When Wes Craven made A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, his take on the slasher (if the film can even be classified as such) shook up the decade's array of masked and silent killers with Freddy ...

Next to Wes Craven, franchise writer Kevin Williamson is the most prominent name associated with the Scream franchise. While he […] ...

One thing you need to know about me is that I love Wes Craven’s films more than almost anything else in life. Craven was my first favorite director as a kid. I have screamed into so many microphones ...

Horror maestro Wes Craven passed away on Sunday, August 30 at the age of 76, leaving behind an impressive legacy of scary flicks that continue to mold and influence the genre today. This horror staple ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (KTRK) -- It's hard enough to redefine a genre once in a career, but horror virtuoso Wes Craven managed to do it twice. The prolific writer-director, who died Sunday at age 76, ushered ...

Of all the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies, the original film remains the best thanks in part to a very simple but extremely effective premise expertly realized on a shockingly low budget. The idea ...

While you can't say the same for many of its characters, the Scream franchise is alive and well. With numbers like that, it's unlikely this will be the end of Scream. It's time, then, to catch up on ...

Panettiere recalls "memories of the timing of things" — how Craven would slow the action down to "a snail's pace," but "after he put it together and edited everything, he was so right." She also says ...