Read on to check out EW’s picks for the 15 best Wes Craven movies of the horror variety.
And while the context of the remark makes it only partially complimentary, he’s not wrong.
(We’ll just say it: theRazzieswerewrongto nominate him for Worst Supporting Actor for this film.
Shocker.Everett Collection
Wrong, wrong, wrong.)
Stranger in Our House (a.k.a.
It’s not top-shelf Craven, but it plays slightly better now than it did then.
Sharon Stone in ‘Deadly Blessing’.Everett Collection
While not a true horror film, there are enough genre-centric elements withinSwamp Thingto make it worthy of inclusion.
Guess who suddenly becomes a suspect?
Then, the Robesons come back, and things go horribly, horribly wrong for Fool.
Lee Purcell and Linda Blair in ‘Stranger in Our House’.Everett Collection
Big Ed and Nadine Hurley, but there are several other familiar faces in the mix, including A.J.
Definitely an interesting, oft-forgotten gem amongst Craven’s work.
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Courteney Cox in ‘Scream 3’.Everett Collection
It’s a tour de force of tension and one of Craven’s best.
Say, as long as we’re speaking of the latter film…
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We stand by that.
Dick Durock in ‘Swamp Thing’.Everett Collection
Lucy Grantham and Jeramie Rain in ‘The Last House on the Left’.Everett Collection
Neve Campbell in ‘Scream 4’.Everett Collection
Bill Pullman in ‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’.Everett Collection
Susan Lanier and Michael Berryman in ‘The Hills Have Eyes’.Everett Collection
Brandon Quintin Adams in ‘The People Under the Stairs’.Everett Collection
Omar Epps and Jada Pinkett Smith in ‘Scream 2’.Everett Collection
Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy in ‘Red Eye’.Everett Collection
Robert Englund and Miko Hughes in ‘Wes Craven’s New Nightmare’.Everett Collection
Courteney Cox, Jamie Kennedy, and Neve Campbell in ‘Scream’.Everett Collection
Robert Englund in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.Everett Collection
