The Wes Craven Thread

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

What planet's 'the real world' on?

That's pretty much Craven's important works....what did you make of The Hills Have Eyes Part II?

[helene]

It's been a while since I watched it so can't really recall the details right now. I thought the thing with the blind girl was pretty funny though – blind people with 'special powers' obviously being a recurrent theme in a lot of horror type films, and as far as I can remember they all try really hard to pretend her blindness isn't an issue. Then she ends up saving them. I think.

Edit – I'm voting for Scream now because it hasn't got a single vote so far!

[Gothicvamp1888]

I used to be a WC fan, but recently i find his movies aren't reaching the highs they used to get to

i voted last house as my fave as its the most shocking (the remake sucked monkey balls) and Deadly Friend being a close second as i think that was awesome.

But i think the older WC gets the less he makes good movies which is a shame as he made some amazing movies back in the day.

[MANIAC]

Last House On The Left. That's all that needs to be said IMO

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

It was really difficult choice, but I went with A Nightmare on Elm Street as, in terms of quality, it's a better made film than The Last House on the Left and it was really a coin toss decision between Nightmare on Elm Street and The Hills Have Eyes.

[Daemonia]

Originally Posted by Demdike

I've always thought The Serpent and the Rainbow to be very creepy, so it gets my vote.

Same here and is definitely my favourite film from Craven. It walks a fine line between fantasy and reality, dealing as it does wth an alleged true story. Some of it is a bit hard to swallow - but you know what they say, Ruth is stranger than Richard. Sorry, that's not it.....truth is stranger than fiction!

So yes, Serpent gets my vote. I do like the Freddy films, they're like panto horror as the series rolls on, and I kind of dig that. Don't know why exactly, but I do.

[Pete]

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