My first exploration into the world of Wes Craven was via my franchise reviews of every A Nightmare on Elm Street movie in 2022. Then, th...

WES CRAVEN: DIRECTOR FOCUS & FILMOGRAPHY RANKING


My first exploration into the world of Wes Craven was via my franchise reviews of every A Nightmare on Elm Street movie in 2022. Then, the following year I watched his first two horror films — The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes — on Halloween. I did an impromptu Director Focus on most of his other features (except for 1999's outlier, Music of the Heart) for my epic Spooky Month 2024 project, but I still have a few gaps to fill-in. See the list in reverse chronological below for links and scroll further down for my ranking...

Scream 4
My Soul to Take
Paris, Je T'aime (segment Pere-Lachaise) %
Red Eye
Cursed
Scream 3
Music of the Heart *
Scream 2
Scream
Vampire in Brooklyn
New Nightmare
Nightmare Cafe (1 episode but might watch all 6) **
The People Under the Stairs
Night Visions **
Shocker
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Twilight Zone (5 episodes) **
Deadly Friend
The Magical World of Disney: Casebusters **
Chiller **
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Hills Have Eyes Part II
Invitation to Hell **
Swamp Thing
Deadly Blessing
Summer of Fear **
The Hills Have Eyes
The Fireworks Woman +
The Last House on the Left

* = feature film
% = anthology short segment
** = episodic TV or TV movie
+ = porno

RANKING WES CRAVEN (feature/theatrical films only)
19 The Hills Have Eyes Part II
18 The Last House on the Left
17 My Soul to Take
16 Swamp Thing
15 Cursed
14 Deadly Blessing
13 Scream 4
12 The Hills Have Eyes
11 Vampire in Brooklyn
10 The Serpent and the Rainbow
09 Deadly Friend
08 Scream 3
07 The People Under the Stairs
06 New Nightmare
05 Red Eye
04 A Nightmare on Elm Street
03 Scream
02 Scream 2
01 Shocker
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