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While Craven does have a few great and good movies, the man is no Carpenter. But he should be happy being a Craven as most of us would be happy being half a Craven. My favorite 80s franchise is Nightmare on Elm Street, so I have a trmemndous amount of respect for the man's contribution to American horror. Oh and that violin movie was genius. :flush:
I've heard that his new werewolf movie was almost entirely reshot due to extreme lameness. Other reports have it that there was never a final script and that it was pretty much made up as they went along. I gather it is more in the vein of New Nightmare and the Scream Trilogy. Not necessarily a bad thing, I'm down with po-mo self-reference. However, I wish he would surprise us and himself and do something really nasty and mean again. Scream had moments of extreme cruelty, but I think he is capable of much more. I think he knows this himself, given his demeanor on the Last House documentaries. He might be afraid to get back there. I'll give the new flick a chance, regardless. It can't possibly be another Vampire in Brooklyn.
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