Who is the true "master of horror?"

[Dr. Briggs]

[COLOR="Lime"]Creating a good horror movie has become increasingly challenging for the past few years, even with technologies in filmmaking industry. It’s now harder to scare viewers.

Well I am more inclined toward silent horror styles. And I just notice that one of the pitfalls in doing horror recently is the tendency to depend on special effects or gore. Horror is more than just gore. For me, the more we are digitally mastered and advanced our technology, the more we must go back to the basics of horror, which is all about simply playing with feelings and making a roller-coaster of realistic scare tactics. More than anything, it’s the stories of the characters… what the movie is really about!

So now I am scanning my DVDs and looking for a movie that has a director that show some realism to his horror![/COLOR]

Agreed with you here, Caftan. I think a true "master" is hard to come by, because honestly, I dunno if there are many terror-scribes out there who take care to utilize "the basics" (image against darkness, audio dissonance, misdirection, etc...) consistently in all they write/direct!