Director: Eli Roth

In addition to making incredible films, Eli Roth is something of a horror movie hero In a time when all the major studios were released PG-13 horror films in an effort to appeal to the widest audience possible, Eli Roth continued to fight for a hard R. He is one of the few members of the Splat Pack to rival the on-screen violence seen in the films of directors Alexandre Aja and Rob Zombie.

Roth has gained a reputation for making films that are hard to ignore. His movies have attracted very public attention by even those outside film journalism. While these films might go without controversy in the horror community, his commercial success has pushed his work into the spot light of numerous “think of the children!” news debates.