At the time, Scream 4 seemed like a pretty definitive end for the franchise, providing Sidney Prescott with a second round of closure and riffing on all of the (then) recent trends in horror media. Of course, no matter how satisfying they may be, endings are always bittersweet, so fans were understandably bummed that this […]
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The next horror classic to make the switch to 4K Ultra HD is Wes Craven‘s The People Under the Stairs, with Scream Factory announcing a Collector’s Edition release on April 25. The Special Features announced at this time include… Audio commentary by writer-director Wes Craven Audio commentary by actors Brandon Adams, A.J. Langer, Sean Whalen, […]
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With Scream VI arriving in theaters on March 10, you may be wondering where you can currently stream the previous five movies in the franchise. Last year’s Scream is currently streaming on Paramount+, but what about the original quadrilogy directed by Wes Craven? Well, Craven’s Scream 4 is currently streaming on Netflix, but that won’t […]
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A suspenseful thriller from late in Wes Craven‘s career, 2005’s Red Eye is getting a Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD release from Paramount Presents, Bloody Disgusting has learned. You’ll be able to own the new 4K Ultra HD release on March 21, 2023. The film, directed by Wes Craven, has been remastered in 4K with […]
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We’ve talked before about how the introduction of Scream into the horror world changed everything. It was an Elvis, Beatles, Nirvana moment for the genre. Why, though? It’s the Millennium! Motives are incidental! No really, it’s because Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson gave us something that could be fun and frightening at the same time, and in equal […]
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Wes Craven‘s The Hills Have Eyes is a seminal “Sunny Scary” horror flick renowned for its cannibalistic hilltop clan, but it certainly presents as one of Craven’s earliest works. The sorely missed master of horror went on to hone his craft as a writer and director, tidying visions and coaxing stronger performances. Craven’s 1977 The […]
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“In a way they’re the films of a young man who I think had much more rage than he ever realized.” – Wes Craven In 1971, Sean S. Cunningham’s film Together, a soft porn, pseudo-documentary about sex in America, was a success. Hallmark, the distributors of that film, requested a scary movie and offered $40,000 […]
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I love the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, wildly inconsistent as it may be, but I was too young to see any of the originals in theaters. I finally got to experience them the way they were meant to be seen when the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA hosted Don’t Fall Asleep: A Nightmare […]
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In the 1970s, Lois Duncan’s work began to reflect her interest in the supernatural. The uncanny was an infrequent element throughout her output before she stopped writing fiction entirely, although this fascination led to some of her most popular books. In her ‘76 novel Summer of Fear, Duncan looked no further than her own upbringing […]
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A brand new episode of Shudder’s “Cursed Films II” premieres tomorrow, April 28, and the subject for the latest Season 2 episode is Wes Craven’s The Serpent and the Rainbow. In this Bloody Disgusting exclusive clip from the new episode, “Cathy Tyson, Bill Pullman, and makeup artist David LeRoy Anderson recall how attending a Haitian […]
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This is the true story of The Hills Have Eyes… In 1974, Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre shocked the world with its family of cannibalistic killers lurking in rural Texas. A few years later, in 1977, horror legend Wes Craven released The Hills Have Eyes, a film about a brutal struggle […]
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Wes Craven‘s Cursed is getting a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory, with the two-disc set currently set for release on May 10. Today, we have full release details. Unfortunately, the so-called “Craven Cut” of Cursed is not being represented in any way, shape, or form by this release, but we are at least getting brand […]
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Yeah, you’re going to love this one. It’s a scream, baby! Hailed as “a breathless, razor-sharp slasher worthy of the legacy” by our very own Meagan Navarro (review), Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group’s much-anticipated new Scream arrives for purchase on Digital tomorrow, March 1, 2022, with killer bonus content! We will be celebrating with […]
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One of the most famous alternate horror movie cuts that hasn’t yet surfaced is the “Craven Cut” of werewolf movie Cursed, which may or may not even exist. To be clear, there’s no completed “Craven Cut” of Cursed sitting somewhere on a shelf waiting for release, that much is true, but it’s also clear there […]
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I walked out of Scream with a smile on my face. And no, it’s not because I get my jollies from watching teenagers and otherwise competent adults get sliced and diced by a maniac in a mask. Scream successfully reinvents the franchise and is the most audacious entry in the series to date. Rather than […]
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