Yesterday, we lost Wes Craven, a pioneer and icon of the horror genre.  There isn’t much I can add about the man’s considerable legacy and his signature work, Nightmare on Elm Street, though some might argue Scream was his crowning achievement.  Elm Street and its surrounding mythology was inventive, original and changed the face of horror cinema forever.  His creation Freddy Krueger, the maniacal, sometimes comical dream demon of the series, is the Elvis of horror movie monsters.

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