the resulting sequel helped make cravin the standard in horror. >> in 1997, he talked to charlie rose secrets to scar. >> i do you have know what people are really afraid of. you have to go into those forbidden areas. so you're probably off the box going to be making a film upsetting to the adults and to the establishment. >> never say who is there. don't you watch scary movies? >> also directed scream. that film franchise became box office sensation, would gross more than half billion dollars world-wide. he ventured outside horror films, in 1999. music of the heart, earned meryl streep an oscar nomination. but he'll forever be remembered for his ability to frighten. cravin once said, horror films don't create fear, they release it. >> now, that was anthony mason reporting. you know, you think about freddie kruger with his hands coming up out of the pond, over and over again. >> scream two, if you were babysitting at that time? oh, my goodness, did you not fall asleep. so turning our attention to the weather, renmant of throw call -- tropical storm erika, continues to threaten southea

mourning the loss of west cravin.iter, director, editor, created with re-inventing the teen horror genre with the 1984 release of nightmare on elm street. cravin's family says he died in his los angeles home sunday of brain cancer. he was 76. >>> 6:21 right now. coming up in your health watch. bad news about hang over relief. also, a big change for iconic landmark. find out why alaska mount mckinley is getting a new name. >>> and, kyla, i know you are working hard for us in the weather center over there, it is already a hot day out there, right? >> it is. i mean, can you believe we're in the 70s, dew point, oh, yikes, in the 60s. we've got heatwave on our hands, we'll track them, how long it will last when we ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. >>> tom brady and nfl commissioner roger good ill are supposed to return to court over so-called deflate gate suit. the quarterback is appealing four game suspension. federal judge in new york is expected to rule by friday, but, could make ruling today. he's