Cinema

A student of the great Dick Smith, Rick Baker—a seven-time Oscar winner—has elevated prosthetic makeup to an art form: werewolves, aliens, zombies, apes, and monstrous creatures with a physicality and realism that defined an era.

Paco Plaza has redefined Spanish horror cinema with a claustrophobic and visceral style that blends found footage, demonic possessions, and dark folklore.

With Baskin, Turkish director Can Evrenol forged a visionary and visceral genre, a daring talent playing with surreal nightmares, innovative gore and demonic folklore

With House of 1,000 Corps and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Bill Moseley created iconic villains like Otis Driftwood and Chop Top, psychotic characters who dominate with surreal violence and irresistible sadism.

With his b-movies, Roger Corman forged the low-budget pulp horror film, a visionary king who dominated decades of cinema with unstoppable productivity, bloody cults and the launching of numerous talents.

With the saga of the living dead, George A. Romero created the quintessential apocalyptic icon: the modern, slow-moving, unstoppable zombie, using his trademark scathing satire against consumerism, racism, and war, and a social realism that has redefined the genre for decades.

A pioneer of European action and science fiction cinema with a visual style influenced by Hollywood tradition, Luc Besson presents his latest film, Dracula

With the Terrifier franchise, director Damien Leone created the iconic Art the Clown, a sadistic and silent clown who dominates with sequences of raw and innovative violence.

A forerunner of low-budget independent cinema, Sean Cunningham has built a career based on fast-paced and innovative productions in the horror and exploitation genre, such as the first Friday the 13th and The Last House on the Left

Recognized for his versatility in genres, from thriller to noir, and distinguished by an eccentric style and experimental approach, in 2010 Kim-jee Woon directed I Saw the Devil, acclaimed for its visual and narrative intensity