Awards Radar Community / Sunday Scaries: Who is the Next Filmmaker You’d Like to See Tackle a Fright Flick?

Last week, my Sunday Scaries column was on being interested in seeing David Lowery tackle a horror film. He’s hardly the only one that should get into fright flicks, of course. He just happened to have a new movie out in Mother Mary. So, to drift on this topic a bit, I figured we could turn it into a new Awards Radar Community Question. Lowery is an obvious candidate to get into the scary cinema business, of course, but there’s tons more. That’s today’s question…who is the next filmmaker you’d like to see tackle horror?

This here is some of what I said in that Sunday Scaries piece on Lowery. Take a look:

You’d be forgiven for assuming that David Lowery has already made a horror movie. Now, his films have trafficked in horror-related tones, but he’s yet to do a fright flick. I’m here today to say that it needs to change, as he’d be capable of absolutely knocking one out of the park. He’s dipped toes in that world with work like A Ghost Story, The Green Knight, and now Mother Mary, but it’s high time that we went full on into the world of terror.

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Given all of that, wouldn’t Lowery be able to just go to town on the genre? Imagine how much better Return to Silent Hill would be under his guidance? On the most recent podcast, I told Myles to imagine that film, or Silent Hill 2 itself, helmed by Robert Eggers. Lowery would also have been aces. Beyond that, if an adaptation isn’t up his alley, original horror is so open-ended, he could do just about anything. The possibilities are endless, and for my money, quite exciting.

We may or may not ever see David Lowery make a scary movie, but he’s the type of filmmaker who can make absolutely anything, so a fright flick would make sense. Will I be disappointed if he never goes horror? No, since he deserves to make anything that he likes. That being said, if he ever does make a horror film, I’ll be there with bells on…

Who else would be a good candidate? Well, that’s your call, but avoiding obvious A-listers who’ve never done horror would be fun. Sure, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Quentin Tarantino would be amazing at it, in all likelihood, but these are long shots. Thinking about who might realistically make the move adds to the fun here. That’s just my two cents, of course, so you do you here.

Now, the choice is yours. Who should make a horror film next? Could it be a big time filmmaker like a Bradley Cooper? Maybe an indie director like Celine Song? Whomever you select, we’re keen to hear about it, so have at it now…

Who is the next filmmaker you’d like to see take a crack at horror? Let us know!