What’s less well known (it certainly surprised me) is that he continued in porn even after the shocking theatrical run of The Last House on the Left(1972). It’s a well known bit of trivia that Craven worked in porn before crossing over into the comparative mainstream. Craven’s trajectory was more unusual his high and low points were much more scattered than those of his genre contemporaries and his little-loved, late career efforts had the backing of a major studio. Part-way through their careers, each of the first three slid out of studio favor and mostly stayed out. Romero, Tobe Hooper, and Wes Craven - faced indifference and outright disdain more often than critical acclaim. Even the genre’s quartet of masters - John Carpenter, George A. The history of horror cinema is a history of effort going unrewarded, achievement going unremarked upon, and all too many excellent films finding themselves in the annals of the unloved. Shocker is an unfairly maligned masterpiece from a master of horror, combining the best elements of Craven’s previous films while predicting the thematic concerns that’d define his late career
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