When Wes Craven made A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, his take on the slasher (if the film can even be classified as such) shook up the decade's array of masked and silent killers with Freddy ...

In 1996, Wes Craven gave us Scream, a meta, self-depricating breath of life into a stagnant horror genre that desparately needed all of its rules broken. Six movies later, Sydney Prescott is still ...

One thing you need to know about me is that I love Wes Craven’s films more than almost anything else in life. Craven was my first favorite director as a kid. I have screamed into so many microphones ...

Horror maestro Wes Craven passed away on Sunday, August 30 at the age of 76, leaving behind an impressive legacy of scary flicks that continue to mold and influence the genre today. This horror staple ...

Wes Craven is my favorite filmmaker of all time. I grew up on his movies, starting with Scream and working my way backward through the weird, the classic, and the bizarre. I was probably too young for ...

Los Angeles – Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay made the following statement upon learning of the passing of Wes Craven: “Wes will forever be remembered for keeping generations of ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (KTRK) -- It's hard enough to redefine a genre once in a career, but horror virtuoso Wes Craven managed to do it twice. The prolific writer-director, who died Sunday at age 76, ushered ...

Of all the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies, the original film remains the best thanks in part to a very simple but extremely effective premise expertly realized on a shockingly low budget. The idea ...

Wes Craven’s My Soul to Take should have been a horror event. Instead, it was released 15 years ago to baffled audiences, disappointed reviews, and accompanying low box office. Now that its era has ...