However, in the middle of these, he helmed Red Eye. Cillian Murphy’s Jackson Rippner was a chilling horror villain for the ages. Today, Cillian Murphy regards Red Eye as a “good B movie,” mostly worthwhile for the fun he had acting alongside McAdams. The final years of his career were far from easy and Craven always longed to break outside the reputation of just being adept at horror films. But Red Eye was proof of why he’ll be forever tied to them, with the genre that we know today resting on his shoulders.