The twisted minds behind the camera — the auteurs who taught us to fear the dark.
- DDario Argento
Italy's maestro of giallo horror
- CClive Barker
Hellraiser's creator; master of the erotic macabre
- JJohn Carpenter
The master behind Halloween and The Thing
- WWes Craven
Creator of Freddy Krueger and Ghostface
- TTobe Hooper
The man behind The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- SStephen King
The king of horror fiction — and occasional director
- SSam Raimi
The Evil Dead's gonzo horror pioneer
- GGeorge A. Romero
The father of the modern zombie film
- RRidley Scott
The visionary who unleashed Alien
- JJames Wan
Architect of The Conjuring universe and Saw
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