Director Wes Craven attends the premiere of the movie "Drag Me to Hell" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California May 12, 2009.
Director Wes Craven attends the premiere of the movie "Drag Me to Hell" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California May 12, 2009. The movie opens in the U.S. on May 29. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni

Tributes have poured in for Wes Craven, 76, who died after a battle with brain cancer on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. Hollywood is in mourning as they bid farewell to one of the movie industry’s acclaimed director/writer of horror films, most famous for his work “Scream” and Freddy Krueger’s “Nightmare on Elm Street.”

Hollywood stars have taken to social media to pay their respects to Craven and his grieving family. Among them is Robert B. Englund, whom Deadline says Wes has worked with in “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

“Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn also tweeted how “heartbroken” he is learning about the death of Wes, whom he had looked up to as his inspiration as a director. “Doctor Strange” director Scott Derrickson gave a tribute to Craven by sharing his photo and captioned it, “It gives us a way of thinking rationally about our fears. Horror films don't create fear, they release it- Wes Craven.”

A few celebrities have also pooled in their tributes on Twitter, each thanking the “Scream” master for his kindness and teachings. Others also reminisced on the fun memories they had with the director.

Rose McGowan on her Twitter post said she is “shedding tears” over the loss of Craven. She shared a photo of her with the director and captioned it, “ A giant has left us .”

Fellow directors Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids”) and Dustin Lance Black (“Milk”) both expressed their gratitude for all the horror movies Craven made. Feig on his tweet thanked him for “all the years of scares and fun” while Black admitted that he got nightmares from when he was a child up until he grew up from watching Wes’ movies but said that he “loved every minute of it.”

His fellow master of horror, John Carpenter (“Halloween”), also paid his tribute to Wes whom he called as an “Old School director.” Carpenter had a chance to work with Craven in the 1993 horror film “Body Bags,” according to Entertainment Weekly . On his Facebook page, Carpenter expressed how devastated he is over the death of a “great friend, fine director and good man. “

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