This is a US slasher franchise which includes six movies, the TV series, fames and merchandise. The first four movies were under the direction of Wes Craven. The movie series was made by Kevin Williamson, and who wrote the initial two movies and the fourth; while Ehren Kruger was the one wrote the third. Its fifth and sixth series were under the direction of Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, with James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick served as the writers and Williamson returned as the executive producer.