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Underrated/Hated Movie Directors You Really Love

posted 5 years ago by IrinaOma (648)
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1. Renny Harlin

I love Die Hard 2, Nightmare On Elm Street 4, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Cliffhanger, Prison, Mindhunters, 12 Rounds, Devil' Pass, even Driven

2. Russell Mulcahy

The Real McCoy (1993) and The Shadow (1994) are special films in my own book plus he made Highlander, Razorback, Silent Trigger, Resident Evil 3, Resurrection, Give 'em Hell Malone.

3. Steve Miner

House (1985) is my all-time favorite Comedy/Horror movie. Also, I love Warlock, Forever Young, Lake Placid, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Friday The 13th (parts 2 & 3), Soul Man

4. Paul W.S. Anderson

Mortal Kombat and Event Horizon are among my favourites.
Soldier, Death Race, Resident Evil (2002) were good too. The Three Musketeers was watchable. Call me mad but I love many moments in Alien vs Predator (2004) - his directing was good. I blame script writers

5. Dwight H. Little

I love his low budget films: Halloween 4, Marked for Death, Rapid Fire, Murder at 1600, The Phantom of the Opera (1989)

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Rob Zombie. I've seen four of his films so far, and I think he's a lot better than people give him credit for. Not only are his shots stylish as hell, he really knows how to cast his movies and get the most out of his actors. I know that his films are rip offs but his artistic vision is not.

[–] db20db (16571) 5 years ago

I agree with you on "stylish" and his casting. I actually like his version of Halloween better but he's caught a lot of flak for it, some if not most of it, undeserved, imo.

[–] chilone (17394) 5 years ago

Michael Bay

[–] IrinaOma (648) 5 years ago

Critics and many fans really hate him but I like a few films from this guy. He isn't that bad

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

Ricky Lau. This guy was brilliant combining horror and comedy. The Mr.Vampire franchise is great fun.

[–] IrinaOma (648) 5 years ago

Interesting choice. I will check on this guy

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

Don't expect any masterpiece. I wouldn't say he's a great director... but he's incredibly skilled with physical comedy. His movies have the strange quality of being incredibly entertaining from beginning to end, something that (sadly) it's not that frequent in comedies as it should be.

The Mr.Vampire franchise is the quintessential cult classic in Hong Kong comedy/horror genre.

And besides that, the famous scene from Lord of the Rings with the Nazgul riding in the night in slow motion was ripped from one of his movies. Not bad.

[–] IrinaOma (648) 5 years ago

Don't worry dear. I never have high expectations. I literally ADORE a ton of low-budget sci-fi/horror/comedy films from the 70s/80s/90s.

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

Then don't miss the Mr.Vampire franchise (6 movies) and the Encounters of the Spooky Kind one (2 movies), both from 80s Hong Kong. They're very silly and low budget, but fun to watch. Both franchises belong to the jiangshi genre (the Asian vampire). I'd really love that some western horror comedy would use it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangshi_fiction