"Director: Wes Craven"

• The Serpent and the Rainbow | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £8.10   |  Saving you £-2.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Wes Craven directs this terrifying story of one man's nightmarish journey into the eerie and deadly world of voodoo. A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.

• Scream | Blu Ray | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Scream the classic horror directed by the legendary Wes Craven now available for the first time on Blu-ray. A hyper-intelligent serial killer preys on the teenage denizens of a small town using their fascination with horror movie conventions to set up his diabolical doings. An intelligent well-crafted thriller from the creator of A Nightmare On Elm Street. The Blu-ray contains a behind-the-scenes featurette and running audio commentary from Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson. Starring Neve Campbell Courtney Cox Drew Barrymore David Arquette and Skeet Ulrich. All in DTS HD Master Audio Surround 5.1

• Swamp Thing (DUAL FORMAT Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (25/03/2019) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Long before superhero movies were packing out multiplex cinemas, Freddy Krueger creator Wes Craven followed-up the success of Richard Donner's SUPERMAN (1978) with this fondly remembered DC adaptation that brings a comic book favourite to livid and lunatic life! Following the success of THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977), SWAMP THING was also evidence of its director trying to adapt his style to less rough 'n' ready thrills and spills - and the result is an adventure thriller that highlights not just a mutant-monster with good intentions, but such sights as the timeless terror-star Adrienne Barbeau (THE FOG), future Twin Peaks star Ray Wise and David Hess (THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT) in one of his best-remembered villainous turns. Released in 1982 to an appreciative cult following, SWAMP THING remains one of Craven's most mesmerising achievements - with a faithful DC-comic outlay and plenty of action-packed special effects that hold their ground even today. 88 Films is delighted to present SWAMP THING in a very special edition BluRay release that packs a pristine punch and highlights this creature feature classic in all of its bayou-tinged brilliance!

• Scream | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £18.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Neve Campbell leads an all-star cast in this iconic slasher thriller that launched the Scream franchise and breathed new life into the horror genre. After a series of mysterious deaths befalls their small town, an offbeat group of friends led by Sidney Prescott (Campbell) becomes the target of a masked killer. As the body count rises, Sidney and her friends turn to the rules of horror films to help navigate the real-life terror they're living in. Also starring Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan and Drew Barrymore. Buckle up for an irresistible killer ride! Extras A Bloody Legacy: Scream 25 Years Later Audio Commentary By Director Wes Craven And Writer Kevin Williamson Production Featurette Behind The Scenes Q&a With Cast And Crew Note: 4K Disc is Region Free, Blu-ray Disc is Region B

• The People Under The Stairs | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £16.98   |  Saving you £-10.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple an impoverished young boy is suddenly thrust into a nightmare. Quickly learning the true nature of the house's homicidal inhabitants the boy battles against sadistic security devices befriends an elusive and abused young girl and finally learns the secret of the creatures deep within the house...

• Scream | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £4.89   |  Saving you £13.10 (267.89%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A few years after the events in Scream 2, Gale Weathers has continued the horror franchise called Stab.

• The Wes Craven Collection | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Wes Craven Collection brings together for the first time in one boxed set four terrifying movies Scream The Last House On The Left The Hills Have Eyes and New Nightmare. What better way to own to own four definitive Wes Craven movies than this special edition set. Disc five is a bonus disc featuring the 'American Nightmare' documentary and a special Wes Craven interview. Scream: The residents of a picturesque small town are being victimised by a sly psycho with a twi

• Scream | DVD | (18/10/2021) from £7.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  avvi - The Home of Pop Culture Neve Campbell leads an all-star cast in this iconic slasher thriller that launched the Scream franchise and breathed new life into the horror genre. After a series of mysterious deaths befalls their small town, an offbeat group of friends led by Sidney Prescott (Campbell) becomes the target of a masked killer. As the body count rises, Sidney and her friends turn to the rules of horror films to help navigate the real-life terror they're living in. Also starring Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan and Drew Barrymore. Buckle up for an irresistible killer ride! Extras DVD: Feature audio commentary by director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson Trailers Production featurette Behind the scenes Special effects gallery Q&A with the cast and crew Cast and crew profiles Did you know? Blu-ray: A Bloody Legacy: Scream 25 years later Audio commentary by director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson Production featurette Behind the scenes Q&A with the cast and crew

• The Serpent And The Rainbow | Blu Ray | (04/05/2015) from £11.85   |  Saving you £3.14 (26.50%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Wes Craven (Scream) directs this terrifying story of one man's nightmarish journey into the eerie and deadly world of voodoo. A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to revive a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring humans beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen nether world of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and supernatural.

