RIP Wes Craven – Horror Master – IOTW Report

RIP Wes Craven – Horror Master

He succumbed to brain cancer

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13 Comments on RIP Wes Craven – Horror Master

  1. The original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET is a classic. It’s inventive and witty, with a mean streak a mile long.

    THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW is also worth a look.

    Didn’t really care for anything else he directed, but NIGHTMARE alone is enough for a doff of the hat from me. RIP.

  2. I wasn’t even aware of his passing and then as I was listening to SRF Radio 4 News in Switzerland this morning a report came on talking about this, so he is well recognized outside of the US as well.

    This news report included an interview with Craven where he mentioned that after his early success he unsuccessfully tried to develop other projects outside of the horror genre, and became bankrupt. So he had to go back to writing horror stories again which he really didn’t want to do. Then came the success of Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream and of course he never looked back.

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