Wes Craven Reflects On The State Of Horror

opens today, and it looks set to be a new hit for, the director of the original trilogy and the creator of Freddy Krueger. I spoke with Craven for a four-page story in the new issue ofentitled “Wes Craven Screams Anew,” in which we discuss the new sequel, his disappointment over the reception of last year’s My Soul To Take and it’s “terrible history of birthing,” how he is metaphorically making war movies and why the Oscars routinely ignore horror. There was a little bit left over from the story, specifically his thoughts on recent horror films and whether the genre needs to go away for awhile to recharge its batteries. Here it is.