Horror Director Sues Supposed “Actor”

Wes Craven (former philosophy prof and director of some good movies [the original Nightmare on Elm Street, Music of the Heart] and some absolutely awful ones [Shocker, Vampire in Brooklyn]) has sued his neighbor and embodiment of evil Pauly Shore, who has not been in a single movie you want to see, for negligence, nuisance, and trespass.

[Later note, after I realized I didn’t actually say what the lawsuit is about: Sadly, Craven is not trying to create a new theory of liability alleging that being in movies like Bio-Dome and Jury Duty establishes a public nuisance (but are you listening, Motley Rice?), but instead bringing to court a relatively mundane fight about property water run-off and the like.]

TMZ.com, I suppose not surprisingly, has the most in-depth coverage, including the original story (with the complaint) and a followup story including video of an interview with Shore.

–BC