Thirty years after "Scream" revived the slasher genre, the horror classic is returning to theaters for Halloween — a reminder ...

Director and screenwriter Wes Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio and holds a Master's degree in writing and philosophy from ...

Wes Craven is one of the all-time masters of horror. Although he sadly passed away in 2015, he left behind a four-decade-plus filmography to remember him by. If you're a fan of the genre, you've ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street is back on horror fans’ minds as Halloween 2026 approaches! The iconic horror franchise began […] ...

It is ranked among the greatest horror movies of all time.

"He is an incredible director, but he is also an incredible human," Courteney Cox says of Wes Craven, who died in 2015 Benjamin VanHoose is the Senior News Editor on the TV team at PEOPLE. He has ...

Thee Wes Craven was born on August 2nd, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. While he’s no longer with us, his work in the horror genre lives on. Most of us, if not all of us, owe him a debt of gratitude for ...

Director Wes Craven was almost fired over Drew Barrymore’s iconic opening scene in Scream, per a new oral history A new oral history celebrating Scream's 25th anniversary reveals legendary director ...

When we think of 90s horror, Scream is the first movie that will come to mind for most. The Wes Craven directed slasher, released in 1996, single-handedly saved a dying genre, leading to a whole host ...

Wes Craven’s contribution to horror cinema is often reduced to the creation of Freddy Krueger or the success of Scream (1996), but that framing obscures the continuity of his work. Across decades, ...

The pressure of producing four consecutive horror hits was enough to make the late Wes Craven “Scream,” according to one of the series’ stars. The iconic director gained a cult following with 1996’s ...