Who Is Your Favourite HORROR Director Of The 60s?
Last week I cruelly asked you to choose between Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Lee is intense-sexy-evil and Cushing is charismatic-cool-collectiveness and both are fecking awesome! If nothing else this silly poll is a testimonial to the fact that these two men are equally admired horror movie icons. Here are the results…
Peter Cushing = 11 votes
Christopher Lee = 10 votes
Today I ask you who your favourite 1960s horror film director is. I included a slot for “other” as I couldn’t possibly include every last director who made a film during the decade!
***Tomorrow I will post my list for 1966! Next week I’ll have the top ten lists for 1967, 68 and 69 and results for this poll! Stay tuned!***
November 21, 2012 at 9:01 pm
I’m a huge fan of each director on your list,and I had to ponder a bit,but I did cast a vote this time!
November 22, 2012 at 6:44 pm
I love all of these directors too…but for me there is only one choice!
November 22, 2012 at 6:53 am
I actually voted this time and I’m the only one who voted for the chap… I was tempted to go for Romero…
November 22, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Did you pick Shindo?
November 23, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Yes I did!
November 23, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Excellent choice sir!
November 22, 2012 at 1:41 pm
It’s gotta be Hitchcock. Brought horror films into the mainstream. Whether that was good or bad for them though, well, that’s another question for another day …
November 22, 2012 at 8:48 pm
He definitely did that! I love Hitchcock, but I think I would probably go with Bava.
November 22, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Are we discussing favorite director judged just by their work in the 60s?
November 22, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Yep…just their 60s stuff.
November 22, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Thanks for the clarification. Romero was almost dropped off my short-list due to his recent output. But his first one is a classic. I had to go with Castle though, as I don’t feel he gets the credit he deserves for often making sub-par scripts interesting.
November 27, 2012 at 12:04 am
My first instinct is to go with Hitchcock. But I think of him as suspense more than horror. Then there’s William Castle, who was cool as hell… but doesn’t feel like a “best” type of choice.
I ended up going with Romero. It’s tough to top Romero.