Ernesto Carlin Gereda ecarlin@editoraperu.com.pe
Wes Craven, creator of Freddy Krueger and the Scream tetralogy, died at age 76. Along with John Carpenter and David Cronenberg revolutionized the horror genre in recent decades.
The horror has not always had good press. He is accused of repeating formulas that seek only to collect at the box office. But there are directors that contradict these prejudices. One is Wes Craven.
The filmmaker, who died at the weekend, is always mentioned among the most influential in recent decades. Other names are also being added are recurrently John Carpenter and David Cronenberg.
They are united by having underestimated entered this genre in the 70s and 80s, bringing it closer to the fears of ordinary citizens. For his most famous character, Freddy Krueger, sleep and was not the same for a generation.
One, two …
When premiered Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Craven already had a decade behind the camera. Some important titles he had given were The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes.
However, with this first installment of the long saga of Krugger change the rules forever.
Remember that at that time was not new tapes with teenage hormones and adrenaline charged. Friday the 13th, Halloween and other terrorizing the public, so distinguished was the result of its peculiarities. One. The mixture of terror and mood
He said once that what failed in the aftermath-movies in which he was not very involucrado- was in focus more on special effects than plot .
Years later would give a twist to the genre with Scream. “Hello, Sidney” is the phrase with which a murderer movie after movie ubiquitous harassed the heroine of the saga. Between scenes, giving maximum rate “virgins are those who are saved from psychopaths.” Now he’s dead, go to the movies will not give much fear.
“I would have liked more to create Mickey Mouse, but now life is more like Freddy Krueger.”
Wes Craven .
1939-2015
Posted: 01/09/2015
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