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Needed: Horror Director suggestions (currently 2482 views)
wonkavite
Posted: May 4th, 2014, 1:35pm
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Okay, guys... I need your help.
Without giving out any specific information as to why, I need serious recommendations for directors that excel in the lower budget horror spectrum. Not $500K. More along the lines of those that work in the $3-$5M range.
Specifically, directors that have shown a particular knack for gore and action, creature effects, and lots and lots of atmospheric suspense with a touch of dark comedy.
Not someone that you personally know. Just anyone in that budget range whose films you've watched - either indie or mainstream circuit - and really admire...
Not someone that you personally know. Just anyone in that budget range whose films you've watched - either indie or mainstream circuit - and really admire...
Some of these guys may me harder to reach. Coscarelli, Smith, Mckee... others may be easier... quality differs... some of these people haven't made a movie in years.
You said creature effects and gore... William Malone hasn't done a movie in years but he created the mask for Halloween and a bunch of other cool stuff.
These are just names of the top of my head. If any more names pop in, I'll list them later.
Don Cosarelli... I have to admit, John Dies at the End was really intriguing... though it sort of lost its way at the end. Great comedy edge, though.
And Stuart Gordon. Reanimator?!? Funny thing, I believe one of my colleagues actually talked to Stuart about a script of mine, Territory, some time ago. (Though that's not why I'm asking now.)
Stuart Gordon is a really good director. His Poe episode from Master of Horror with Jeffrey Combs was great. It's actually up on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9iB0qfvE-8
The thing with low budget movies in my opinion is that you have to get a director that knows how to shoot a movie. Along with a quality cinematographer. That's half the movie right there if the script is strong. Especially in this digital age, where you don't shoot on film. You have to have someone that knows what he is doing and knows what kind of filters to use in post production to remove that cheap digital feel.
I haven't seen that yet, but Coscarelli has also directed Bubba Ho Tep and the classic horror franchise Phantasm.
Bubba Ho-tep is a great little movie. I remember watching the movie back in 2003. At the time it had something like 8.3 on imdb
Coscarelli also did a little movie called Survival Quest, which got a decent release recently. Lance Henriksen is in that. I kind of feel he wasted too much of his career on the Phantasm movies.