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 in two distinct eras of ...

In 1984, the landscape of horror was changed with the release of Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. Prior to the film’s ...

The slasher genre reached its peak during the late 1970s and 1980s with gory hits such as John Carpenter's Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Child's Play, but out of all the gruesome contributions to ...

Thanks to a boom in popularity for the slasher genre in the 1980s, horror changed forever. After John Carpenter changed the game in the late 70s with Halloween, a smorgasbord of doting imitators ...

Slasher films often follow a simple formula: a group of teenagers is brutally murdered by a lone killer who seeks revenge for some past trauma, usually over the course of a night or two. By confining ...

Despite some reluctance, Wes Craven is a name-brand filmmaker. The phrase “Wes Craven Presents” comes with certain expectations thanks to the financial success of the Scream franchise and The Hills ...

Freddy’s back! Well, sort of. Today, we finally witnessed the unveiling of the long-awaited, brand-new 4K Blu-ray collection of the first seven films from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, ...

LOS ANGELES -- If you're a fan of horror movies and looking to buy a new home, come to Freddy! The house featured in Wes Craven's 1984 horror flick "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is for sale -- and it's ...

When Chris isn’t working on a new article or exploring the best nature spots nearby, he's gotten into making TikTok edits. While he works on other personal projects, he has turned his attention to ...