{"id":9723,"date":"2011-04-23T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9723"},"modified":"2011-04-23T10:00:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T14:00:49","slug":"wes-craven-the-man-and-his-nightmares-rsr-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9723","title":{"rendered":"Wes Craven: The Man and His Nightmares &#8211; RSR Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9723\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9724\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"wescraven header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wescraven-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Reviewed by Geno McGahee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a horror filmmaker, I was really eager to read this book, covering the film career of the man that brought us THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, SWAMP THING, SCREAM and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Written by John Wooley, \u201cWes Craven: The Man and His Nightmares,\u201d brings you into the world of a filmmaker, from the beginning stages to the top of the movie business with everything in between.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Craven\u2019s religious background is a common thing with horror film makers and it\u2019s also common with those that have a little budget, which is how THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT came about.  The shocking horror film is the break through movie for many filmmakers.  The unfortunate side effect that Craven suffered and that many may not realize is the tendency of a filmmaker not being taken seriously and not being able to move away from horror to make other genres.  Sadly, many believe horror isn\u2019t that much better than X rated movies and the respect isn\u2019t there.  Craven fought against the system and won and also found contentment.<\/p>\n<p>Wooley is a fantastic writer, capturing the story of Craven very well, using his commentary along with segments of actual interviews with the writer\/director, bringing an accurate and frank history of the climb to the top of the movie world and also the behind the scenes going \u2013 ons of his biggest films, including A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and the SCREAM franchise.<\/p>\n<p>This book is really a must read for filmmakers as well as horror fans.  It provides a window into what goes into making a movie and exactly what you must sacrifice.  Along with detailed accounts of Craven\u2019s film and TV history, we are treated to the origins of each movie.   I also enjoyed the purpose of the movie SHOCKER and what the hopes were for it.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend Wes Craven: The Man and His Nightmares.  John Wooley paints a vivid picture, written well, and highly enjoyable and informative.  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Written by John Wooley, \u201cWes Craven: The Man and His Nightmares,\u201d brings you into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[97,3126,3176],"class_list":["post-9723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-book","tag-scream","tag-wes-craven"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}