Robert Eggers has become one of those directors I follow. They aren't household names, yet, and I might not own all of their movies, but their talent and vision are undeniable.

Before him it was an up-and-coming director named Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer, too many entertaining movies to list here) ever since I saw the trailer for The Replacement Killers (1998).

Jeremy Saulnier after I saw The Green Room, which prompted me to seek out Blue Ruin. Saulnier's most recent directorial effort is Rebel Ridge on Netflix. A slow burn I enjoyed immensely and highly recommend.

There were others on that list at some point, but now for some of them, their names are practically adjectives describing style, like David Fincher. In my opinion David Fincher is a modern-day Kubrick. I love so many of his movies. The Killer remains in my Netflix cue. I think I've watched it three times and it only came out last year.

And don't get me started on the brilliance of Quentin Tarantino...

Steering back to Robert Eggers, I'm still creeped out by The Witch (2015) and how disturbing it was, but also, I was impressed by how well him and his crew created the 1600s time period. It's worth watching the movie for the James Cameron insists the dishes are authentic to the real Titanic authenticity alone, or at least making the audience feel that way. The dialogue is fantastic. His vision offers escapism in the best way in that sometimes it's hard to forget after watching. The Witch was good, but it was also really, really scary.

Definitely looking forward to Robert Eggers' vision of a foundational horror film.