The RT Top 100 Horror Films (2015)

Director Tally (280 Directors)

# Director # of Films The Films (And Where They Finished)
1 John Carpenter 7 The Thing (3), Halloween (6), The Fog (56), Christine (58), Prince of Darkness (T123), They Live (T143), In the Mouth of Madness (T178)
2 George A. Romero 6 Night of the Living Dead (8), Dawn of the Dead (15), Creepshow (71), Martin (T87), The Crazies (T219), Day of the Dead (T306)
3 Wes Craven 6 A Nightmare on Elm Street (16), Scream (31), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (T129), The People Under the Stairs (T173), The Serpent and the Rainbow (T251), The Hills Have Eyes (T251)
4 Sam Raimi 5 Evil Dead II (18), The Evil Dead (25), Army of Darkness (65), Drag Me to Hell (84), Darkman (T251)
5 Dario Argento 5 Suspiria (23), The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (T139), Tenebre (T188), Opera (T219), Deep Red (T219)
6 Terence Fisher 5 Horror of Dracula (48), The Curse of Frankenstein (T104), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (T188), The Mummy (T188), The Curse of the Werewolf (T251)
7 Mario Bava 5 Black Sunday (78), Blood and Black Lace (T188), Lust of the Vampire (T219), Black Sabbath (T251), A Bay of Blood (T306)
8 James Whale 4 Frankenstein (12), The Bride of Frankenstein (35), The Invisible Man (85), The Old Dark House (T157)
9 David Cronenberg 4 The Fly (14), Videodrome (T72), Scanners (T157), The Brood (T306)
10 Stuart Gordon 4 Re-Animator (30), From Beyond (T306), Castle Freak (T306), Stuck (T306)
11 Jacques Tourneur 4 Cat People (55), I Walked with a Zombie (62), Curse of the Demon (67), The Leopard Man (T123)
12 Guillermo del Toro 4 The Devil's Backbone (T68), Cronos (T148), Pacific Rim (T219), Pan's Labyrinth (T306)
13 Eli Roth 4 Grindhouse (T101), Hostel: Part II (T219), Cabin Fever (T219), Hostel (T251)
14 Roger Corman 4 The Masque of the Red Death (T251), House of Usher (T306), Pit and the Pendulum (T306), A Bucket of Blood (T306)
15 Alfred Hitchcock 3 Psycho (2), The Birds (32), Frenzy (T251)
16 Tobe Hooper 3 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (9), Poltergeist (19), Salem's Lot (T154)
17 Roman Polanski 3 Rosemary's Baby (13), Repulsion (66), The Tenant (T157)
18 Tod Browning 3 Freaks (22), Dracula (50), The Unknown (T188)
19 Brian De Palma 3 Carrie (40), Dressed to Kill (T219), Blow Out (T251)
20 Clive Barker 3 Hellraiser (45), Nightbreed (T251), Lord of Illusions (T306)
21 Robert Rodriguez 3 From Dusk Till Dawn (51), Grindhouse (T101), The Faculty (T121)
22 Peter Jackson 3 Dead Alive (59), The Frighteners (120), Bad Taste (T148)
23 Lucio Fulci 3 City of the Living Dead (128), The Beyond (T139), Don't Torture a Duckling (T251)
24 Steve Miner 3 Lake Placid (T178), Friday the 13th Part III (T251), Friday the 13th Part 2 (T306)
25 Freddie Francis 3 Tales from the Crypt (T251), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (T251), The Skull (T306)
26 Steven Spielberg 2 Jaws (5), Duel (T188)
27 Stanley Kubrick 2 The Shining (7), A Clockwork Orange (T123)
28 F.W. Murnau 2 Nosferatu (17), Faust (T251)
29 Edgar Wright 2 Shaun of the Dead (20), Grindhouse (T101)
30 Robert Wise 2 The Haunting (39), The Body Snatcher (T114)
31 James Cameron 2 Aliens (52), The Terminator (T171)
32 Nicolas Roeg 2 Don't Look Now (54), The Witches (T251)
33 Christopher Smith 2 Triangle (60), Black Death (T306)
34 Tom Holland 2 Fright Night (T72), Child's Play (T114)
35 Joe Dante 2 Gremlins (81), The Howling (T157)
36 M. Night Shyamalan 2 The Sixth Sense (T82), The Village (T306)
37 Hideo Nakata 2 Ringu (93), Dark Water (T251)
38 Neil Jordan 2 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (99), The Company of Wolves (T157)
