RIP Wes Craven.
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Very sad. R.I.P.Good thoughts to his family...
Just found out. Man... this one hurts.
My oldest daughter is in tears. I'm not quite that affected, but it is sad. Fun, creative filmmaker.
Legendary genre film director. He will be missed 
I'm flabbergasted. This thread is my very first learning of it. RIP to a guy who scared the ever loving crap out of me with films like Nightmare on Elm Street and Hills Have Eyes. He seemed like a real classy and gentlemanly fellow. It's a shame because I don't know if anyone saw this, but just the other week, Tarantino was trashing Craven over his direction of Scream, saying that Craven was the ball and chain that prevented Scream from becoming truly great (yeah, I mean, it's not like Scream isn't considered a game changer and one of the best horror films ever pfffft). I'll bet he feels like a royal dick, right about now. But anyways, just to reiterate: quite saddened over this guy's passing.
Loved his early stuff. That first Nightmare on Elm Street can't be touched. Absolutely HATED those lame Scream movies, though. Say sorry.
Gutted. RIP dude.
I will have to disagree with good sir muskrat - I loved the Scream movies (at least the Scream 1 and 2 - not so keen on the 3 and haven't seen 4), though I am not sure they have aged well. They helped get me into horror as they came at just the right time. I was a teen then who thought horror movies were largely lame because they were (at that stage) all the same and silly. Then along comes these too movies that blows open the slasher genre and delivers some good scares too. Very clever.
I will have to disagree with good sir muskrat - I loved the Scream movies (at least the Scream 1 and 2 - not so keen on the 3 and haven't seen 4), though I am not sure they have aged well. They helped get me into horror as they came at just the right time. I was a teen then who thought horror movies were largely lame because they were (at that stage) all the same and silly. Then along comes these too movies that blows open the slasher genre and delivers some good scares too. Very clever.
R.I.P.
The Hills Have Eyes, Swamp Thing & Nightmare are favorites of mine.
The Hills Have Eyes, Swamp Thing & Nightmare are favorites of mine.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Craven. Thoughts to family and friends.
Thanks for the Nightmares.........
RIP
RIP
Nice tribute there, Triple O.
Nice tribute there, Triple O.
Some might say Mr. Craven's greatest achievement in horror was giving Johnny Depp his first role.
*sigh*Some might say Mr. Craven's greatest achievement in horror was giving Johnny Depp his first role.
Mr. Craven might be having a good laugh about that now...
R.I.P. "Nightmare on Elm Street" was a classic. I had always thought his name was fitting for the movies he made. Cancer is terrible.