Movies by Wes Craven
As part of the cast:
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Wes Craven, Robert Englund …
Directed by: Daniel Farrands, Andrew Kasch
As Freddy Krueger is reborn for a new generation, it's time to return to where it all began. Join star Heather Langenkamp for a rare journey down Elm Street, with film clips, rare…
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Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (2008)
Cast: Howard Berger, Rob Bottin, Dick Smith …
Directed by: Kevin VanHook
Go inside the world of makeup special effects for movies of all genres, from horror (Scream, The Thing) to fantasy (The Chronicles of Narnia) to sci-fi (Planet of the Apes) as K.N.B. EFX…
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Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
Cast: Tom Savini, Rob Zombie, Wes Craven …
Directed by: Jeff McQueen
Join horror icons John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Rob Zombie, special effects makeup artist Tom Savini and many more in a virtual scream fest celebrating the most terrifying -- and disgusting --…
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Quentin Tarantino, Jodie Foster …
Directed by: Wendy Apple
While actors and directors certainly are instrumental in making a movie memorable and weaving story lines together, it's the film editor who strings the scenes into a seamless, artistic…
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Cast: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck …
Directed by: Kevin Smith
When Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them…
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Directors: Wes Craven (2000)
Cast: Wes Craven
Easily the most successful horror director of the last two decades, Wes Craven is the subject of this installment of the American Film Institute's documentary series. Widely credited…
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The American Nightmare (2000)
Cast: John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tom Savini …
Directed by: Adam Simon
In this documentary, horror film masterminds such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper and George Romero provide commentary on how the creation of their films in the 1960s and '70s…
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Shadow Zone: The Undead Express (1996)
Cast: Ron Silver, Wes Craven, Sherry Miller …
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Zach (Chauncey Leopardi), a teenager with a fondness for horror films, finds his real life resembling one when he meets Valentine (Ron Silver), the leader of a vampire coven, while riding the…
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The Fear (1995)
Cast: Eddie Bowz, Heather Medway, Ann Turkel …
Directed by: Vincent Robert
A group of young weekenders (including Eddie Bowz, Heather Medway and Ann Turkel) travels to a remote cabin to attend "fear therapy" and conquer their greatest phobias. But they soon find…
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Freddy's back … and he's badder than ever! Nancy (Heather Langenkamp), the historical nemesis of the man with the satanic snarl and pitchfork fingers, discovers that a new…
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Scream 4 (2011)
Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Perennial survivor Sidney Prescott, now a successful self-help author, returns to her home town of Woodsboro in the fourth act of director Wes Craven's Scream franchise. Sidney's…
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My Soul to Take (2010)
Cast: Max Thieriot, John Magaro, Denzel Whitaker …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Some 15 years after the presumed death of a vicious serial killer, children whose birthdays match his supposed "deathday" start to disappear. But whether the killer -- or his tortured soul --…
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Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Gérard Depardieu, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Frederic Auburtin, Alfonso Cuarón, Emmanuel Benbihy …
Paris comes to life in this whimsical patchwork of 18 five-minute shorts united by a common theme -- love in the City of Lights -- and helmed by an international cast of filmmakers, including…
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Cursed (2005)
Cast: Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg …
Directed by: Wes Craven
An estranged brother and sister must deal with the recent loss of their parents. But heaping more misery into their lives is a life-altering attack one dark night by a vicious werewolf.
