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Wes Craven: the scream of our times

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imageHorror director Wes Craven was perhaps best known for his Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream series.Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Only an obituary as messy as an autopsy could honor the passing of Wes Craven, the slasher-film maven who recently died at age 76. Blood flows generously in Craven’s films, which tread a delicate line between visceral...

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