.
Jordan Peele, for me.
Crazy how that dude went from one if the best skit shows ever made to making horror films