Which might seem a strange thing to say, in reference to a horror film, but only insofar as we are accustomed to thinking of horror too narrowly, which is to say as a genre that does not participate in the realm of the auteur, wherein a vision of personal, aesthetic significance that exceeds the conventions of any particular genre (while never completely departing from them) is constructed, and imparted to the viewer, usually due to the virtuosity (some might say megalomania) of the director.