Through The Last House on the Left,A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, Craven – who has died aged 76 – dictated the genre so confidently no Hollywood horror director isn’t deeply indebted, or no audience member left untouched Related: Wes Craven: professional scaremonger who rewrote his own horror rules whether you can judge a film-maker’s influence by how many copycats they inspire,then Wes Craven has to be seen as one of the most influential. Three times he changed his intellect about what horror movies should be, and three times we were promptly flooded with all manner of dodgy knock-offs.
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Source: theguardian.com