Wes Craven Death
Hollywood is currently mourning the loss of Horror director great Wes Craven who died Sunday from brain cancer.
Wes Craven, a master horror director whose nightmarish creation Freddy Krueger clawed to life on the big screen, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a battle with brain cancer. He was 76.
The news of his death was confirmed by a representative to USA TODAY. “It is with deep sadness we inform you that Wes Craven passed away at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, after battling brain cancer,” his family said in a statement. “He was 76 years old. Craven was surrounded by love, in the presence of his family at home in Los Angeles.”
The auteur filmmaker made his writing/directing debut with The Last House on the Left in 1972, unnerving moviegoers five years later with X-rated road-trip slasher The Hills Have Eyes. Hills spawned four sequels, including two reboot installments in the mid-2000s (Craven co-wrote 2007’s The Hills Have Eyes 2 with his son, Jonathan Craven).
But he made his most indelible mark with A Nightmare On Elm Street in 1984, introducing the fedora-wearing, metal-glove-clad serial killer Freddy Krueger into pop culture.
Condolences to the family.
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