Abel Ferrara

American film director Abel Ferrara (b. 1951) is noted for gritty, transgressive urban cinema and has repeatedly worked in horror-adjacent territory. Across his long career he has written and directed provocative genre pieces — from the grindhouse slasher The Driller Killer to the vampire-tinged The Addiction and a 1990s adaptation of Body Snatchers — alongside gritty thrillers and art-house dramas. His work often blends thriller, supernatural and exploitation elements, making him a recurring presence in collector-focused horror filmographies.