Writer, producer, and director Wes Craven has successfully tapped into he horror vein for over thirty years, serving up scary, funny, hip thrillers that demand a second look. His films have been both crucial and commercial successes, most notably 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' which spawned a series of sequels and made Craven (and his creation, Freddy Krueger) an international sensation in the eighties. But Craven's films have also become classics in a field that he continues to reinvent the horror genre is still reeling from the impact of his most recent project, the brilliant 'Scream' series.
With 'Screams and Nightmares', author Brian J. Robb cover's Craven's entire career, from his low-budget beginnings to his most recent box office hits. Every Craven film is covered from the banned thriller 'Last House On The Left' and the cult classic 'The Hills Have Eyes' to the outrageous 'Shocker' and 'The People Under The Stairs'. Through exclusive interviews with Craven, Robb provides in-depth accounts of the making of each of the films, and concludes with a section of the director's up and coming projects.
With a full filmography and more than 200 black & White photographs, many from the director's own collection, 'Screams and Nightmares' is quite simply the only book of it's kind.
Note: Great info on the Nightmare series - all the films are covered in this book, not just Nightmare 1 & New Nightmare.
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