SpeakingEye
A rejoint déc. 2012
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Évaluation de SpeakingEye
NOES 3 sees the Freddy franchise return to its former glory. Learning the lessons from NOES 2, New Line then made up with Wes Craven and brought him back to the fold. Craven then led the writing process and invited first film favourite Heather Lankenkamp back in the lead role. The overall result is a superior level horror film.
NOES 3 works on so many levels. The cast characterisation is really well written with all the teenagers in the psychiatric hospital setting given enough time for the viewer to feel sympathy for them, especially when they meet their demise. Chief amongst these is Patricia Arquette who is the best thing about this film and really should have had the star billing. When you contrast Tuesday Knight's performance as Kristen in NOES 4 you realise just how good Arquette is in this film. Langenkamp is a sweet lead but is quite lightweight compared to Arquette and should have been pushed into adding more emotion when delivering her lines. Her best scene is with her estranged Father which showed how she could really act when she put her mind to it.
For a low budget horror the supporting cast is excellent. Craig Wasson as the lead Doctor, Patricia Pointer as the Director and Laurence Fishburne as the Nurse all add authority to the drama. The only shame is that Fishburne was not involved in the finale as he would have been an excellent opponent for Kreuger. Also present again is cult movie legend John Saxon who delivers his usual brooding presence with great authority.
The story has real depth and the Nun back story is sensitively handled with the viewer left to just imagine the horrors Kreuger's mother faced. Contrast this with NOES 5 which stupidly decided to graphically show all of this and left the viewer cold as a result.
Kreuger himself is still just about in his scary phase but you can start to see some of the silly one liners and gross out moments that plagued the rest of the series begin to creep in. The finale is genuinely touching and the closing moments with Arquette and Langenkamp perfectly played. There is the odd stupid scene to please the mostly male teenage fan base but that was part and parcel of 80s horror unfortunately.
Overall a great film and a credit to New Line films creative process.
NOES 3 works on so many levels. The cast characterisation is really well written with all the teenagers in the psychiatric hospital setting given enough time for the viewer to feel sympathy for them, especially when they meet their demise. Chief amongst these is Patricia Arquette who is the best thing about this film and really should have had the star billing. When you contrast Tuesday Knight's performance as Kristen in NOES 4 you realise just how good Arquette is in this film. Langenkamp is a sweet lead but is quite lightweight compared to Arquette and should have been pushed into adding more emotion when delivering her lines. Her best scene is with her estranged Father which showed how she could really act when she put her mind to it.
For a low budget horror the supporting cast is excellent. Craig Wasson as the lead Doctor, Patricia Pointer as the Director and Laurence Fishburne as the Nurse all add authority to the drama. The only shame is that Fishburne was not involved in the finale as he would have been an excellent opponent for Kreuger. Also present again is cult movie legend John Saxon who delivers his usual brooding presence with great authority.
The story has real depth and the Nun back story is sensitively handled with the viewer left to just imagine the horrors Kreuger's mother faced. Contrast this with NOES 5 which stupidly decided to graphically show all of this and left the viewer cold as a result.
Kreuger himself is still just about in his scary phase but you can start to see some of the silly one liners and gross out moments that plagued the rest of the series begin to creep in. The finale is genuinely touching and the closing moments with Arquette and Langenkamp perfectly played. There is the odd stupid scene to please the mostly male teenage fan base but that was part and parcel of 80s horror unfortunately.
Overall a great film and a credit to New Line films creative process.
