Wes Craven: The Art of Horror

by John Kenneth Muir

Book Overview

Filmmaker Wes Craven has consistently and imaginatively scared movie audiences since the early 1970s. His films encompass a variety of styles, elements and themes, from the nihilistic existentialism of The Last House on the Left to the successful A Nightmare on Elm Street (which sent horror in a bold new direction), to the hallucinatory dreamscapes of The Serpent and the Rainbow. And in the nineties, Craven returned with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786419237
• ISBN13: 9780786419234
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher