Which Of These Directors are the future of horror?

Well, I think Ari Aster and Robert Eggers are the two superior filmmakers, but I also think they will leave the genre. In the case of both of their follow up films horror fans have already been debating if they count as horror movies or not (somehow Midsommar wasn't a horror film to some people, I guess).

I don't know if there's any word on Aster's next project but Eggers is prepping a Viking movie at the moment. That could very well be a horror movie, but I'd guess it will be more in the vain of something like Valhalla Rising fini had to imagine what it will be like.

And I haven't seen his earlier short film stuff, but Ari Aster mostly made fucked up short drama films from my understanding. So I could easily see him making something outside of the horror genre next.

Panos Cosmatos may not make another film for a decade. So who the fuck knows?

Jordan Peele, however, has said he intends to make original films 'in the genre' and is producing a ton of horror stuff. I don't think he's the best of most creative of the group, but he's most likely to continue to leave a mark. Plus his stuff is much more mainstream and popular.

But... I'd say Eggers and Aster have already left a bigger mark on the genre in terms of influence. When you look at many of the hit horror movies since they've made their stuff so many of them seem to pull from their style, or at least from the same influences they have.

So, in summation, I guess I don't have any fucking idea how to answer the question. Sorry.

Horror will only thrive outside the system control.
None of them are doing horror audience focused films-they are doing critic-focused ones.

Anything the violates the owner tastes will not be funded--it is way too narrow a theme range to have a future.

From wikipedia's plot summary for the Lighthouse:

"The weeks continue, and Winslow masturbates to the figurine of the mermaid and continues to see Wake naked."

Jordan Peele.

Ari Aster