It was the Swedish auteur who prompted the late director to pursue a career in movie-making. His influence can be traced correct through Craven’s brilliant,chilling career Related: Wes Craven: his life and career – in pictures Wes Craven’s career is a startling link between the European arthouse and Hollywood exploitation horror. This was no movie brat, growing up obsessively watching movies on VHS, or getting steeped in trash-celluloid lore,knowing scenes by heart and shooting his own homemade version on Super 8 at the age of nine in the way we might expect of a hugely successful genre director. Continue reading...
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