1974—Tobe Hooper for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

1975—Steven Speilberg for Jaws

1976—Richard Donner for The Omen

1977—Dario Argento for Suspiria

1978—George Romero for Dawn of the Dead

1979—Ridley Scott for Alien

1980—Stanley Kubrick for The Shining

1981—John Landis for An American Werewolf in London

1982—Tobe Hooper for Poltergeist

1983—David Cronenberg for The Dead Zone

1984—Wes Craven for A Nightmare on Elm Street

1985—Tom Holland for Fright Night

1986—James Cameron for Aliens

1987—Sam Raimi for The Evil Dead II

1988—Wes Craven for The Serpent and the Rainbow

1989—Mary Lambert for Pet Sematary

1990—William Peter Blatty for The Exorcist III

1991—Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs

1992—Peter Jackson for Dead Alive

1993—Dario Argento for Trauma

1994—Michael Soavi for Cemetery Man

1995—Clive Barker for Lord of Illusions

1996—Wes Craven for Scream

1997—Wes Craven for Scream 2

1998—Hideo Nakata for Ringu

1999—Tim Burton for Sleepy Hollow

2000—Kinji Fukasaku for Battle Royale

2001—Alejando Amenbar for The Others

2002—Gore Verbinski for The Ring

2003—Danny Boyle for 28 Days Later

2004—Zack Snyder for Dawn of the Dead

2005—Alexandre Aja forHigh Tension

2006—Neil Marshall forThe Descent

2007—Frank Darabont for The Mist

2008—Tomas Alfredson for Let the Right One In