“To me, the horror genre is the genre of non-denial. It's about admitting that there is evil in the world and recognizing that there is evil within us and that we're not in control and that the things that we are afraid of must be confronted in order for us to relinquish that fear.”

American filmmaker

Scott Derrickson is an American filmmaker known for his work in horror and mainstream genre cinema. His films include The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, The Black Phone, Black Phone 2, and Doctor Strange. He has built a career around tense, atmospheric storytelling, especially in horror, while also working on a major superhero film. His credits range from legal supernatural terror to comic-book fantasy, showing a focus on suspense, fear, and the darker edges of popular genre filmmaking.