• Wes Craven's New Nightmare | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Halfway through A New Nightmare Heather Langenkamp goes to visit Wes Craven to discuss resurrecting the Freddy Krueger series for one last film. Craven's script focuses on a malevolent demon that has escaped from the stories in which he was trapped because they have lost their power to scare. Sound familiar? This script-within-a-film refers, of course, to the real-life fate of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, and is an idea typical of this intelligent movie which successfully blurs the line between this horror film and its real-life production context. Langenkamp plays herself, in virtually her own life: a D-list actress unable to match the success she found in the original Nightmare on Elm Street films. She, like the rest of the cast and crew of the original films (also played by themselves--most notably Craven and Robert Englund, camping himself up as an adored celebrity and part-time "artist"), is haunted by dreams of the Freddy Krueger character. Craven's script reveals that if Freddy is not trapped within a story more powerful than the Elm Street sequels--i.e. this film--he will become real.New Nightmare is an interesting precursor to the Scream series, and it attempts to capitalise on its self-reflexivity in a similar way. The idea is that, having openly revealed that the rest of the Elm Street series were "only films", New Nightmare can then set about scaring your pants off. The biggest hindrance, however, is the Freddy character himself. Despite the fact that we are told that this is the "real" Freddy, rather than the cinematic incarnation we've seen many times before it is still difficult to shake off a persistent sensation of déja-vu. Freddy just isn't scary any more: his face looks a lot less gnarled than it used to be and even the once-terrifying claw seems to have lost its edge. Similarly, having hammered home the fact that this movie is real, those elements of the film which require a little more imagination--such as Freddy's body-stretching, the surreal scare sequences and the Gothic-fantasy finale--appear absurd. Thus, if certainly not as good as the original, New Nightmare is at least an intelligent, fresh and occasionally scary film: which makes it head and shoulders above most of its genre and certainly better than most of this series. --Paul Philpott

• Red Eye | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £20.28   |  Saving you £-2.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a wealthy executive.

• Scream 2 | Blu Ray | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Scream 2 the classic sequel directed by Wes Craven now available for the first time on Blu-ray. The hip darkly comical sequel to self-aware Scream sees Sidney Prescott now in college once again finds herself the target of a bloodthirsty cloak-clad mask-wearing knife-wielding psychotic killer whose penchant for pop movie trivia runs deep. This time however the body count is higher and the deaths more outrageous--traits of a true sequel as noted by one unfortunate victim. A definite true-to-form teen slasher. All in DTS HD Master Audio Surround 5.1

• Nightmare on Elm Street | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £3.49   |  Saving you £4.50 (128.94%)   |  RRP £7.99

  From modern horror master Wes Craven comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile her high-school friends who are having the very same dreams are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm. Featuring John Saxon with Johnny Depp in his first starring role and mind-bending special effects this horror classic gave birth to one of the most infamous undead villains in cinematic history: Freddy Krueger...

• Nightmare On Elm Street 1-7 | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £19.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (75.04%)   |  RRP £34.99

  A Nightmare On Elm Street:Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her high-school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm... From modern horror master Wes Craven comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror. Featuring Johnny Depp in his first starring role, this horror classic gave birth to one of the most infamous undead villains in cinematic history: Freddy Krueger. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2:Freddy's Revenge Five years have passed since Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) was sent howling back to hell. But now, a new kid on Elm Street is being haunted every night by gruesome visions of the deadly dream stalker and if his twisted soul takes possession of the boy's body, Freddy will return from the dead to wreak bloody murder and mayhem upon the entire town.A Nightmare On Elm Street 3:Dream Warriors The last of the Elm Street kids are now at a psychiatric ward where Freddy haunts their dreams with unspeakable horrors. Their only hope is dream researcher and fellow survivor Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp of the original Nightmare), who helps them battle the supernatural psycho on his own hellish turf. A Nightmare On Elm Street 4:The Dream Master Proving there's no rest for the wicked, the unspeakably evil Freddy Krueger is again resurrected from the grave to wreak havoc upon those who dare to dream. As her friends succumb one by one to Freddy's wrath, telepathically gifted Kristen embarks on a desperate mission to destroy the satanic dream stalker and release the tortured souls of his victims once and for all. A Nightmare On Elm Street 5:The Dream Child Unable to overpower the Dream Master who vanquished him in A Nightmare On Elm Street 4, Freddy haunts the innocent dreams of her unborn child and preys upon her friends with sheer horror. Will the child be saved from becoming Freddy's newest weapon or will the maniac again resurrect his legacy of evil? A Nightmare On Elm Street 6:Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare They tried to burn him, bury him, wash him away with holy water. Freddy hitches a ride inside some poor soul's dream to the nearest town and hey, quicker than you can say Nine, ten, never sleep again, the dreamstalker's back in business... A Nightmare On Elm Street 7:Wes Craven's New Nightmare In a frightening new twist in the terror on Elm street, Wes Craven (director of the original film) finds that his dreams have begun to dictate real-life horrors for the stars of the film!

