R.I.P Wes Craven
 

The Last House on the Left, Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes, The People Under the Stairs and many more he gave us... R.I.P to a true master of horror. The man who created the ultimate dream demon Freddy Krueger himself...

This really sucks. Is anyone getting out of 2015 alive?!
RIP to a horror legend. The original Elm Street and Scream are two of my favourite movies ever. :(

RIP, Wes.

R.I.P Wes. Another huge loss to the Horror world. I was very upset as this was the very first thing I heard this morning when I got up. :(

2015 really is cursed it's certainly the worst year of my life be glad to see the back of it.

Terrible news horror has lost a true master. Shocking as he was still quite young. It's been an awful year for the loss of some great people. RIP Wes.

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Just checked his age , really surprised that he was that age

RIP Wes. A genuine genre legend. He always came across as an intelligent, warm man. A loss.

Blimey! That was a shock. Just scanned facebook and could not believe it. Sad news :(

Wow. Goodbye to another hero. R.I.P Wes.

So many of the good ones have gone, getting to where you're hesitant to check the headlines these days, reminds me of the phase when the classic Universal monster stars and film makers passed in the late 60s early 70s, R.I.P. Wes Craven.

Thanks for all the pleasure you have given me Wes you will be missed greatly.

Gutted, my girlfriend woke me up to tell me :(

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Sad news sooner or later where not going to have many real horor film directors.
Eg Hitchcok, Argento, Romero, we just going to have directors who are more interested in gore and controversy, hence why people are already complaining about state of the horror genre, and saying the old films are best

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Err, hate to be the bringer of more bad news gag but Hitchcock has been dead for sometime.

Im aware of that was trying to point out horror directors from the past, as well as ones that are still living

And, with all due respect, Mr. Hitchcock was not really a horror director. He was a suspense and thriller director

Think you was aware at what i was getting at a lot of his films come under horror..
But ill shut up and go get my coat leave and cry at the sad news, not because im getting ganged upon... Lol

Think you was aware at what i was getting at some of his films come under horror..
But ill shut up and go get my coat leave and cry at the sad news, not because im getting ganged upon... Lol

I'm sure I'm not the only one who was drawn to horror because of the films Wes Craven made, whether it was in the 1970s, '80s or even '90s, from The Last House on the Left to The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The People under the Stairs and post-modern takes on the genre such as New Nightmare or Scream.

His legacy was secured years ago and the world is a poorer place without him.

RIP Wes Craven.

This is such sad news - he's one of those people that you never imagine not being around anymore.

My love for horror started with Craven's films. I remember when I was just a kid, I would always pester my Mum to tell me everything she knew about Freddy Krueger - way before I had ever seen a horror film, let along a Nightmare On Elm Street. I would talk on and on about him - I was obsessed with the whole story of Freddy.

A true legend of horror cinema. He'll always be remembered.

RIP Wes. A sad loss. So many people I know got into horror because of his films, which themselves changed the genre.

If anyone is interested, I have reworked Cult Labs Radio and added many more tracks from Wes Craven films, so that it plays a Craven track every 30 mins or so.

A little tribute to the great master of Horror.

Now now make em die slowly and susan.
Dont want no trouble on a bank holiday and day off work.
If thee looking for trouble go pub tonight im sure some jump up whippersnapper who cant handle his beer thinks he hard and can take on the world. :tongue1:

RIP,he looked a lot younger,also surprised about his age.

You and me both, I thought he was in his early to mid 60s

RIP

I was surprised as well – it shows how young he was when he started making movies.

Similarly, it was William Friedkin's birthday on Saturday and I was astonished when I discovered it was his 80th; like Wes Craven, I thought he was about a decade younger.

The first Wes Craven film I ever saw was the original Nightmare on Elm Street which on first viewing was unbeliveably creepy especially as I was about 10 years old at the time. I remember a few of the other kids in school had seen it and it was considered the must see horror film of the time by most of them so came highly recommended.. Having seen it, the film then remained a favourite of mine for many years and with all of the sequels that made a bit of a joke out of Freddy, it's easy to forget just how great a horror villan he was in the first film.

About a year after seeing Elm Street I then tracked down The Hills Have Eyes which is one of the very few horror films that genuinely frightened me.

To this day I can't really pick a favouite out of the 2 (well maybe by a cats wisker The Hills Have Eyes) but I can clearly remember where and when I was the first time I watched both of them so they must have made a huge impression at the time.

RIP Wes.
I'll always thank you for traumatising me with THE HILLS HAVE EYES,one of our first ever video rentals.
During the eighties,you gave us school dodgers something to watchand talk about with Freddy in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET,and once again after YEARS of low budget and straight to video gash,you gave us a much needed horror injection with the brilliant SCREAM.

RIP Mr Craven,horror has lost one of it's TRUE masters.


:thankingyou::clap::thankingyou::clap: :thankingyou: :clap::thankingyou::clap:

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Freddy was the first of the big monsters to invade my dreams and make me pay attention to a genre of film that i grew to adore. I also thought and still do think that Scream was a breath of fresh air for horror at the time of it's release.

My old man once said to me, you know you're getting old son, when the people you grew up watching on the TV are all dead and you prefer to watch the videos in the cupboard over the ones at the cinema. He was spot on.

At least we still have a few good one's with us, Jackson, Romero, Hitchcock ect ect. ;)

RIP wes :(

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:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afn0NaSvFw8

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.