Wes Craven was born on this day in 1939. When he passed in 2015, I wrote this piece about his place in the history of horror:
Remembering Wes Craven: The Gateway Filmmaker for a Generation of Horror FansWes Craven’s Scream wasn’t supposed to be a smash. When it opened in December of 1996, in the midst of a particularly crowded holiday movie season, it was only on 1400 screens; it came in fourth for…flavorwire.com