His other notable films include Swamp Thing (1982), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Shocker (1989), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), and Music of the Heart (1999).

Craven moved into the building where his friend Steve Chapin lived at 136 Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights.

[17] Recalling his early training, Craven said in 1994, "Harry was a fantastic film editor and producer of industrials.

Craven afterwards became the firm's assistant manager, and broke into film editing with You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971).

[18] Craven had a letter published in the July 19, 1968, edition of Life praising the periodical's coverage of contemporary rock music and offbeat performers such as Frank Zappa.

In the documentary Inside Deep Throat, Craven says on camera he made "many hardcore X-rated films" under pseudonyms.

[17] Craven expected the film to be shown at only a few theaters, which according to him "gave me a freedom to be outrageous, and to go into areas that normally I wouldn't have gone into, and not worry about my family hearing about it, or being crushed."

Ultimately the movie was screened much more widely than he assumed, leaving him ostracized due to the content of the film.

[21] After the negative experience of Last House, Craven attempted to move out of the horror genre, and began writing non-horror films with his partner Sean S. Cunningham, none of which attracted any financial backing.

[citation needed] Later, in Craven's best-known film, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Cunningham directed one of the chase scenes, although he was not credited.

[27][28] Craven created Coming of Rage, a five-issue comic book series, with 30 Days of Night writer Steve Niles.

[29] The series was released in digital form in 2014 by Liquid Comics with a print edition scheduled for an October 2015 debut.

[29] Craven has cited filmmakers Ingmar Bergman, Luis Buñuel, Alfred Hitchcock, Federico Fellini, Jean Cocteau, and Francois Truffaut as among his major influences.

[33] The goat in the dream sequence at the beginning of A Nightmare on Elm Street was included by Craven as a homage to Buñuel.

Craven's works tend to explore the breakdown of family structures, the nature of dreams and reality, and often feature black humor and satirical elements.

[16] Several of Craven's films are characterized by abusive familial relationships such as The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The People Under the Stairs, and others.

In Scream, the characters frequently reference horror films similar to their situations and at one point Billy Loomis tells his girlfriend that life is just a big movie.

[41] Craven tended to employ cinematographers Peter Deming, Mark Irwin and Jacques Haitkin on his films.

[11][12] Many actors and fellow directors paid tribute to him, including David Arquette,[50] Adrienne Barbeau,[51] Angela Bassett,[50] Bruce Campbell,[52] Heather Langenkamp, Neve Campbell,[53] John Carpenter,[52] Courteney Cox,[50][51][54] Joe Dante,[52] Johnny Depp,[55] Robert Englund,[50][51] Sarah Michelle Gellar,[50][54] Lloyd Kaufman,[52] Jamie Kennedy,[54] Rose McGowan,[51][54] Kristy Swanson,[50] Edgar Wright,[52] and Amanda Wyss.

[56][57] Craven was buried at the Lambert's Cove Cemetery in the town of West Tisbury on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.