Profitable, relatively inexpensive to produce, and with a faithful built-in audience, Hollywood horror franchise films have long dominated the market for generic feature film productions. This work examines the significant effects, good and bad, that the horror franchise genre has had on the careers of several American film directors, including Wes Craven ( ), Don Coscarelli ( ), and Joe Berlinger ( ). A comprehensive bibliography is included, along with an extensive alphabetical filmography of popular horror franchise films.