Cillian Murphy may not rate it now, but this is arguably the most underrated film in the Scream director’s oeuvre

As A Nightmare on Elm Street turns 40, here’s to the softly spoken American creator of some of cinema’s most memorable scares, from razor-clawed serial killer Freddy Krueger to the sequel-spawning Scream

The controversial rape-revenge horror was met with disgust at the time but there remains something compelling about its deranged worldview

Do you have a question for the Nightmare on Elm Street actor, who became the star of many actual nightmares? Let us know and we’ll put it to him

‘The character has never left me. If I’m stuck in traffic in LA, I’ll do the Freddy voice and shout: “Get out of my way!”’

The Suspiria remake has arrived, but what inspired the original? From Psycho to A Nightmare of Elm Street, explore the real horrors that influenced cinema

The 90s was a decade that saw the rebirth of the American indie and thrilling blockbusters that weren’t reliant on superheroes

With his macabre masterpiece The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hooper found dark inspiration in the shadowy, secretive side of the American household