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pogonrudie:
Warning: geeky rant ahead.


When you hear people get into a discussion about horror cinema (my beloved genre of choice), inevitably the phrase "Master Of Horror" will get bounced around. And 9 times out of 10, Wes Craven will be mentioned under that banner...which, I'm sorry, is just wrong. Let's take a look at his (slightly abbreviated) filmography, shall we?

- The Last House on the Left
- The Hills Have Eyes
- Deadly Blessing
- Swamp Thing
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Deadly Friend
- The Hills Have Eyes Part II
- The Serpent and the Rainbow
- Shocker
- The People Under the Stairs
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare
- Vampire in Brooklyn
- Scream series
- Cursed
- Red Eye

Alright, now how many of these do you like? No forget that, how many of them do you LOVE? I'd list The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare On Elm Street and especially the little-seen The People Under The Stairs among his best works. Last House On The Left has it's fans, but to me it's only half a enjoyable film...once the parents really come into the picture I'm hooked, but everything before that is just boring exploitation and out-of-place Southern sheriff humor. And the Scream series never clicked with me, it always came across as too smug and *wink wink* for me. But besides that...what, Vampire In Brooklyn? Swamp Thing? That abortion of celluloid otherwise known as Cursed? Granted, both Red Eye and Serpent And The Rainbow start out promising, but fall apart like wet paper sacks towards the middle-end.

It's just a crime when you have genuine talents like John Carpenter and George Romero getting the shorter stick. Neither are devoid of crappy films (hello, Ghosts Of Mars and Land Of The Dead!)...but on the same hand, Craven never made The Thing or Creepshow.

Thoughts? Opinions? Am I right-on or a complete dunce?

RallyMonkey:
Really, I don't like any of his movies outside of the Scream series, which are quite a bit of fun. Also, he made Cursed, and he can never be forgiven for that.

Surgoshan:
I've seen TWO of his movies.

Wasn't A Vampire in Brooklyn an Eddie Murphy movie?

David_Dovey:

--- Quote from: pogonrudie on 25 Sep 2009, 17:31 ---Wes Craven is a hack

--- End quote ---

DUUUUUHHHHHHHH

scarred:
lol Red Eye

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