Freddy Krueger

Freddy Krueger’s Fiendish Journey from Killer Concept to Horror Icon

Among horror’s rogues gallery of slasher killers, few rival Freddy Krueger for sheer icon status. His anarchic spirit, darkly comedic menace, and supernaturally-charged murders have haunted audiences for decades. But a memorable movie monster requires creative alchemy. For Freddy, a killer concept aligned with clever writing and an indelible performance …

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How Scream Saved Slasher Cinema by Savagely Satirizing Its Tropes

Among all the slick, sarcastic teen screamfests of late 90s horror, Wes Craven’s smash-hit Scream stands apart as the most incisively influential. Released in 1996, Scream playfully skewered and celebrated the slasher genre’s derivative clichés and tired tropes even as it expertly weaponized them in classic Craven fashion. The script’s …

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Pulse 2006

Pulse 2006 revisiting.

It has been 15 years since the film was created and brought to Hollywood by Wes Craven. After staying up late one night I decided to watch the film in HD for the first time since my original DVD viewing of the film, I can say that the movie looks …

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