Wes Craven made some of the most memorable horror movies; his greatest legacy goes way beyond the Scream and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises. We honor the legend by line-up most of amazing posters from the film legend. RIP Wes Craven (1939 - 2015). Birth Name : Wesley Earl Craven Date of Birth : 2 August 1939, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Date of Death : 30 August 2015, Los Angeles, California, USA (brain cancer) Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision. Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on the Left (1972), which he wrote, directed, and edited. Craven reinvented the youth horror genre again in 1984 with the classic A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), a film he wrote and directed. And though he did not direct any of its five sequels, he deconstructed the genre a decad...