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Wes Craven
Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed A Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character and the Scream films.
Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio...
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 horror metafilm written and directed by Wes Craven. Although the seventh installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, New Nightmare is not part of the series continuity, instead taking place in a real life...
Initial release date:
- Oct 14, 1994
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Runtime:
- 114 min (68.4 hs )
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The Last House on the Left
The Last House on the Left is a 1972 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Sean S. Cunningham.
The story is based on the 13th century Swedish ballad "Töres dotter i Wänge", which was also adapted into the 1960 Swedish film...
Initial release date:
- Aug 30, 1972
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Runtime:
- 91 min (55 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 87,000 (US$)
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Freddy vs. Jason
Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American fictional crossover slasher film directed by Ronny Yu. The main characters include horror icons Freddy Krueger (from the A Nightmare on Elm Street series) and Jason Voorhees (from the Friday the 13th series). In...
Initial release date:
- Aug 15, 2003
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Runtime:
- 97 min (58 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 25,000,000 (US$)
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Deadly Blessing
Deadly Blessing is a horror movie directed by Wes Craven, released in the USA on August 14, 1981.
In the film, strange murders occur in an Amish community. Three young girls from the city, staying at a nearby farm, are besieged by the unseen...
Initial release date:
- 1981
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
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The Hills Have Eyes
The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American horror film, directed by Wes Craven and starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman, and Dee Wallace-Stone. It is about a family on a road journey who become stranded in the California desert, and are hunted by a...
Initial release date:
- 1977
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Runtime:
- 89 min (53 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 230,000 (US$)
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The People Under the Stairs
The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer, Ving Rhames and Sean Whalen.
The People Under the Stairs is the story of a young boy named Poindexter ...
Initial release date:
- Nov 1, 1991
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Runtime:
- 102 min (61.2 hs )
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Pulse
Pulse is an 2006 horror film, directed by Jim Sonzero and written by Wes Craven and Ray Wright. It stars Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian and a cameo by Oscar-nominee and veteran cult horror actor Brad Dourif. It is a remake of the...
Initial release date:
- Aug 11, 2006
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Runtime:
- 90 min (54 hs )
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: Freddy's Dead) is a 1991 American slasher film. It is the sixth – and as the title suggests, intended to be the last – film in the series of films featuring Freddy...
Initial release date:
- Sep 13, 1991
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Runtime:
- 89 min (53 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 5,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American horror film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first film of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film features John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia,...
Initial release date:
- 1984
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Runtime:
- 91 min (55 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 1,800,000 (US$)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was the third film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film was directed by Chuck Russell and starred Robert Englund, Patricia Arquette, Heather Langenkamp, and Craig Wasson.
Taking place six...
Initial release date:
- Feb 27, 1987
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Runtime:
- 96 min (58 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 4,000,000 (US$)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is the fourth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. It was released in 1988. The film was directed by Renny Harlin.
Kristen (Tuesday Knight, who replaced Patricia Arquette), Joey (Rodney Eastman)...
Initial release date:
- Aug 19, 1988
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Runtime:
- 99 min (59 hs )
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) is an American slasher film. It is the fifth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film's general tone is much more gothic and dark than the films before, and used a blue filter...
Initial release date:
- Aug 11, 1989
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Runtime:
- 89 min (53 hs )
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The Hills Have Eyes
The Hills Have Eyes is a 2006 remake of Wes Craven's 1977 film of the same name. Written by filmmaking partners Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur of the French horror film Haute Tension, and directed by Aja, the film follows a family who becomes...
Initial release date:
- Mar 10, 2006
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Runtime:
- 107 min (64.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 15,000,000 (US$)
Shocker
Shocker (aka Wes Craven's Shocker) is a 1989 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven. The relatively low-budget film has since become a cult classic. It starred Mitch Pileggi as the antagonist Horace Pinker. This role gained Mitch fame as...
Initial release date:
- Oct 27, 1989
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Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 10,000,000 (US$)
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The Hills Have Eyes Part II
The Hills Have Eyes Part II is a 1985 horror film and the sequel to the 1977 classic, The Hills Have Eyes.
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A group of young and wild motocross racers venture through the desert and are stranded at an old mining ranch. They soon realize that...
Initial release date:
- Aug 1985
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Runtime:
- 86 min (52 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 1,000,000 (US$)
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The Hills Have Eyes 2
The Hills Have Eyes 2 is the 2007 adventure horror feature film sequel to the 2006 remake of the 1977 horror film The Hills Have Eyes. The film follows several heroic, but troubled, U.S. National Guardsmen as they fight for survival against the...
Initial release date:
- Mar 2, 2007
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Runtime:
- 90 min (54 hs )
Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing is a 1982 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven. It starred Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau and Ray Wise as the scientist who was transformed into a monster (Swamp Thing) by a laboratory accident. The film was based on the...
Initial release date:
- Feb 19, 1982
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Runtime:
- 91 min (55 hs )