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Red Eye (2005)
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Terrified of flying, Lisa (Rachel McAdams) reluctantly hops a red-eye flight bound for Miami and buckles up for a bumpy ride. But her phobia morphs into terror when she learns that a fellow…
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Scream 3 (2000)
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox …
Directed by: Wes Craven
This installment of the tongue-in-cheek (but still scary) horror trilogy finds Sidney Prescott again battling a crazed killer -- only this time it's on the set of Stab, a…
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Music of the Heart (1999)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Cloris Leachman, Henry Dinhofer …
Directed by: Wes Craven
In director Wes Craven's inspiring Oscar-nominated drama -- which is based on a true story -- a violinist and single mother struggles to convince the administration at an East Harlem…
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Scream 2 (1997)
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox …
Directed by: Wes Craven
In the two years since the fateful events in Woodsboro, Gale has written a best-seller, which has been turned into a film. As the movie premiere looms closer, the mysterious deaths begin…
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Scream (1996)
Cast: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Horror maven Wes Craven -- paying homage to teen horror classics such as Halloween and Prom Night -- turns the genre on its head with this tale of a murderer who terrorizes hapless high…
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Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Fright master Wes Craven and superstar funnyman Eddie Murphy meet in the middle for this horror-comedy featuring Murphy as Maximillian, the lone survivor of a race of vampires who comes to…
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Freddy's back … and he's badder than ever! Nancy (Heather Langenkamp), the historical nemesis of the man with the satanic snarl and pitchfork fingers, discovers that a new…
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The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Cast: Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Master of horror Wes Craven brings an urban twist to the classic fairy tale in the story of Fool, a 13-year-old lad who succumbs to ghetto pressures to steal from a local house. Fool's…
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Shocker (1989)
Cast: Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Frightmeister Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) creates a new boogieman in Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi). All the electric chair does to Horace is turn him into a high-voltage phantom…
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The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
Cast: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Anthropologist Dennis Alan travels to Haiti in search of a mysterious voodoo powder that turns the living into semiconscious zombies. But as he comes closer to finding the mystical drug, the…
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Deadly Friend (1986)
Cast: Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Horror auteur Wes Craven delivers this gleeful gore fest about a lonely teenage brainiac (Matthew Laborteaux) who takes matters into his own hands when his two best friends -- next-door…
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The Hills Have Eyes 2 (1985)
Cast: Kevin Spirtas, Michael Berryman, Penny Johnson …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Everyone's favorite desert-dwelling mutant cannibals return in this gruesome sequel to the classic drive-in shocker! Years after the original massacre that pitted a suburban family…
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Wes Craven's Chiller (1985)
Cast: Paul Sorvino, Beatrice Straight, Craig Richard Nelson …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Marian Creighton (Bernice Straight) has kept her son Miles (Michael Beck) in cryogenic suspension for 10 years since his death from a liver disease. When a computer failure results in his…
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Chiller (1985)
Cast: Michael Beck, Beatrice Straight, Paul Sorvino …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Having arranged to have his body cryogenically frozen, business tycoon Miles Creighton (Michael Beck) is revived 10 years after his death. Unfortunately, a computer malfunction brings him…
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Cast: Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Heather Langenkamp …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Years after being burned alive by a mob of angry parents, child murderer Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) returns to haunt the dreams -- and reality -- of local teenagers in Wes Craven's…
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Wes Craven's Invitation to Hell (1984)
Cast: Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Susan Lucci …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Jessica Jones (Susan Lucci), the powerful and sexy director of the Steaming Springs Country Club, wreaks havoc and destruction on all who fall under her bewitching spell. Next in line? The…
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Swamp Thing (1982)
Cast: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise …
Directed by: Wes Craven
When the botanical experiments of Dr. Alec Holland go awry and a lab explosion renders him more plant than man, rival scientist Anton Arcane plans to capture the Swamp Thing and learn his secrets.
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Psychotic Connections (1980)
Cast: Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Phyllis Diller …
Directed by: Ken Russell, Dwain Esper, Wes Craven …
A triple dose of psycho-themed horror from three master directors. In Wes Craven's Chiller, a rich woman's son (Michael Beck) thaws out from the deep freeze and goes on a killing…
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Summer of Fear (1978)
Cast: Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate …
Directed by: Wes Craven
After Julia (Lee Purcell) loses her family in a car accident, she goes to live with her cousin Rachel's (Linda Blair) family at their farm. Strange things start happening, and Rachel…
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Cast: Dee Wallace, Martin Speer, Susan Lanier …
Directed by: Wes Craven
When their camper breaks down in the desert on their way to California, an all-American family struggles to survive the attacks of a cannibalistic clan hungry for the fresh meat of wayward…
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The Last House on the Left (1972)
Cast: David Hess, Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham …
Directed by: Wes Craven
In this cult horror favorite from twisted writer-director Wes Craven, a pair of repulsive, sadistic escaped convicts kidnap, rape, torture and murder two teenage girls -- but the criminals…