Wes Craven's Favorite Horror Movies
Here were some of the late, great Wes Craven's favorite horror movies. Wes Craven was an extremely unlikely candidate to become a master of the horror genre, as he was raised in a strict Baptist family and the only movies he was allowed to watch growing up were from Disney. After earning degrees in English and psychology he spent several years as an academic before pursuing an interest in filmmaking. After slaving on independent productions he and producer Sean S. Cunningham — who later helmed Friday The 13th — teamed up to make The Last House On The Left. This grueling 1972 revenge thriller is still incredibly powerful, and while it was a success, the controversy surrounding it had an impact on Craven's personal life.
Having spent several years developing non-horror projects, a broke Craven went back to the genre for The Hills Have Eyes — which spawned a franchise - another genre favorite that also effectively typecast him as a horror filmmaker. While Craven helmed some duds throughout his career, he also directed masterworks like 1984's A Nightmare On Elm Street or Scream, and he always brought both a visceral and psychological edge to his films.
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Craven passed in 2015 and left behind an incredible filmmaking legacy. While he didn't get to see many movies as a child, he made up for lost time as an adult and in 2009 revealed some of his personal favorite movies to Rotten Tomatoes, including the likes of To Kill A Mockingbird. Here are Wes Craven's favorite horror movies.
Ingmar Bergman'sThe Virgin Spring is much more of a psychological thriller than a straight-ahead horror movie. That said, this tale of a 14th-century teenager who is assaulted and murdered, with her parents
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