Remembering Wes Craven, the man behind my nightmares

Some utterly gut-wrenching news hit me hard last night. Wes Craven, the man behind so many horror classics like LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and SCREAM, has passed away at the age of 76 from a battle with brain cancer on August 30, 2015. Just typing those words feels so surreal. I know I'm not alone when I say that Craven made the largest impact on me than any other person in the horror genre. I remember Freddy Krueger being one of the first horror images to frighten me as a child. And although I was familiar with the genre, it wasn't until 1996 when I first saw SCREAM that I became completely infatuated with scary movies. Wes Craven. His name is synonymous with horror. The man changed the game not once, but multiple times over multiple decades. His passing is truly a shockwave through the community. Hell, before I was even a fan of horror movies, I loved SWAMP THING as a kid, and it wasn't until years later that I realized it was dir