A cheap and nasty revenge movie put Wes on the map. Very dated!
Last House On The Left
on DVD
(1972) Starring:Sandra Cassel, David Hess, Lucy Grantham Director:Wes Craven Certificate: Watch now:Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
Two teenage girls head to a concert for a birthday celebration that is brutally interrupted when they are kidnapped, raped, and murdered by three sadistic escaped convicts. However, the killers stumble in the home of one of the girls, and the parents take the opportunity to gain violent revenge for ..read more »
A slow burn start leads to savage revenge. A little dated, but still good.
The Hills Have Eyes
on DVD
(1977) Starring:Robert Houston, Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman Director:Wes Craven Certificate:
When their camper breaks down in the desert on their way to California, a desperate family struggles to survive the attacks of a bizarre cannibalistic family, hungry for fresh meat and determined to terrorize the innocent vacationers. As members of the Carter clan fall prey to these inbred ..read more »
A very poor sequel. I can't believe Wes directed this rubbish!
The Hills Have Eyes - Part 2
on DVD
(1984) Starring:Michael Berryman, John Laughlin, Tamara Stafford Director:Wes Craven Certificate: Watch now:Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
Crazed mutants with an insatiable thirst for human blood attack a group of youngsters walking along a lonely desert road in the dead of night. Everyone is killed except a man and a blind girl who are left to face the terror alone. This sequel to the beloved cannibal film is directed by famed horror ..read more »
Very dated, very inept bit of horror, don't bother!
Summer Of Fear
on DVD
(1978) Starring:Linda Blair, Jeremy Slate, Jeff East Director:Wes Craven Certificate:
When Rachel's (LINDA BLAIR) cousin Julia comes to live with on the family farm; strange things start to happen. Slowly Julia starts to influence the people around Rachel, who starts to suspect that her cousing is a witch. Finally Rachel is forced to fight for her life when things start to go ..read more »
Swamp Thing(1981) Starring:Louis Jourdan, Ray Wise, Adrienne Barbeau Director:Wes Craven Certificate:
In an attempt to relieve the world of hunger, a group of scientists develop a chemical which causes things to grow at a prodigious rate. When the substance is spilled on one of the researchers, he becomes a foliage covered monster and abruptly moves into the local swamp. Based on the DC comic book.
Are you ready for Freddy?
The original and best of the long running series.
A perfect horror!
A Nightmare On Elm Street 1
on DVD
(1984) Starring:John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Ronee Blakley Director:Wes Craven Certificate:
A hellish, razor-fingered monster enters the dreams of the teenage residents of a bucolic town and systematically slaughters them in their sleep--until one courageous young woman does battle with the predatory fiend. An excellent, surprisingly surrealistic genre entry from the master, Wes Craven.
A sharp re-think of the original. It's like a proto-type for Scream.As the original stars are hunted in real life by the dream demon. Freddy is back to being scary, but the whole concept does not quite gel.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
on DVD
(1994) Starring:Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes Director:Wes Craven Certificate:
Freddy's back, only this time he's not confined to dreams in this macabre film within a film. Heather Langenkamp, star of the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, along with other actors and director Craven all appear as themselves. When Heather's husband is mysteriously killed her son begins to have ..read more »
A disappointment after Wes's previouse movie (ANightmare on Elm street) Silly and quite boring.
Deadly Friend(1986) Starring:Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett Director:Wes Craven Certificate:
In this unusual tale of the dead returning to the world of the living, a teenaged girl is killed by her abusive father. Her grief-stricken friend implants his robot's brain into her body. This proves unscientificly sound as the undead girl begins murdering people, and the junior inventor has to ..read more »