How Wes Craven Taught Me to Love Horror
Wes Craven’s horror films were as intelligent as they were scary, and they helped influence the movies for years to come.
Wes Craven’s horror films were as intelligent as they were scary, and they helped influence the movies for years to come.
Remakes, “re-adaptations”, and “re-imaginings” have been a frequent occurrence in cinema throughout much of its history, alongside the franchise “reboot” concept that has become particularly commonplace in the last decade. 2011, however, saw a rather curious trend of remakes of films and TV shows, either formerly original concepts or previous adaptations themselves, where the original’s …
Filmmakers have continued to push boundaries and find new innovative ways to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust and horror from viewers. Since Alfred Hitchcock directors strived to provoke viewer’s nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Although a good deal of it is about the supernatural, others have focused more on a …
Hollywood needs a hit Actually, Hollywood needs a bunch of hits. Actually, Hollywood needs a bunch of big, fat, through-the-roof hits. And with the summer – and the year – half over, the time to come up with them is running out. The movie business finished 2010 with the second highest domestic box office on record: $10.2 …
Scream 4 Directed by Wes Craven Screenplay by Kevin Williamson 2011, USA This isn’t a comedy, this is a horror movie. People live, People die, people run, but more importantly people scream in Wes Craven’s fourth installment. In horror’s most self-reflexive and in some ways most successful horror franchise, Scream 4 is bloodier, smarter, better …
Four new images from Wes Craven’s Scream 4 have appeared online, for anyone who may be interested. Here is the official plot synopsis for the film: In Scream 4, Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff …
A new TV spot and some photos from Wes Craven’s Scream 4 were released online recently. Official plot synopsis: In Scream 4, Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, …
An official Facebook page was launched for the hotly anticipated Scream documentary Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective, which is set for DVD/Blur-ray release in April to coincide with the release of Scream 4. Written and directed by Ryan Turek, the doc covers the first three films and will take you inside the lives …
Dimension is rethinking their Scream 4 marketing by releasing a new and much more exciting poster for the film. The older posters were extremely bland, and more importantly this poster indicates that their will be new rules, so hopefully we won’ t be seeing the exact same film again. Directed by Wes Craven, Scream 4 …