Horrorthon 2015 is almost upon us, with a weekend and more of seriously scary stuff at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin.

It's your worst Nightmare - a being which can kill you in your dreams, making sure you never wake up in the real world. What you need is a warrior, one well aquainted with dreams. What you need is Leonardo DiCaprio.

Scream 2 star Sarah Michelle Gellar has led tributes to Nightmare on Elm Street director Wes Craven, who has died aged 76.

The actor best known for his role as James Bond villain Kamal Khan in 1983's 'Octopussy'.

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In recent years, the fine art of the film spoof has been completely lost in a blitzkrieg of lazy, crass parodies lacking any subtlety or invention.

In honour of Halloween, movie critic Declan Burke picks the best horror films of all time

Courteney Cox thinks she and David Arquette were an "odd pairing".

The master of horror and gore returns to helm the fourth in what has become a very successful series, but somehow the usually-reliable Craven cannot find anything new to say and, rather, relies on bringing us a disappointing B movie weak on storyline but heavy on sleaze.

Wes Craven thinks ‘Scream 4’ will leave audiences “wanting more”.

The ‘True Blood’ actress Anna Paquin will join an all-star cast for 'Scream 4', including Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Neve Campbell and David Arquette.

Emma Roberts has joined the cast of ‘Scream 4’.

Ashley Greene has been offered the lead role in 'Scream 4'.

The 1984 original, directed by that master of horror, Wes Craven, was a classic – at least in the initial films – so why there was deemed to be a need for a remake (billed as a re-imagining) remains a mystery.

Courteney Cox Arquette and David Arquette have signed up to star in ‘Scream 4’.

It's time to 'Scream' again - horror movie master Wes Craven is planning three new films in the franchise and Hollywood couple David Arquette and Courtney Cox are on board for a return.

Iliadis has taken the Wes Craven 1972 classic horror story and added a great deal more to what was an unpleasant, albeit successful, tale of revenge.

‘Going to Pieces’ (Metrodome, €24.99) is an illuminating documentary that takes a close look at the slasher genre.

A film with over 20 directors – including Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven, Joel Coen and Gerard Depardieu – and a cast of thousands – including Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Nick Nolte – and a handful of stories of love in Paris.

An audience expecting to watch a family film instead got a glimpse of a horror movie that begins with a chained woman giving birth to a mutant.

As Halloween fast approaches, it’s time for some horror. A Nightmare on Elm Street Special Edition (EIV €24.99) certainly fits the bill as Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) stalks the dreams of a bunch of teenagers, leaving a trail of death in his wake.

When, in a horror film, somebody warns the characters not to leave the main road you know, sure as shootin', that that's exactly what they're going to do. Some people, eh?

CILLIAN MURPHY and Pierce Brosnan were nominated in the best actor category yesterday as gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain swept the boards at the Golden Globes with seven nominations.

Irish actors Pierce Brosnan and Cillian Murphy have been nominated for a Golden Globe award, it was confirmed today.

Another good performance from Cork-born Murphy, in a nail-chewer from the master of suspense, Craven.

Wes Craven can rightly be considered the Hollywood master of horror, quality horror. Though not in this case.

Chloe Sevigny is desperate to shake off her independent movie image and star in blockbuster Hollywood comedies.

The team behind Scream, director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson, are reuniting for a new horror film called Cursed.

A 'video nasty' which has been banned for years failed to gain a certificate today in Britain after an unsuccessful appeal to a movie authority.