Throughout film history, horror has been a go-to genre for a lot of first-time directors. In horror, you can make a huge impression with a long-lasting career. Not every debut horror film creates a legend, of course, but the 20 on this list sure did.
Eli Roth’s The House With a Clock in Its Walls has all kinds of special effects you’d expect from a big-budget project, but one of its most startling achievements was pulled off with a good, old-fashioned animatronic nightmare.
Cate Blanchett and Owen Vaccaro star in The House With a Clock in Its Walls.Image: Universal The first trailer for The House With a Clock in Its Walls was… fine. Cool visuals, great cast, but tonally, it felt a bit awkward. Well, that’s gone in this second trailer, which ups the…