Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Remembering Wes Craven
Horror film visionary Wes Craven died Sunday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 76. He reinvented the horror genre several times over the course of his decades-long career. “Nightmare on Elm Street” introduced a terrified generation to Freddy Krueger.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readHorror film visionary Wes Craven died Sunday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 76. He reinvented the horror genre several times over the course of his decades-long career. “Nightmare on Elm Street” introduced a terrified generation to Freddy Krueger. And “Scream” gave us both a slick, self-aware reworking of the genre, and an abiding fear of those black-and-white masks.
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The full episode
4 of 5 Reconsidering California’s Death Penalty, and Remembering Wes Craven- 0:00Is California’s Death Penalty Unconstitutional?
- 8:24Mr. Smith Goes to Prison
- 24:04Can the US Help Stop the Migrant Crisis?
- 31:28Remembering Wes CravenYou’re reading this
- 41:20TV Roundup: VMAs, Narcos, Documentary Now