15 Influential Directors Who Changed the Horror Genre Forever

If you told us five years ago that the hilarious Jordan Peele of the Key & Peele sketch comedy show would go on to be one of the breakout sensations of the horror genre, we probably would have laughed. And yet, the last few years have proven that Peele is a champion of the psychological thriller, thanks to his directorial debut Get Out (2017), and his followup film Us (2019). Did we mention he's also the host of CBS's The Twilight Zone reboot? It doesn't get scarier than that. Up next for the talented filmmaker is a remake of horror film Candyman, which he cowrote with Win Rosenfeld.