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Brian De Palma
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Tod Browning
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American director
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Jacques Tourneur
French-American director
William Castle
American director
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Roger Corman
American writer and director
James Whale
American director
David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor
Vincent Price
Vincent Price
American actor
Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney
American actor
Dracula
Bela Lugosi
Hungarian-American actor
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
American director, producer, and screenwriter
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Honda Ishirō
Japanese director
Boris Karloff in Frankenstein
Boris Karloff
British actor
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican director
Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
English actor
Robert Wiene
German film director
Wes Craven
Wes Craven
American director and screenwriter
Michael Gough
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George A. Romero
George A. Romero
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