Directors and fame

[Trioxin149]

You brought up some valid points, but keep in mind, as consistent as Spielberg may be, he's had his fair share of flops as well. To me, Lucio Fulci was a flawless DIRECTOR. All of his films may have not been gems, or even good, but his skill as a Director was magnificent. Argento is also a big name in the horror world. But another thing you must keep in mind, Spielberg is mainstream, yes. BUT, do die hard horror fans really care about Spielberg? I know I don't. So, even if there was a perfect Director/Writer who came up with the perfect balance of story and scares in ALL of his films, would someone who doesn't care about horror, care about him? Probably not. Therefore, that makes it hard for a horror director to go mainstream. Right now, I think about as mainstream as a horror director can get is: Craven, Carpenter, Romero (but barely), Aja, Roth, Zombie, etc. Not to say all of those mentioned are good, but they are what I see/hear the most of. Horror, to me, is a harder genre to be original with, because so much has been done in that genre already, which makes it harder to be original. And not to mention, alot of people blame all the world's problems on horror films, and for that, I hope they rot.