Tag Archives: Wes Craven

Arrow Video Unveils November, 2021 Release Slate

Arrow Video is back with an all-new slate of genre releases coming your way in November 2021. This month’s selection includes an all-time Wes Craven classic and essential Giallo and Italian Sci-Fi Horror. Read on for the details! From The Arrow Video Press Release Arrow kicks off the latest round …

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First ‘SCREAM’ (2022) Trailer Is Here, And It’s A Real Scream!

Scream (2022)

“Hello Sidney…do you wanna watch the new Scream (2022) trailer?” Of course you do! Guess what? It’s finally here! The latest, possibly final (?), installment in the venerable slasher franchise is coming soon. January will be here before you know it! The first trailer has been teased for weeks and …

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‘Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare’ (1991) – One, Two… 30 Years Later – A Retro Review

What do you think of when you hear the name “Freddy”? Or how about the words “Elm Street”? Even if not being spoken or written in relation to the iconic Nightmare on Elm Street franchise that took over horror in the ’80s and ’90s, we can’t help but invoke the …

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Review: ‘Fredheads The Documentary’ (2021) A Love Letter To Fans of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Fredheads

I’ve been a long-life horror fan and it all began with A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Yes, I’m a diehard Fredhead and I’m damn proud of it. My mom first introduced me to horror and ANOES around the age of 5 and I’ve never looked back. It’s always been …

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Four Color Craven: A Look Back at 1982’s ‘Swamp Thing’

Created by comic book gods Len Wein (who also co-created Marvel’s Wolverine) and Bernie Wrightson (illustrator of Stephen King’s Cycle of the Werewolf 1983), horror icon Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing (1982) loosely adapts the early part of their published run. Finding a balance between camp and horror, Craven (A Nightmare on …

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‘The Crazies’ Vs ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ Remake 10th Anniversary Showdown

It’s unbelievably difficult to acknowledge the film class of 2010 is turning 10 this year. Movies like Inception and The Social Network certainly don’t feel ten years old, but maybe that has more to do with my own unwillingness to accept being in my mid 30s than I’m ready to …

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Interview With ‘Scream’s’ David Arquette

One of my earliest horror crushes was David Arquette as the witty Benny in the 1992 film, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Over the course of the years, David earned a real fan in me after starring in the Scream franchise, and from what I can tell, he’s a pretty cool …

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Freddy Krueger: How His Evil Evolved #7: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Freddy Krueger

After coming to an explosive end in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, many thought that maybe ?— just maybe ?— Freddy Krueger’s twisted spirit would be put to rest. After all, how many films can you make about a child killer who haunts the dreams of the children whose parents …

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Is It Better Than We Remember? – Retro Review

Ten years ago on April 30, 2010, a remake of a Wes Craven’s masterpiece, A Nightmare on Elm Street, released. Most people were anxious to see if someone else could carry the charm that Robert Englund brought to the character of Freddy Krueger. With a new director, Samuel Bayer (Alpha …

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