Master of the modern horror film Wes Craven died on Sunday, his family announced. He was 76 and had battled brain cancer. Craven, the artist behind “Nightmare on Elm Street,” the “Scream” movie series and many other modern horror masterpieces, remade the genre in contemporary film. Craven reinvented the youth horror genre in 1984 with the classic “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” a film he wrote and directed that starred a then-unknown Johnny Depp. He conceived and co-wrote “A Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors” as well. Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2015 (Photos) Then after an absence of three more.
- 8/31/2015
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
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