Wes Craven Articles
David Hess Dead at 69: Murderer/Rapist in Wes Craven/THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
David Hess, perhaps best known for his serial killer Krug Stillo in Wes Craven's controversial 1972 psycho-horror movie The Last House on the Left, has died. He was 69. According to reports, Craven later used Krug's name as the basis for another horror film icon: Freddy Krueger, of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Born in New York City on Sept. 19, 1942, [...]
Wes Craven-Courteney Cox's SCREAM 4 Major Disappointment, SOUL SURFER Sturdy: Box Office
David Arquette, Courteney Cox in Wes Craven's Scream 4 Carlos Saldanha's RIO Biggest Domestic Opening 2011, Tops International Box Office At no. 2 this weekend (April 15-17) in North America, Wes Craven's Scream 4 opened with a highly disappointing $19.27m — about $10m less than expected — as per studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. That translated into an underwhelming $5,833 per theater for [...]
RIO Easily Tops Box Office; Wes Craven's SCREAM 4 Disappoints
Erik Knudsen, Rory Culkin, Marielle Jaffe, Hayden Panettiere, Scream 4 As expected, Carlos Saldanha's animated 3D feature Rio topped the North American box office on Friday, April 15, earning $10.2m according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Rio features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Jane Lynch, Tracy Morgan, Leslie Mann, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, and others. It seems likely [...]
RIO Tops, SCREAM 4 to Underperform? – Friday Box Office Early Estimates
Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Scream 4 James Marsden-Russell Brand's Hop will apparently go from first to third position this weekend at the North American box office according to early, rough estimates found at Deadline.com. Rio, partly thanks to 3D surcharges, will easily top the chart with an estimated $38m at 3,826 theaters, 2,591 of which are 3D. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, Rio earned an estimated [...]