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Wesley Earl [[Meaningful Name|Craven]] (born August 2, 1939) is an American film director, producer and writer, and is the creator of many iconic and genre-defining horror films. He is probably best known for his creation of Freddy Krueger, the dream-haunting villain introduced in ''[[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street]]''. He also found great success a decade later with the movie ''[[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scream]]'', a [[Deconstruction]] of the [[Slasher Film|slasher sub-genre]] that launched a [[Follow the Leader|slew of late 90's imitation horror films]].

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Craven was raised by a Baptist family and was reportedly a target for bullies (including one with [[Name's the Same|the same name]] as his most famous creation). After leaving home, he gained an education in English Literature, Psychology, and Writing; he then married, and started a family. His marriage ended after five years, and his children left with his ex-wife. He moved to New York, and eventually directed ''[[The Last House Onon the Left]]'', followed five years later by ''[[The Hills Have Eyes]]''. The success of these movies made him a seminal name in horror cinema.

* ''[[The Last House Onon the Left]]'' (1972)

* ''[[Swamp Thing (Filmfilm)|Swamp Thing]]'' (1982)

* ''[[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street]]'' (1984) and its sixth sequel, ''New Nightmare'' (1994).

* ''[[The Serpent and Thethe Rainbow]]'' (1988)

* ''[[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scream]]'' (1996), and all of its respective sequels.

* ''[[Cursed (2005 (Filmfilm)|Cursed]]'' (2005)

* ''[[Red Eye (Filmfilm)|Red Eye]]'' (2005)

* [[Deconstruction]] - ''[[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scream]]'' was so successful that it made [[The Eighties|the 80's]] [[Slasher Film|slasher]] [[Genre Killer|impossible to take seriously anymore]].

* [[Gorn]] - ''[[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street]]'', in particular.

* [[Rape Asas Drama]] - His characters tend to either be raped, are implied to be raped, are raped as a backstory, or are rapists themselves.

* [[Shout -Out]]: [[The Last House On the Left (Film)|The Last House Onon the Left]] is a loose retelling (with a [[Setting Update]]) of [[Ingmar Bergman|Ingmar Bergman's]] ''The Virgin Spring''.

** In one scene during [[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street]], Sam Raimi's [[The Evil Dead]] is playing on a TV in the background, which itself is a [[Shout -Out]] to Sam Raimi putting a poster of Craven's [[The Hills Have Eyes]] in the background of The Evil Dead.