The Evolution of Horror is back at Tyneside Cinema to celebrate one of the greatest horror directors of all time!
With films like The Last House on the Left, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, Wes Craven revolutionised the genre time and again, bringing scuzzy violence, iconic killers and meta teen slashers to our screens with his groundbreaking approach to storytelling and scares.
After last year’s slash-hit screening of thrillingly transgressive horror gem Sleepaway Camp, we are delighted to welcome back The Evolution of Horror for an unmissable screening and podcast recording, paying tribute to two of Wes Craven’s underappreciated cult classics!
New Nightmare
In this ingenious meta triumph – featuring a starring role for Craven himself – a demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) as its portal to the real world.
Chasing down survivors of the Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise, The Entity looks to find and finally kill its one true nemesis: Nancy Thompson, the iconic final girl of the series. Can Heather Langenkamp reprise her role of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
Shocker
We follow New Nightmare with Wes Craven’s (quite literally) electrifying 1989 supernatural slasher. After being captured for a series of gruesome murders, Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi), a television repairman, faces execution by the electric chair — but a deal with the devil allows him to come back as electricity.
Once he changes into his new form, Pinker goes after the detective that brought him down, Lt. Don Parker (Michael Murphy), as well as Parker’s adopted son, Jonathan (Peter Berg). However, Jonathan’s mysterious connection to Pinker through dreams might help track the killer’s moves.