Articles related to "Wes Craven"

As Wes Craven's Last House on the Left gets remade, prepare for the film by taking a look at these Monica Potter movies, featuring its star and her best work.

Now ten years old, Wes Craven's postmodern slasher flick Scream still gives laughs and thrills with its knowing and ironic style of horror.

A werewolf is lose in LA killing people left and right. But its attacks are not random. Brother and sister Jimmy and Ellie must kill it before it destroys them both.

Last House on the Left is not as scary as the creators would have you believe it is. Wes Craven and crew build the 1972 horror film on a flimsy foundation with potential.

With Halloween approaching it seems applicable to look back on some of the most classic films the horror genre ever spawned

In the hierarchy of vampire cinema, this Wes Craven film is nowhere near the top, only to be remembered as another schlocky 90s horror-comedy.

This list takes a look at the best kill scenes that revolve around a sexual nature.

With the psychological thriller that is The Shining, to the gore-fest of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the 1980s delivered some of the most memorable horror movies to date.

Yet another 70s horror film gets the remake treatment. Wes Craven's gritty original is regurgitated by director Iliadis with too much polish and a lack of intensity.

Before his wildly successful Scream series, Wes Craven's wicked imagination dreamt up and unleashed A Nightmare on Elm Street, one of the best horror films of all time.

Recently released horror movie triple packs include Scream, Halloween, and Hannibal Lecter.

Based on the cult hit directed and produced by Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham, this remake tells of parents exacting revenge on criminals who abuse their daughter. 5/10

The original sickened audiences over thirty years ago. How does it stand up to a post-Freddy Kreuger makeover?

Though it is intense and disturbing, this is a standard revenge tale that could have been much more.

Torture Horror has proved popular with modern day cinema-goers. But is the term justified?

A summary of some of the best horror movies of the past 40 years.

Set in various Parisian neighborhoods, international directors collaboratively create vignettes that portray romance, longing, loneliness, irony, and self-realization.

What's fact and what's rumor about Scream 4, the highly anticipated sequel to the Scream trilogy, which will be released in theatres next year? Find out below.

If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back? In this film, the parents of a raped girl take revenge on the criminals that violated her.

It's an autumn night, the harvest moon is shining down on the swirling leaves for the perfect horror movie setting. But which Halloween flicks have the most appeal?

In the 1980s, horror movies enjoyed a renaissance due to creativity of the directors and effects people, the state of the country, and renewed interest in the genre.

Halloween is a popular time for scary movies. So turn on the Jack-o-Lantern, clear away the spider webs and cuddle up for one of these good scary movies on Halloween.

The Most Overrated Films is a collection of short reflections on films throughout history that have received much praise and honour without ever really deserving it.

One single still photo from the new Nightmare on Elm Street shows a new, but mysterious Freddy Krueger in his famous finger-knived glove.

This list focuses in on horror movies that have three or more quality movies in their series.

Freddy Krueger is the reason why some people fear sleeping or are terrorized in their dreams. But who is the man who dares to kill his sleeping victims?

The 1981 slasher pic 'My Bloody Valentine' was probably the least necessary movie that to be remade, but this do-over is a shamelessly bloody, cheesy hoot for gore fans.

In the last 10 years, horror literature has taken on a new meaning, including a hodgepodge of other genres. Johnny Gruesome by Greg Lamberson returns to classic horror.

Love is truly dead as a pack of feral youths prey on a couple in remote and rural England.

Platinum Dunes has cast Jackie Earle Haley, fresh off his triumphant take on comic book icon Rorshach, to appear as the new Freddy Krueger. A look at the NOES franchise.

A popular festival horror film experiences the twists and turns formerly reserved for major motion picture distribution

With Christmas fast approaching, the cobwebs are blown from Bob Clarke's masterful yuletide frightmare.

Every summer more comic book heroes take center stage on the Big Screen. X-Men and Spider-Man are now iconic and The Dark Night could win an Oscar, a first for comics.

Horror movies have fallen into a trap of remaking other bad horror movies. Is there a method to this madness, or anything positive to gain from this?

Horror icon & legend Michael Berryman of "The Hills Have Eyes" & "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" fame, talks from the set of his upcoming horror film "Smash Cut"

The first volume of Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing marked a new era in superhero comics, eschewing big fights and bright colors for somber philosophical reflection.

Though most remakes pale in the shadow of classic originals, these horror movies bear the distinction of equaling, enriching, and even surpassing their predecessors.

Horror films have become a Halloween institution, and seeing some of the best that cinema has had to offer is a great place to start as a fan.

Is the sole survivor of horror films an innocent virginal female or a feminist mark or is she simply the same as the killer: representative of a greater lesson?

Director Rob Zombie tries to breathe new life into the John Carpenter classic, but no amount of resuscitation can help a franchise exploited to the Nth degree.

Remakes, sequels and the PG-13 fad have made it hard to find good horror movies these days, but they are out there.

A brief look at German expressionist cinema, what defines the genre and how it has influenced film noir, horror and modern cinema.

A list of films that borrow heavily from other sources but still manage to be highly watchable and occasionally surpass the films they are ripping off.

In the 80's films like Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street created the slasher genre. For the Halloween season such horror movies are most popular.

A look at the best horror remakes and what makes them so good.

The bar scene in Canada's largest city. Here is a list of the top ten bars in the city of Toronto, so that you can hang where locals do and not feel like a tourist.

Western Horror needs a good year and besides the heap of re-makes and sequals coming our way there's some promise on the horizon.

The horror films of the 1970's and 1980's are known for the individuality and the killers who terrorized the theaters. So why blend them together?

It's the second half of 2009 that promises great things for Horror this year, as the veterans and titans come out to play.