Landis is especially vocal about his love for Carpenter and Cronenberg's films and tries to bridge the gap between everyone the most (aside from Garris, of course).

Source: https://collider.com/john-carpenter-david-cronenberg-john-landis-take-one-fear-on-film/

Lokesh Kanagaraj has claimed Leo is a tribute to David Cronenberg's A History of Violence (2005).

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/why-lokesh-kanagaraj-or-tamil-cinema-cant-emulate-david-cronenbergs-a-history-of-violence-8990528/

We screened all these films during production as well every week the biggest top three influences would be David Cronenberg's 'The Fly' (1986), Julia Ducournau's 'Raw' (2016), and Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan' (2010).

Source: https://bleedingcool.com/movies/appendage-anna-zlokovic-on-developing-short-to-hulu-horror-feature/