39 Quentin Tarantino 2 Grindhouse (T101), Death Proof (T219)
40 Takashi Miike 2 Audition (T101), Ichi the Killer (T251)
41 Ingmar Bergman 2 Hour of the Wolf (T123), Persona (T178)
42 Don Coscarelli 2 Phantasm (T135), Bubba Ho-Tep (T219)
43 James Wan 2 Saw (T139), The Conjuring (T306)
44 Alexandre Aja 2 High Tension (T143), Piranha 3D (T188)
45 Tim Burton 2 Beetlejuice (T157), Sleepy Hollow (T306)
46 David Lynch 2 Eraserhead (T178), Inland Empire (T219)
47 Brian Yuzna 2 Society (T188), Bride of Re-Animator (T306)
48 Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2 The Cure (T188), Pulse (T188)
49 Matt Reeves 2 Cloverfield (T251), Let Me In (T251)
50 Ridley Scott 1 Alien (1)
51 William Friedkin 1 The Exorcist (4)
52 Jonathan Demme 1 The Silence of the Lambs (10)
53 John Landis 1 An American Werewolf in London (11)
54 Tomas Alfredson 1 Let the Right One In (21)
55 Danny Boyle 1 28 Days Later... (24)
56 Bob Clark 1 Black Christmas (26)
57 Dan O'Bannon 1 The Return of the Living Dead (27)
58 Georges Franju 1 Eyes Without a Face (28)
59 Philip Kaufman 1 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (29)
60 Robin Hardy 1 The Wicker Man (33)
61 Richard Donner 1 The Omen (34)
62 Don Siegel 1 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (36)
63 Robert Wiene 1 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (37)
64 Neil Marshall 1 The Descent (38)
65 Daniel Myrick 1 The Blair Witch Project (41)
66 Eduardo Sánchez 1 The Blair Witch Project (41)
67 Rupert Julian 1 The Phantom of the Opera (42)
68 Jack Clayton 1 The Innocents (43)
69 David Fincher 1 Se7en (44)
70 Michael Powell 1 Peeping Tom (46)
71 Carl Theodor Dreyer 1 Vampyr (47)
72 Masaki Kobayashi 1 Kwaidan (49)
73 Bernard Rose 1 Candyman (53)
74 Ishirô Honda 1 Godzilla (57)
75 Joel Schumacher 1 The Lost Boys (61)
76 John McTiernan 1 Predator (63)
77 Nobuhiko Ôbayashi 1 House (64)
78 Werner Herzog 1 Nosferatu the Vampyre (T68)
79 Benjamin Christensen 1 Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (70)
80 Jennifer Kent 1 The Babadook (T72)
81 Ernest B. Schoedsack 1 King Kong (T75)
82 Merian C. Cooper 1 King Kong (T75)
83 Zack Snyder 1 Dawn of the Dead (T75)
84 Christian Nyby 1 The Thing from Another World (77)
85 Howard Hawks 1 The Thing from Another World (77)
86 Jaume Balagueró 1 [Rec] (79)
87 Paco Plaza 1 [Rec] (79)
88 Drew Goddard 1 The Cabin in the Woods (80)
89 Rob Reiner 1 Misery (T82)
90 Robert Fuest 1 The Abominable Dr. Phibes (86)
91 Joel Anderson 1 Lake Mungo (T87)
92 Gore Verbinski 1 The Ring (89)
93 Joon-ho Bong 1 The Host (90)
94 George Sluizer 1 The Vanishing (91)
95 Ruben Fleischer 1 Zombieland (92)
96 Andrzej Zulawski 1 Possession (94)
97 Ivan Reitman 1 Ghostbusters (T95)
98 Kaneto Shindô 1 Onibaba (T95)
99 Ron Underwood 1 Tremors (97)
100 Michele Soavi 1 Cemetery Man (98)
101 Michael Dougherty 1 Trick 'r Treat (100)
102 Rob Zombie 1 Grindhouse (T101)
103 Adrian Lyne 1 Jacob's Ladder (103)
104 Frank Darabont 1 The Mist (T104)
105 Juan Carlos Fresnadillo 1 28 Weeks Later (T104)
106 Mary Harron 1 American Psycho (T107)
107 Wolf Rilla 1 Village of the Damned (T107)
108 Alberto Cavalcanti 1 Dead of Night (109)
109 Basil Dearden 1 Dead of Night (109)
110 Charles Crichton 1 Dead of Night (109)
111 Robert Hamer 1 Dead of Night (109)
112 George Waggner 1 The Wolf Man (T110)
113 John McNaughton 1 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (T110)
114 Robert Harmon 1 The Hitcher (T110)
115 John Boorman 1 Deliverance (113)
116 Ben Wheatley 1 Kill List (T114)
117 Peter Medak 1 The Changeling (T114)
118 Kim Jee-Woon 1 A Tale of Two Sisters (T118)
119 Paul Morrissey 1 Blood for Dracula (T118)
120 John Fawcett 1 Ginger Snaps (T121)
121 Alejandro Jodorowsky 1 Santa Sangre (T123)
