15 Influential Directors Who Changed the Horror Genre Forever

Few horror directors understand true terror the way Alfred Hitchcock did. After all, he is better known as "the Master of Suspense," and his six-decade career gave us a whopping 50 feature films. His most terrifying films include Rebecca (1940), Spellbound (1945), Dial M For Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), and, of course, Psycho (1960). Psycho's terrifying shower scene is still referenced and considered a major source of inspiration for horror filmmakers today, and it's also the reason we double bolt our bathroom doors.