For many, Wes Craven is synonymous with the slasher sub-genre within horror. The late legendary film director would have been 83 today. In over four decades of his career, Craven gave cinema some of the finest slasher movies. He kicked off two venerable horror franchises -- 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Scream'. His movies have influences countless filmmakers working in the same genre and beyond. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1939, Wes Craven began his professional career as an English teacher at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Filmmaking for him began as a hobby when he began making short films using a 16 mm film camera. Once he became sure of his talent he left academia for Hollywood. The rest, as they say, is history.
Here are the top 8 films of Wes Craven you need to see ranked from worst to best: