Muere Wes Craven. Hollywood le rinde homenaje

El mundo del cine y en parte de la televisión está de luto. Wes Craven quizás uno de los máximos exponentes del cine de terror ha fallecido en Los Ángeles a los 76 años de edad a consecuencia de un tumor cerebral.

Craven fue responsable de largometrajes memorables como la saga de que recientemente fue adaptado a la televisión para una serie que emite MTV y l a de Pesadilla en Elm Street, el ajustado thriller Red Eye y la icónica The Last House on the Left.

Asimismo, en la década del ochenta dirigió diversos capítulos de la serie The Twilight Zone.

Craven fue un cineasta sumamente prolífico, cuya carrera excedía las mencionadas sagas y que incluía cintas como The People Under the Stairs, Nightmare Café, Deadly Friend, Swamp Thing y Summer of Fear.

En abril de este año 2015 había firmado un acuerdo con Universal Cable Productions y su cadena hermana SyFy para llevar a la pequeña pantalla su filme El sótano del miedo y el libro We Are All Completely Fine, proyectos que no sabemos por el momento si seguirán adelante o quedarán suspendidos.

Estuvo casado en tres ocasiones y deja atrás a dos hijos, Jonathan y Jessica, fruto de su primer matrimonio con Bonnie Broecker.

Tras darse a conocer la noticia de la muerte del director, Twitter se ha llenado de mensajes de famosos y compañeros de profesión. Algunos de los más destacados son estos.

Thank you for being the kindest man, the gentlest man, and one of the smartest men I’ve known. Please say there’s a plot twist.

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan)

Shedding tears now. A giant has left us.

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan)

I’ve always had the deepest respect for and his ability to take his fans on a thrilling ride. Warmest regards to his loved ones.

— Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich)

RIP Wes Craven. You were one of a kind. Thanks for all the years of scares and fun.

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig)

My friend Wes has left us too soon. He was truly an Old School director. I had a great time directing him. I’m…

— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster)

Devastated to hear the news. Wes was a great friend, fine director and good man. Giant loss. Much too soon.

— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster)

Taking a break on a show night to pay respects to . LEGEND.

— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead)

So we have lost the movie maker, Wes Craven. Sorry to hear it. Thanks to Jason G. and others who brought the…

— Anne Rice (@AnneRiceAuthor)

So sad to hear of the passing of my talented friend who, before , reinvented the genre …

— Cary Elwes (@Cary_Elwes)

Screw the VMAs. & I are going to watch Wes Craven’s New Nightmare instead.

— Chris Hardwick (@nerdist)

REST IN PEACE WES CRAVEN : (

— el-p (@therealelp)

Rest in peace thanks for the chills.

— Jorge Garcia (@jorgegarcia)

rest …knowing your imagination delighted and terrified millions with your extraordinary story telling. Love to your memory

— Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real)

Damn guys. died. A brilliant filmmaker, he brought quality & depth of character to every movie he made. Amazing library- bravo

— Seth Green (@SethGreen)

The hills have 2 less eyes.

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt)

RIP Wes Craven. One of my all time favorites. “Nightmare On Elm Street” “People Under The Stairs”.

— Nick Groff (@NickGroff_)

RIP Wes Craven. Thank you for the nightmares.

— Jeff Belanger (@THEJeffBelanger)

Weren’t we lucky to have that first Nightmare on Elm Street? Weren’t we lucky to have Wes Craven?

— Joe Hill (@joe_hill)

Wes Craven was the most professional, talented, and kind director I ever had the pleasure of working with… An absolute gem.

— Miko (@MikoHughes)

Had a chance to work with Wes Craven years ago. My one and only foray into horror. Learned a ton from him. Just a solid, nice guy. RIP.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin)

Wes. Such a sweet, special man. So many memories…

— Kevin Williamson (@kevwilliamson)

RIP Wes Craven…you brought me many thrills and nightmares

— Gerard Way (@gerardway)

— Wes Craven (@wescraven)