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Within the landscape of modern movie-making, a fresh generation of creators is pushing the boundaries of the scary movie style. Ranging from societal commentaries to graphic fright-fests, these 8 movie-makers are crafting memorable journeys that reshape fear for a new generation.

Jordan Peele

The filmmaker behind Get Out has crafted pointed allegories delving into the risks, nuances, and contradictions of African American experience in the America. Peele's impact is evident from the multitude of followers, with the finest within them guided by the filmmaker via his production company.

Robert Eggers

A masterful excavator of the darkest corners of the bygone eras, this director of The Witch, The Lighthouse, and Nosferatu excels in uncovering the unfamiliar facets of distant history and showing them without modern-day alteration. His dark journeys into the past unlock gateways to psychosis, desire, and transformation.

Jane Schoenbrun

The modern director with their finger most attuned to the millennial pulse, as aware of the solitudes, and meaningful bonds, of an online-focused time. Channeling themes of relationships and pop culture through trans identity and the legacy of physical terror, creations such as I Saw the TV Glow explore the most unsettling fissures of the identity.

Damien Leone

The director's trilogy of Terrifier features is this era's major horror achievement, proof that word of mouth can still generate genuine hits from well-executed low-budget violence. Beyond the next slasher icon, deranged icon Art the Clown is proof that the public’s desire for blood – excessive, comical, unbridled – remains endless.

Rose Glass

Blurring the division between delusion and reality, with her movies Saint Maud and Love Lies Bleeding, Glass has built a gallery of driven female characters compelled to limits by the intensity of their dedication to twisted beliefs. Prone to imaginative climaxes that question easy readings into suspicion, her works linger – though less like a rock in your shoe than a sharp object in your sole.

Danny and Michael Philippou

From the primordial ooze of online video came a duo of filmmakers taking over the film industry with a current type of controversy. With their works Talk to Me and Bring Her Back, they created shocking displays in between realistic depictions of how current youth act. Aspiring directors idolize them as if they’re newly made saints.

Arthouse Horror Pioneer

The director's sleek, allegory-driven combination of genre trappings with arthouse flourishes gained her a Palme d’Or, the historic moment the festival awarded its premier award to a terror movie. Bearing the viscera-flecked banner of the New French Extremity, the Titane filmmaker delves into the cravings of the alienated to spectacular result.

Asian Horror Visionary

One of the most exciting talents to come forth from Asia in recent years, the Korean director has crafted one jewel of traditional terror (The Wailing) and collaborated on another (The Medium). Paced with total assurance and meticulous tonal control, his films transforms Hollywood templates into frightful, unique forms.

These filmmakers embody the diverse and groundbreaking path of scary cinema, driving the boundaries of terror into fresh dimensions.