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Sunday, August 30, 2015
Wes Craven
Film director, writer, producer, and actor; a master of horror; creator of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Scream" franchises -- via the Hollywood Reporter. A genius of the horror genre, Craven created some of the most shocking and unforgettable films in recent American history, starting with the graphically violent, transgressive, and nihilistic "Last House on the Left" in 1971(meant in part as an homage to Bergman's "The Virgin Spring"). Besides, his lucrative franchises, he explored more taboos with lesser-regarded films such as "The Hills Have Eyes," "The Serpent and the Rainbow," and "The People Under the Stairs."