• Scream | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £4.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Neve Campbell leads an all-star cast in this iconic slasher thriller that launched the Scream franchise and breathed new life into the horror genre. After a series of mysterious deaths befalls their small town, an offbeat group of friends led by Sidney Prescott (Campbell) becomes the target of a masked killer. As the body count rises, Sidney and her friends turn to the rules of horror films to help navigate the real-life terror they're living in. Also starring Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan and Drew Barrymore. Buckle up for an irresistible killer ride!

• Scream | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (197.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Critically acclaimed as the definite horror thriller of the `90s from Wes Craven 'Scream' will terrify you beyond belief! The residents of a picturesque small town are being victimised by a sly psycho with a twisted love for scary movies. As this masked predator continues to mimic horror films with real life acts of terror it becomes clear that solving this mystery is going to be murder! An instant favourite with audiences for its unique style and humour this chilling one-of-a-kind thriller will make you laugh until you scream.

• The Hills Have Eyes | Blu Ray | (31/07/2017) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE LUCKY ONES DIED FIRST... Horror master Wes Craven achieved critical and commercial success with the likes of Scream and A Nightmare on Elm Street but for many genre fans, the director s seminal 1977 effort The Hills Have Eyes remains his masterpiece. Taking a detour whilst on route to Los Angeles, the Carter family run into trouble when their campervan breaks down in the middle of the desert. Stranded, the family find themselves at the mercy of a group of monstrous cannibals lurking in the surrounding hills. With their lives under threat, the Carters are forced to fight back by any means necessary. As gruelling a viewing experience today as it was upon initial release, The Hills Have Eyes stands alongside the likes of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Night of the Living Dead as one of the defining moments in American horror cinema.

• Scream 2 | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £4.51   |  Saving you £13.48 (298.89%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Fully aware of its status as the sequel to the surprise hit thriller of 1996, this lively follow-up trades freshness for familiarity, playing on our affection for returning characters while obeying--and then subverting--the "rules" of sequels. Once again, movie references are cleverly employed to draw us into the story, which takes place two years after the events of Scream, at a small Ohio college, where the Scream survivors reunite when another series of mysterious killings begins. Capitalising on the guesswork involving a host of potential suspects, director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson have crafted a thriller that's more of a Scream clone than a genuinely inventive new story. But the shocks are just as effective, and escalating tension leads to a tautly staged climax that's simultaneously logical and giddily over the top. Background information for trivia buffs: to preserve the secrecy of plot twists, copies of the screenplay were heavily guarded during production and restricted to only the most crucial personnel. When an early draft was circulated on the Internet, screenwriter Kevin Williamson did rewrites, and subsequent drafts were printed with red ink on brown paper, eliminating the threat of photocopying. None of the cast members knew who the killer was until the final scenes were filmed. -- Jeff Shannon

• Music of the Heart | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £5.39   |  Saving you £14.60 (270.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A music teacher battles the system in underprivileged Harlem... The uplifting true story of violin teacher Roberta Guaspari (Streep) a woman who battled insurmountable odds to teach underprivileged children in East Harlem the gift of music. As Roberta struggles to convince a sceptical school board--as well as sceptical parents--that this music will help the children immensely she must conquer seemingly insurmountable odds to do just that. Eventually she does. Based on the documentary Small Wonders Music Of The Heart proves that Craven is more than just a horror director.

• Nightmare on Elm Street | Blu Ray | (27/09/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From modern horror master Wes Craven comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile her high-school friends who are having the very same dreams are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm. Featuring John Saxon with Johnny Depp in his first starring role and mind-bending special effects this horror classic gave birth to one of the most infamous undead villains in cinematic history: Freddy Krueger...