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With the passing of Victor Miller today at 86, the creators behind Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger are now both gone, but forever remembered. 🕊️ The horror world has lost the screenwriter who wrote the original Friday the 13th and helped introduce audiences to Jason Voorhees and his mother, Pamela. Miller’s 1980 story laid the foundation for what would become one of the most iconic and enduring slasher franchises in film history. Eleven years earlier, horror lost Wes Craven, the filmmaker who wrote and directed A Nightmare on Elm Street and created Freddy Krueger, the burned, razor-gloved killer who turned dreams themselves into something terrifying. Craven passed away in 2015 at the age of 76. Their creations eventually became much bigger than the films that introduced them. Jason Voorhees grew from the tragedy at Camp Crystal Lake into the hockey-masked face of Friday the 13th. Freddy Krueger became the wisecracking nightmare at the center of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Together, Jason and Freddy became two of the defining figures of the slasher genre, eventually even sharing the screen in Freddy vs. Jason. Miller and Craven approached horror differently, but both helped create characters that survived changing eras, countless sequels, remakes, games, merchandise, and generations of new fans. Victor Miller gave horror the beginnings of Jason Voorhees. Wes Craven gave it Freddy Krueger. Now both creators are gone, but the nightmares they helped bring into the world are unlikely to ever disappear. Rest in peace, Victor Miller and Wes Craven. Two horror legends whose creations became immortal. 🕯️