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Wes Craven

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Born January 1, 1939
Died January 1, 2015 (76 years old)
Also known as: Craven, Wesley Earl
7 books
3.6 (7)
74 readers
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American film director whose horror movies include "Scream," "A Nightmare on Elm Street," "The Last House on the Left," and "The Hills Have Eyes." Came to moviemaking from academia.

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Music of the heart

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Gail Rostall was a young and ambitious singer, but all the same, when she got to know the famous composer Marc Bannister it was not with the idea of furthering her career; in fact, her feelings for him were far from professional ones! But how could she convince him of that, when he was still recovering from having been let down in just that way by the last girl who had claimed to love him?

The hills have eyes

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The Carters are an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to remain empty. When the Carter's car breaks down at the old site, they find themselves stranded. As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren't pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.

The last house on the left

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Emma, John, and Mari Collingwood head out on vacation to their summer lake house. Shortly after arriving, Mari borrows the family car and drives into town to spend time with her friend Paige. While Paige is working the cash register at a local store, she and Mari meet Justin, a teenager passing through the town. Justin invites them both back to his hotel room to smoke some weed. After kidnapping and ruthlessly assaulting the two girls, Justin's father and his gang unknowingly find shelter from a storm at the home of Mari's parents, two ordinary people who will go to increasingly gruesome extremes to get revenge.

Wes Craven's Summer of fear

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When Rachel's cousin Julia comes to live with the family at the farm, unsettling things begin to occur. Terrifying instances of the occult begin to take place, forcing Rachel to fight for survival against a horrifying demonic presence!