Sad news for horror fans this week as we heard of film director Wes Craven passing away on Sunday at age 76 after a battle with brain cancer.

He is best known for the classic horror A Nightmare on Elm Street of which he wrote as well as directed. This film gave the world, and our own nightmares, Freddy Krueger.

Scream was another box-office sensation for Mr Craven but of course there are many more, here's a few of our favourites from some of our staff…

Graeme – Web Monkey
“Wes Craven had a huge influence on my love of horror movies from a young age. While I haven't watched a lot of his recent work his early work set me on a path to finding more and more obscure horror movies.”

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