122 Herk Harvey 1 Carnival of Souls (T129)
123 Alan Parker 1 Angel Heart (T131)
124 Charles Laughton 1 The Night of the Hunter (T131)
125 Joe Cornish 1 Attack the Block (T131)
126 Tom McLoughlin 1 Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (T131)
127 Paul Schrader 1 Cat People (T135)
128 Frank Oz 1 Little Shop of Horrors (137)
129 Ana Lily Amirpour 1 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (138)
130 Thom Eberhardt 1 Night of the Comet (T139)
131 Darren Aronofsky 1 Black Swan (T143)
132 Rouben Mamoulian 1 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (T143)
133 Stan Winston 1 Pumpkinhead (T143)
134 Francis Ford Coppola 1 Bram Stoker's Dracula (T148)
135 Gordon Douglas 1 Them! (T148)
136 Mark Robson 1 The Seventh Victim (T148)
137 Rick Rosenthal 1 Halloween II (T148)
138 Jim Sharman 1 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (T154)
139 Kathryn Bigelow 1 Near Dark (T154)
140 Alejandro Amenábar 1 The Others (T157)
141 Byron Haskin 1 The War of the Worlds (T157)
142 Chuck Russell 1 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (T157)
143 Jack Arnold 1 Creature from the Black Lagoon (T157)
144 Jalmari Helander 1 Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (T157)
145 Jaromil Jires 1 Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (T157)
146 Mel Brooks 1 Young Frankenstein (T157)
147 Peter Bogdanovich 1 Targets (T157)
148 Juraj Herz 1 The Cremator (T171)
149 André Bonzel 1 Man Bites Dog (T173)
150 Benoît Poelvoorde 1 Man Bites Dog (T173)
151 Rémy Belvaux 1 Man Bites Dog (T173)
152 Satoshi Kon 1 Perfect Blue (T173)
153 Scott Glosserman 1 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (T173)
154 Tony Maylam 1 The Burning (T173)
155 Albert Lewin 1 The Picture of Dorian Gray (T178)
156 Carl Boese 1 The Golem (T178)
157 Danny Pang 1 The Eye (T178)
158 James Gunn 1 Slither (T178)
159 Oxide Pang Chun 1 The Eye (T178)
160 Paul Wegener 1 The Golem (T178)
161 Thorold Dickinson 1 The Queen of Spades (T178)
162 Victor Fleming 1 The Wizard of Oz (T178)
163 Akira Kurosawa 1 Throne of Blood (T188)
164 Chris Butler 1 ParaNorman (T188)
165 Douglas Cheek 1 C.H.U.D. (T188)
166 Douglas Hickox 1 Theatre of Blood (T188)
167 Enrique Tovar Ávalos 1 Drácula (T188)
168 Ernest R. Dickerson 1 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (T188)
169 Fred Walton 1 April Fool's Day (T188)
170 George Melford 1 Drácula (T188)
171 John Frankenheimer 1 Prophecy (T188)
172 John Gulager 1 Feast (T188)
173 Lamberto Bava 1 Demons (T188)
174 Massimo Dallamano 1 What Have You Done to Solange? (T188)
175 Michael Mann 1 Manhunter (T188)
176 Michael Wadleigh 1 Wolfen (T188)
177 Mikael Håfström 1 1408 (T188)
178 Narciso Ibáñez Serrador 1 The House That Screamed (T188)
179 Patty Jenkins 1 Monster (T188)
180 Paul W.S. Anderson 1 Event Horizon (T188)
181 Sam Fell 1 ParaNorman (T188)
182 Takashi Shimizu 1 Ju-on: The Curse (T188)
183 Tarsem Singh 1 The Cell (T188)
184 Tetsuya Nakashima 1 Confessions (T188)
185 William Lustig 1 Maniac (T188)
186 Dan Bush 1 The Signal (T219)
187 David Bruckner 1 The Signal (T219)
188 Elio Petri 1 A Quiet Place in the Country (T219)
189 Elliot Silverstein 1 The Car (T219)
190 Henri-Georges Clouzot 1 Diabolique (T219)
191 J.A. Bayona 1 The Orphanage (T219)
192 Jacob Gentry 1 The Signal (T219)
193 Jean Epstein 1 The Fall of the House of Usher (T219)
194 Jirí Barta 1 The Pied Piper (T219)
195 Kinji Fukasaku 1 Battle Royale (T219)
196 Kurt Neumann 1 The Fly (T219)
197 Marcus Nispel 1 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (T219)
198 Michael Gornick 1 Creepshow 2 (T219)
199 Michael Spierig 1 Daybreakers (T219)
200 Peter Spierig 1 Daybreakers (T219)
