| CARPENTER | John - - -, writer and director known for horror films (9) |
| WES | American writer and director known for Rushmore (1998) (3) |
| GORETECHS | Special effects experts for horror movies? |
| CORPSEHUSBAND | Deep-voiced YouTuber known for horror stories, music and "Among Us" |
| PRICE | Film actor Vincent ____ was best known for horror roles |
| CURTIS | Richard _, screenwriter and director known for films such as Notting Hill and Love Actually (6) |
| PSYCHO | Section of autopsy chosen for horror film |
| OVERLOOK | The _ Hotel, setting for horror film The Shining (8) |
| BRANAGH | Actor and director known for his Shakespearean roles, Kenneth _ (7) |
| FOWLES | John, writer noted for his 1965 novel The Magus (6) |
| BANVILLE | John, writer noted for novel The Sea which won the Booker Prize in 2005 (8) |
| DRYDEN | John, writer who became England's first official poet laureate in 1668 (6) |
| TIMBURTON | US director known for his Gothic fantasy and horror films (3,6) |
| WESCRAVEN | American film director known for his work in the horror genre (3,6) |
| NOSFERATU | A fortune's laid out for horror movie (9) |
| HITCHCOCK | Film director known as 'the master of suspense' (9) |
| TARANTINO | Writer and director of 1994 movie Pulp Fiction, Quentin --------- (9) |
| MIKELEIGH | Film and theatre writer and director whose movies include Vera Drake (2004) |
| MELBROOKS | Blazing Saddles and The Producers co-writer and director |
| ELAINEMAY | Writer and director of the 1987 film Ishtar that stars Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman |
