High praise from one maestro to another:

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I was really gutted when I heard, this has been the first celebrity death which has truly hit me. Wes Craven is a name I have grown up with and I've enjoyed all of his films through the years. I too enjoyed his non-horror films, Music of the Heart for example!

2015 has been a terrible year, let's hope we can get through the rest of it relatively unscathed!

RIP Wes.

RIP Wes. Horror fans will rewatch your movies for years to come. :(

Lovely tribute from Mark Kermode:

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A bit late, but this was Kim Newman's astute observation on Twitter:

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That's an excellent read. I haven't seen Cursed since it was in the cinema 10 years ago because I thought it was a mess which I didn't care to revisit, but have just put in on my Lovefilm rental queue as I plan to watch New Nightmare and the Scream films again very soon.

I've always quite liked Cursed. Yes it is a mess but i've always found it an enjoyable mess. There's just something about it.

It'll be interesting to see whether – and how much – my opinion changes with a second viewing, a decade after the first, and at home rather than in the cinema. Also, I've seen many more films since then and gained an academic understanding of the medium (and horror genre), so it may be like watching it as a different person.

RE: Cursed.

Try and see the directors cut. The version released in theatres was butchered by Dimension. The full Craven version works much better.