Master Directors Who did Horror too | Under Lens

Well we all have at some point in time thought of Horror films as B-movies lacking in class haven’t we?? Well I sure did once. But in course of researching for this horror edition, I found that the THE BEST, MOST RENOWNED HOLLYWOOD DIRECTORS have all made superb horror flicks.

Still don’t believe me?! So what is your list of best directors??? Did u say Martin Scorsese, Steven Speilberg and/or Peter Jackson. Yup all of them have. If your list was different then too you would sind big names making chilling horror flicks. Here goes...

Stanley Kubrick-“The Shining”: Though not conventional horror it is a scary account of few people stuck in a hotel, where one of them descends in to madness. It showcases one of Jack Nicholson’s career best performance. Based on Stephen King’s Novel of the same name.

Peter Jackson-“Brain Dead”: before he made LOTR trilogy he made several horror films. “Brain Dead” is a spoof of sorts and is put under “Slapstick Zombie Comedy” genre. It had a grotesque, gory second half culminating in a shocking climax scene where the hero faces his Zombie mother.

Alfred Hitchcock-“Psycho”: In 1960 the master of Suspense decided to adapt the novel “Psycho”. The movie had initial bad review but was a huge hit. Today it is a cult classic. Scenes of the movie have been copied innumerable times over the decades. There is a Shower scene which in itself has been

Danny Boyle-“28 Days Later”: Danny Boyle has been dabbling with many genres and so he did very popular, successful and highly acclaimed Zombie movie “28 days later” its sequel “28 weeks later” has also had favorable response.

Steven Spielberg-“Twilight Zone”: Speilberg has been producing quite a few horror movies. He wrote Gremlins and directed one of the four mini movies in the Horror Anthology “Twilight Zone:The Movie”(1983). It was movie version of the television series “Twilight Zone” that was hugely popular in 50’s and 60’s.

Francis ford Coppola-“Bram Stoker’s Dracula”: 1992 saw maker of “Godfather” adapt The Original Novel “Dracula” written in 1897!! It starred Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves and has had a positive respoce and is known for its exquisite imagery.

Martin Scorsese-“Shutter Island”: Yup the greatest of ‘em all is coming to horror. It is based on a novel of the same name. One stormy night a serial murderer goes missing on “The Shutter Island” and it is upto the sergeant (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) to find the killer in this stormy night. We smell blood!!

Written by Ali Naqvi.