https://vo.rs/tags/a-nightmare-on-elm-street/Latest from the A Nightmare on Elm Street desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/wes-craven-the-nightmare-architect/<p>Wes Craven should never have made horror films. He was raised in a strict Baptist household in Cleveland where cinema was close to forbidden, took degrees in English and philosophy, and was teaching humanities at a college when he drifted into the film industry through the side door of low-budget production. That biography is the most important fact about him. Craven approached the genre the way a scholar approaches a difficult text — turning it over, testing its rules, asking why the machinery frightens us. He built nightmares, and he could never resist showing you the blueprints.</p>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000