LOL...well, makes sense since I am so damn weird myself...but really, he only directed two of my favorites, and the others on my list, more than that....so, there I have rationalized it.....:D

(~ that was a rhetorical question by the way ;) )

Was it





or was it a cry for help?




:D

1. F.W. Murnau
2. Argento
3. Bava
4. Hitchcock
5. Fulci

in that order

1. Alfred Hitchcock
2. Dario Argento
3. Mario Bava
4. Jacques Tourneur
5. Tod Browning

James Whale
Hitchcock
Roger Corman
David Lynch
Terence Fisher

Bwind made a tournament last year on horror directors. I think Romero won it by beating Argento. Here's the link...

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21982


And about my top 5 :-

1 - Sir Alfred Hitchcock
2 - Dario Argento
3 - George Romero
4 - David Cronenberg
5 - Sam Raimi

Hon. mentions - John Carpenter, Tod Browning, Mario Bava, Frank Henenlotter, David Lynch.

Thats for horror. Overall I d say Akira Kurosawa. The man was a genius.

None of these guys are JUST horror...but...

Carpenter
Timur Bekmambetov
Romero (but decreasing)
Ryuhei Kitamura
Wes Craven (well, up until mid 90's)

1 George Romero
2 Alfred Hitchcock
3 Sam Raimi
4 John Carpenter
5 Wes Craven

My favorites
 

1) Sir Alfred Hitchcock
2) Dario Argento
3) John Carpenter
4) David Cronenberg
5) Wes Craven

In no real order:
1.) F.W Murnau
2.) Tod Browning
3.)Mario Bava
4.)Jack Arnold
5.)David Cronenberg