10 Directors Who Need To Make A Horror Movie

7. Lynne Ramsay

I was on the fence about keeping Ramsay on this list, but that's only because I can't quite decide if her 2011 film We Need to Talk About Kevin is a horror film or if it's a dramatic thriller. The plot revolves around the cold-as-ice relationship between Tilda Swinton's Eva and her deeply, deeply troubled son Kevin, whose supposedly natural evil is a major point of contention in the story. As a woman, I'm tempted to view it as a horror film because the biggest question that the story poses is whether or not Kevin's evil originated in the womb.

I do recall how disturbed I felt throughout almost the entire film. That's something that Ramsay handled spectacularly, and I think it's particularly disturbing to watch as a woman. Female horror filmmakers bring a certain element to the genre: they tend to make it a more visceral viewing experience. There's a more powerful, deep-seeded emotion attached to the terror that the stories produce.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. In Ramsay's case, it does. About twenty minutes into We Need to Talk About Kevin, I texted my then-pregnant sister who recently gave birth to a son and told her that under no circumstances, whatsoever, on the planet, was she to watch this film.

So perhaps Ramsay has already directed a horror film, given the manner in which I experienced the material. In that case, consider this entry as a plea for her to make another one. Or two, or three...