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A Few Directors of Horror
Contemporary Horror Films
- Annabelle, directed by John R. Leonetti
- The Conjuring, directed by James Wan
- Creepshow, directed by George A. Romero
- Crimson Peak, directed by Guillermo del Toro
- Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- Ghost Ship, directed by Steve Beck
- Ghost Story, directed by John Irvin
- Halloween: the Night He Came Home, directed by John Carpenter
- Insidious, directed by James Wan
- It, directed by Andy Muschietti
- Krampus, directed by Michael Dougherty
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, directed by Tim Burton
- The Others, directed by Alejondro Amenabar
- Scream, directed by Wes Craven
- The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick
- The Sixth Sense, directed by M. Night Shyamalan
- Sleepy Hollow, directed by Tim Burton
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, directed by Jack Clayton
- Van Helsing, directed by Stephen Sommers
- The Watcher in the Woods, directed by John Hough
Horror on the Small Screen
Fun and Freaky
- The Addams Family, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
- Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton
- Coraline, directed by Tim Burton
- Corpse Bride, directed by Tim Burton
- E.T., directed by Steven Spielberg
- Ghostbusters, directed by Paul Feig
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, directed by Chris Columbus
- Hocus Pocus, Walt Disney Pictures
- Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Tim Burton
- ParaNorman, directed by Chris Butler
- Practical Magic, directed by Griffin Dunne
- Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, directed by Steve Box and Nick Parks
- Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks