Hutch Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Apparently iconic horror director Wes Craven has succumbed to brain cancer. A sad day. The original Friday the 13th is still a go to for me around Halloween. Rest in peace, and may your loved ones carry on in your name. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wes-craven-horror-maestro-dies-818806 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindly Old Man Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I won't believe it till I see the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warg Arry Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 :'( might have to break out some old Wes favs and have a horror movie night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 That sucks. He made some classics of the genre. I think The People Under the Stairs will always be my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biter Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 The original Friday the 13th is still a go to for me around Halloween. I believe you meant the original A Nightmare on Elm Street? RIP Mr. Craven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 I believe you meant the original A Nightmare on Elm Street? RIP Mr. Craven. Yes sir, you are correct. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westerosi Coast Gangster Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Second only to Carpenter and King in my book. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tyrion I Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I read something that said without Wes Craven and his Nightmare on Elm Street movies, we never would have gotten the LOTR movies. New Line had to leverage just about everything the lucrative Nightmare movies earned them in order to make the LOTR movies, which were considered a big risk at the time. RIP, Mr. Craven. Thank you for your fun films, and the great ones that they made possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Truly sad news. RIP, Mr. Craven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 This is terrible. Craven was one of my favourite directors and Scream was actually the film that got me interested in movies as a craft and art-form more than just a few hours of entertainment. Something that now that I think about it has probably a somewhat significant impact on the direction of my life, as cheesy as it might sound. So Rest In Peace Mr.Craven and thanks for all the good movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Rutherford the Brave Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Damn, this sucks. The man was indeed a legend and (along with Carpenter, Hooper and Romero) one of a very few people who may rightfully be credited with bringing horror movies into the modern age. Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm St., and Scream all qualify as horror film canon (and personally, I believe his vastly underrated 'New Nightmare' does as well). But in addition to those classic works, there are also a number of films deserving of honorable mention that rank slightly beneath that hallowed first tier: Deadly Blessing, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Under the Stairs, Scream 2, and Red Eye. And if you add in his writing contribution for A Nightmare on Elm St. 3: The Dream Warriors, for which he came up with the story and wrote the screenplay, that brings the total up to an even ten horror films for which every serious horror film fan has reason to give thanks to Wes Craven. Truly, when it comes to horror filmmakers, it may be said: We shall never see his like again...and now his watch is ended. :crying: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I watched Scream about five hundred times in Highschool. Sad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Killer Snark Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I got beaten to putting the thread up. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 New Nightmare was pretty bad. But ANOES frickin ruled. I also loved Scream (of course the first one!) RIP :ack: I met David Hess from LHOTL once. Pretty cool dude... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murgle Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 RIP to the scaremaster. He got me good more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warg Arry Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Thought I'd share this Tribute to Wes Craven. By What the Flick. It runs just over 14 minutes. For what is an interesting discussion about his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 And yeah, Dream Warriors is epic. That is a great flick. :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasocfan Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I've been having a Wes marathon since I read the news. I've rewatched Scream 1-4, Red Eye and I finally checked out A Nightmare on Elm Street. http://drugspider.tumblr.com/image/128051586438 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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