201 Riccardo Freda 1 Lust of the Vampire (T219)
202 Ruggero Deodato 1 Cannibal Holocaust (T219)
203 Sean Byrne 1 The Loved Ones (T219)
204 Sidney Hayers 1 Burn, Witch, Burn (T219)
205 Stephen King 1 Maximum Overdrive (T219)
206 Stephen Sommers 1 The Mummy (T219)
207 Taylor Hackford 1 The Devil's Advocate (T219)
208 Terence Young 1 Wait Until Dark (T219)
209 Toby Wilkins 1 Splinter (T219)
210 William Castle 1 House on Haunted Hill (T219)
211 Alex Proyas 1 Dark City (T251)
212 Alexandre Bustillo 1 Inside (T251)
213 Antonia Bird 1 Ravenous (T251)
214 Banjong Pisanthanakun 1 Shutter (T251)
215 Brad Anderson 1 Session 9 (T251)
216 Breck Eisner 1 The Crazies (T251)
217 Chul-soo Jang 1 Bedevilled (T251)
218 David Robert Mitchell 1 It Follows (T251)
219 E. Elias Merhige 1 Shadow of the Vampire (T251)
220 Edgar G. Ulmer 1 The Black Cat (T251)
221 Eugenio Martín 1 Horror Express (T251)
222 Frank Marshall 1 Arachnophobia (T251)
223 Fritz Kiersch 1 Children of the Corn (T251)
224 Greg McLean 1 Wolf Creek (T251)
225 Harry Bromley Davenport 1 Xtro (T251)
226 Henry Selick 1 The Nightmare Before Christmas (T251)
227 James M. Muro 1 Street Trash (T251)
228 Jaume Collet-Serra 1 Orphan (T251)
229 Jeffrey Obrow 1 The Kindred (T251)
230 John Alan Schwartz 1 Faces of Death (T251)
231 Jon Knautz 1 Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (T251)
232 Jonathan Glazer 1 Under the Skin (T251)
233 Jonathan King 1 Black Sheep (T251)
234 José Mojica Marins 1 At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (T251)
235 Julien Maury 1 Inside (T251)
236 Kevin Smith 1 Red State (T251)
237 Larry Cohen 1 God Told Me To (T251)
238 Marc Forster 1 World War Z (T251)
239 Marcus Dunstan 1 The Collector (T251)
240 Parkpoom Wongpoom 1 Shutter (T251)
241 Paul Leni 1 The Man Who Laughs (T251)
242 Richard Blackburn 1 Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (T251)
243 Roy Ward Baker 1 Asylum (T251)
244 Sandor Stern 1 Pin (T251)
245 Stephen Carpenter 1 The Kindred (T251)
246 Tony Scott 1 The Hunger (T251)
247 Victor Sjöström 1 The Phantom Carriage (T251)
248 Vincenzo Natali 1 Cube (T251)
249 Álex de la Iglesia 1 The Day of the Beast (T306)
250 Charles E. Sellier Jr. 1 Silent Night, Deadly Night (T306)
251 Danny Steinmann 1 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (T306)
252 Darren Lynn Bousman 1 Saw II (T306)
253 Eli Craig 1 Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (T306)
254 Erle C. Kenton 1 Island of Lost Souls (T306)
255 Franck Khalfoun 1 Maniac (T306)
256 Gerard Johnstone 1 Housebound (T306)
257 Giuliano Carnimeo 1 The Case of the Bloody Iris (T306)
258 Jack Sholder 1 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (T306)
259 Jemaine Clement 1 What We Do in the Shadows (T306)
260 John Fasano 1 Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (T306)
261 Jonathan Levine 1 Warm Bodies (T306)
262 Jorge Michel Grau 1 We Are What We Are (T306)
263 Joseph Kahn 1 Detention (T306)
264 Joseph Sargent 1 Nightmares (T306)
265 Joseph Zito 1 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (T306)
266 Ken Russell 1 The Devils (T306)
267 Lars von Trier 1 Antichrist (T306)
268 Lewis Teague 1 Alligator (T306)
269 Mark Sheppard 1 Mysterious Island (T306)
270 Pascal Laugier 1 Martyrs (T306)
271 Peter Hyams 1 The Relic (T306)
272 Piers Haggard 1 The Blood on Satan's Claw (T306)
273 Sean S. Cunningham 1 Friday the 13th (T306)
274 Taika Waititi 1 What We Do in the Shadows (T306)
275 Teruo Ishii 1 Jigoku (T306)
276 Ti West 1 The House of the Devil (T306)
277 Tom Six 1 The Human Centipede (T306)
278 Tommy Lee Wallace 1 Halloween III: Season of the Witch (T306)
279 Tony Randel 1 Hellbound: Hellraiser II (T306)
280 Victor Halperin 1 White Zombie (T306)