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Post by erik on Aug 31, 2015 8:42:01 GMT -5
The horror film genre lost one of its most prominent exponents over the weekend, as writer/director Wes Craven, the man responsible for A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and SCREAM, succumbed to brain cancer at the age of 76. His first film was the ultra-controversial 1972 cult classic THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. More details here: www.yahoo.com/movies/wes-craven-dies-at-76-127994248607.html |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 21:19:07 GMT -5
I can't comment on his best known films, as horror is not my genre... there are too many real life horrors for me to watch them on the screen. However, he directed some of the more imaginative episodes of the 80s era Twilight Zone including Shatterday (Bruce Willis calls him own home and reaches his alter ego); A LIttle Peace and Quiet (a remake of the 'magic stopwatch' classic TZ episode with Melinda Dillon) and most notably the brilliant Wordplay (Robert Klein is helpless as the language he grew up with changes daily)... RIP....
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Post by erik on Aug 31, 2015 21:44:53 GMT -5
Well fortunately, he also got to direct MUSIC OF THE HEART in 1999, which was a sizeable hit at the box office and gave Meryl Streep her umpteenth Oscar nomination. But it's true, Craven's reputation, like a lot of other horror film specialists, was both enhanced and hampered by his being enmeshed in a genre that critics, even to this day, still consider (though not without some good reason, in my opinion) second-rate.
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