Yes, he directed the Spider-Man trilogy, but Sam Raimi is a true modern man of horror. He directed the Evil Dead series, which follows five college students in their cabin in the woods holiday. Spoiler alert: It's no holiday. It's still considered one of the most pivotal horror films of all time, and it launched a major franchise, as a result. Since then, Raimi has mostly shifted away from the horror genre, but there was certainly some psychological terror in 1998 crime thriller A Simple Plan.