Original ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Pitch Poster from Artist Duncan Eagleson Has Gone Up for Auction!

It’s hard to imagine today but there was a time when Wes Craven was having trouble securing the funding to make A Nightmare on Elm Street, which has of course gone on to become one of the most iconic and beloved horror movies ever made. Enter Duncan Eagleson, an artist Craven and New Line approached […]

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Cillian Murphy Reflects on Wes Craven’s ‘Red Eye’; “I Don’t Think It’s a Good Movie”

It’s been just about 20 years since the late Wes Craven directed suspense thriller Red Eye, a taut tale of a woman (Rachel McAdams) who gets kidnapped by a charming stranger (Cillian Murphy) on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father in the 2005 movie, she’s pulled into a plot to […]

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‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ at 40: Wes Craven’s Cautionary Tale About Ignoring the Past

Why is Freddy Krueger scary? And yes, that’s a serious question. There are obvious reasons, like the burned face, the knife fingers, and his hideous fashion sense, but what’s at his core that makes him terrifying? Like some of horror’s best creations, Freddy is a byproduct of secrets. He’s the untold truth that people kept […]

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‘The People Under the Stairs’ – Universal and Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Remaking Wes Craven Classic

It was only a matter of time until Hollywood took a stab at remaking Wes Craven‘s criminally underrated and appreciated The People Under the Stairs, which will be penned by Doom Patrol and Night Sky scribe Ezra Claytan Daniels for Universal Pictures and Jordan Peele‘s Monkeypaw Productions, reports Deadline. Monkeypaw Productions will produce the film with Jordan Peele and […]

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The Original Screen-Worn Freddy Glove from the Original ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Is Up for Auction!

The original Freddy Krueger glove armour – seen in Wes Craven’s horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street – has been located and put up for auction by Propstore this week. This prop has been screen-matched, meaning Propstore was able to verify that it’s the very same metal glove armour and razor blade fingers worn by […]

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Cellar Dwellers: How ‘The People Under the Stairs’ Shaped ‘Barbarian’ and ‘Cobweb’

One of the oldest horror tropes in the book, the old, dusty, unfinished basement/crawl space setting has provided a cornucopia of stories about the universal fear of what lurks in the darkest and least-coziest corners of our homes. Yet, in Wes Craven’s 1991 lesser mainstream, still beloved cult favorite The People Under the Stairs, the […]

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‘Swamp Thing’ 4K Review – Wes Craven’s Superhero Movie Is More Welcome Than Ever in 2023

Long before every conceivable comic book character received a film adaptation in the hopes of becoming the next blockbuster, there was Superman. While box office returns diminished over the course of four movies, the Man of Steel’s big-screen success heralded a crop of other superhero movies. Producers Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan swooped in […]

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‘Scream 3’ Joins the First Two Movies on 4K Ultra HD in October

In the wake of Wes Craven’s Scream and Scream 2 getting 4K Ultra HD upgrades, we’ve learned this week that Craven’s Scream 3 will also be coming to 4K Ultra HD this Halloween. Scream 3 slashes into 4K and 4K SteelBook on October 3, 2023! You can pre-order your copy over on Amazon today. Special Features […]

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‘Scream VI’ Finishes Box Office Run With Right Around the Same Total as the Original Classic

The Radio Silence-directed Scream VI has now been playing in theaters for well over a month, but with the film now available to watch at home, its box office run is coming to an end. The good news? Scream VI surpassed the impressive box office totals for last year’s franchise relaunch. In fact, Scream VI […]

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‘Scream’ Franchise Debates: On the Scariest Scenes, Best Calls, and Coolest Ghostface Looks [Halloweenies Podcast]

With Tricks and Treats, the Halloweenies answer your questions. In this Scream edition, co-hosts Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, and Mike Vanderbilt return to the Big Apple, where they re-cast Stab with today’s talent, debate different directors for past sequels, which characters they’d resurrect, the scariest moments of the franchise, favorite calls, and so much more. […]

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How ‘Scream VI’ Costume Designer Paid Tribute to Wes Craven Through the Film’s Costumes [Interview]

One only has to go as far as the trailers to realize the sheer scope of work for Costume Designer Avery Plewes in Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet’s Scream VI. A packed New York City subway on Halloween, filled with dense crowds in Halloween costumes, ensured that Avery had her hands full during production. And that’s only for one extended, thrilling […]

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[Interview] ‘Scream VI’ Producers James Vanderbilt and William Sherak Discuss Legacy, Fandom, and Returning Characters

Hot on the heels of a largely positive critical response (see our own Meagan Navarro’s glowing review here) and an opening weekend performance that has broken franchise records, Scream VI‘s cast and crew are no doubt riding a high right now. The “sequel to the requel” follows the surviving “Core Four” from 2022’s Scream—Sam (Melissa […]

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Catastrophic Plans: The Enduring Importance of “Red Right Hand” in the ‘Scream’ Franchise

Scream rewired the horror audience in 1996, exploring anew the connective tissue that bridged the history of the genre with its future patrons and purveyors. The resulting franchise encompassed a host of familiar tropes of both the slasher and “whodunit” variety, comprising ringing phones accompanied by mysterious callers, self-aware and snarky young adults and rules […]

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Ghostface Glossary: A Guide to Every Horror Reference in ‘Scream 4’

Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise. After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any […]

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Ghostface Glossary: A Guide to Every Horror Reference in ‘Scream 3’

Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise. After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any […]

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