Horror Movies Forum - What directors have made back to back great films?

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (JackBurton) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:03:26 +0000

Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho, The Birds

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (JackBurton) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:23:09 +0000

I'll back that...I've liked everything he's done so far to varying degrees..

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (Gardenofstone10) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:58:14 +0000

Rob Zombie. He's yet to do a bad picture, yes, even Halloween 2 rocks. I'll probably get crap for saying that but whatever.

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (JackBurton) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:54:58 +0000

Takashi Miike (<---big fan)
13 Assassins & Hara Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (Tripod) — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:40:38 +0000

Can't forget about Joss Whedon. Here's to another Avengers sequel! I know he won't dissapoint.

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (Theli) — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:14:40 +0000

Recently, Christopher Nolan:
Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, Dark Knight Rises

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (JackBurton) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:57:18 +0000

Scorsese - Raging Bull, King of Comedy

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (jugchord) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:08:13 +0000

Ti West- Cabin Fever 2 (even though there were issues he still has the credit for it), The Innkeepers

David Lynch- Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (Zed_Chuva) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:30:45 +0000

Tarantino - Dogs, Pulp, Four Rooms, Brown, KB1, KB2, Death Proof, Basterds - hope he keeps it going.

Rodriguez - Desperado, Four Rooms, Dusk Till Dawn

Eli Roth - Cabin Fever, Hostel, Hostel 2

David Yates - Harry Potter/Phoenix, Half Blood, Deathly Hallows 1&2

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (JackBurton) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:26:42 +0000

Cohen Brothers - No country for Old Men, Burn After Reading.

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (bentheprop) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:02:55 +0000

I totally forgot Rob Reiner - Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (bentheprop) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:33:37 +0000

Coppola did follow The Godfather II with Apocalypse Now if you don't count the tv miniseries in between.

Sticking to names that haven't been mentioned yet.

Danny Boyle - Shallow Grave, Trainspotting
Guy Ritchie - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch
Peter Jackson - The Frighteners, Lord of the Rings
The Coen Brothers - Damn near all of their movies
Ivan Reitman - Stripes, Ghostbusters
Harold Ramis - Caddyshack, Vacation
John Landis - Animal House, The Blues Brothers & American Werewolf in London
Terry Gilliam - The Fisher King. Twelve Monkeys, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Tim Burton - Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Ed Wood
Barry Levinson - Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino, Invictus
Brad Anderson - Session 9, The Machinist
Guillermo del Toro - Cronos, Mimic, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth
George Lucas - American Graffiti, Star Wars
Brian Singer - The Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil
Jon Favreau - Iron Man 1 & 2
Wes Craven - Scream 1 & 2
Clive Barker - Hellraiser, Nightbreed
Roman Polanski - The Fearless Vampire Killers, Rosemary's Baby
John Huston - The Red Badge of Courage, The African Queen
George Miller - Mad Max, The Road Warrior

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dummy@example.com (ZOMBIE SLASHER) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:11:11 +0000

Ellory Elkayem Return of the Living Dead 4 & 5.

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (JJ) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:20:50 +0000

David Fincher Seven and Fight Club, or Zodiac, Benjamin Button, Social Network, and Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Cameron Crowe - Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous
Christopher Nolan - Dark Knight, Inception
John Carpenter - Escape From New York, The Thing
Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List, Jurassic Park

Re: What directors have made back to back great films?

dummy@example.com (LoudLon) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:45:01 +0000

Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange
Norman Jewison - A Soldier's Story, Agnes of God, Moonstruck
George Romero - The Crazies, Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Knightriders (I think they're all great)
Paul Thomas Anderson - Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia
Jackie Chan - Project A, Police Story, Armour of God
John Woo - A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow II, The Killer, Bullet in the Head
Dario Argento - Suspiria, Inferno, Tenebre
Steven Soderbergh - Out of Sight, The Limey, Erin Brokovich, Traffic
David Cronenberg - The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly
Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill

Can't think of any more at the moment...