I'm greatly saddened by the passing of Wes Craven. He was one of the premiere horror meistros of all time. "He died in his Los Angeles home today (Aug. 31) after battling brain cancer," his family told the AP.
Wes was 76.

I'll second that.

The man single handedly reinvigorated the horror film industry with Scream.

I didn't like The Last House on the Left, but it did scare the bejesus outta me.

Rest in peace,

R

RIP Wes Craven. A horror legend.

I didn't believe until I googled it. He was a talented guy. Rip.

Gabe

I didn't think much of his later films, but loved Nightmare on Elm Street. The films went a little down hill after that. I always felt that Scream was the icing on the cake that killed horror for a while. It had started getting too much like comedy, and Scream highlighted that. It was at this point in my life that I believed horror to be dead.

I think it was the Saw films that brought it back around again. But it might have been something else, as I'd lost interest in horror, precisely because of the Scream films, so was avoiding it. For me, horror had become too close to comedy. Even now I laugh at some shit that's quite gruesome visually. I'm not laughing at the events on screen, but more how those events have come about. Wes Craven was good, but he lost it when he started making a joke out of everything, IMO. And, he ruined horror for me, for a long time.

Last House on the Left, The Hill Have Eyes, Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, The People Under the Stairs, Serpent & the Rainbow, Scream franchise...

Not many people have left such a legacy and body of work in the Horror genre.

RIP a truly creative genius!

I forgot about the Hills Have Eyes... great film. Actually better than Nightmare on Elm Street, IMO. I was more afraid of human cannibals than something that couldn't possibly exist.

I remember being scared stiff by Nightmare on Elm Street as a kid.  I also had a soft spot for The Serpent and the Rainbow.

Scream certainly kick started a whole new generation of slasher flicks, and who can forget the twist at the start...poor Drew Barrymore, who saw that coming.

Fairwell, indeed. A mixed filmography, to me anyway, but definitely some gems and a lot of out-there concepts, even though they weren't always successful.

Also a really thoughtful, well-read guy. An ornithologist too, apparently. Ha! At times, he struck me as sort of weary of the horror genre, but towards the end of his career, including recently, he seemed to have embraced his legacy and was having some fun, which is cool.

Definitely made a place for himself in the annals of cinema. Last House on the Left was my favorite and his best film IMO.

This is such sad news. Wes was one of the first directors I really became aware of as a kid, wanted to be, and is the sole reason I spent a majority of my childhood with a video camera strapped to my hand, directing the neighbourhood kids around with fake blood on them.

A Nightmare on Elm Street will always be one of my favourite horror movies. He really had a hand in shaping the world of horror films, it's crazy to think of the movies I love now that wouldn't exist without Craven. His later stuff wasn't quite comparable to his earlier work but I think Red Eye is vastly underrated.

Thought this was a good read: http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2015/08/31/remembering-wes-craven/

RIP.  Wes Craven was truly a classic.

For me, Nightmare was the true stand out in his list. I personally found the *original* Hills Have Eyes and Last House clunky, though quite visceral... for those, IMO, the remakes actually made up for it.  (A rare thing for me to say - I'm usually not in favor of reboots.) Scream - lots of meta fun, too.

Good thing there was a Wes Craven in this world.  Very sad to see him go.

Very sad.  Just woke up to see the news, as I missed it yesterday.

Wes did so much for the horror genre.

RIP, Brother!

Quoted from wonkavite RIP.  Wes Craven was truly a classic. For me, Nightmare was the true stand out in his list. I personally found the *original* Hills Have Eyes and Last House clunky, though quite visceral... for those, IMO, the remakes actually made up for it.  (A rare thing for me to say - I'm usually not in favor of reboots.) Scream - lots of meta fun, too. Good thing there was a Wes Craven in this world.  Very sad to see him go.

You mirror my thoughts regarding his films.

Nightmare, at the time, was an astonishingly scary film. I was only a kid, but it was a brilliantly terrifying experience.

Never really cared for any of his movies. I've seen all of them except one. I always wanted them to be better than they actually were, imo.

But I always loved watching/hearing the man speak. He was very soft-spoken, literally. I know he had no formal training in film. He was a professor who quit his job teaching at a local college and his movie career developed by accident.

Seemed like a nice fella, may he RIP.

Utterley dreadful news.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Nightmare, at the time, was an astonishingly scary film. I was only a kid, but it was a brilliantly terrifying experience.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

RIP.