Sam Raimi
Before the huge success as the director of the Spiderman trilogy released in 2022, 2004, 2007 and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, respectively. in 2022), Sam Raimi is also well known as the director and screenwriter of many horror and sensational films.
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Sam Raimi
Raimi’s outstanding work in this genre can be mentioned: The Evil Dead part I and II released in 1981 and 1987; Blade (Devil Hunt) was released in 1998. In addition, he is also the producer of many other famous horror films, including: Don’t Breathe (Killer in the Dark, 2016); Crawl (Death Crocodile Tunnel, 2019), The Grudge (Curse, 2020)…
Tim Burton
The name Tim Burton will remind the audience of sensational, bizarre films such as Sleepy Hollow (Headless Horseman, 1999); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2007), Dark Shadows (The Curse of the Night, 2012)….
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Sam Raimi
Tim Burton is also the creator of a “legendary” Batman played by Michael Keaton in two excellent movies about the Bat. These are Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (Batman Returns, 1992). The first part recreates the origin story of Bruce Wayne’s character from the time his parents were murdered and his motivation to put on the black cape. Part 2 Batman Returns focuses on exploiting the complicated relationship between Batman and Catwoman.
Zack Snyder
When it comes to Zack Snyder, the movie geek community will immediately remember the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) with superhero movies: Man of Steel (Man of Steel, 2013); Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Batman War Superman: Light of Justice, 2016) or Zack Snyder’s Justice League (Zack Snyder’s version of Justice League) released in 2021.
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Zack Snyder
However, Zack Snyder’s starting point is the horror and sensational genre. Snyder’s directorial debut was Dawn of the Dead (Dawn of the Dead, 2004). In 2021, this filmmaker also attracted attention when collaborating with Netflix to produce and release the zombie-themed horror film Army of the Dead.
James Wan
James Wan is known as the king of horror, the “father” of extremely impressive “jump-scare” scary movies. James Wan’s film fortune – as a director of sensational, horror and critically acclaimed works: Saw (Saw Blade, 2004); Dead Silence (Deadly Silence, 2007); Insidious series (Insidious, 2007), parts 1 and 2 of The Conjuring (Haunting horror). In addition, Wan also plays the role of producer of countless other horror and sensational films such as: 3 movies about Annabelle dolls, The Nun series; or M3GAN…
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James Wan
Entering the superhero genre, James Wan immediately got the billion-dollar work Aquaman: King Atlantis of the DC Cinematic Universe. Part 2 of the movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is also the project Wan is in the director’s chair, which is expected to be released in the last days of 2023.
David Sandberg
David Sandberg is a Swedish filmmaker David Sandberg with 4 feature films in his career. Including two movies in the horror genre – Lights Out (Nightmare, 2018) and Annabelle: Creation (Annabelle: Devil’s Creature, 2017); the other two movies are: Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (Shazam! Wrath of the Gods, 2021) received the support and love of the majority of the audience.
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David Sandberg
Andy Muschietti
Andy Muschietti is an Argentine filmmaker with a meager but extremely quality film career. Muschietti’s talent was once noticed by “horror, ghost” director Guillermo del Toro when he released the short film Mama at the age of 35. In 2013, Andy Muschietti released the feature-length film Mama, based on the short film he made. Overcome with victory, Andy Muschietti accepted the job as director for the film It (Ghost Clown) – adapted from Stephen King’s novel, released in 2017. Excellent film entered the top 4 horror films with sales. All-time highest earnings.
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Andy Muschietti
Turning to the superhero film genre, the Argentinian filmmaker signed a contract, “re” collaborated with Warner Bros and directed the blockbuster Flash, which will be released on June 16, 2023.