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...to show the amateurs how it's done.
After watching the mess of "Freddy's Dead" it's interesting to note that both Mike DeLuca and Rachel Talalay (who was on board from part 3) are missing. Wonder why...?
This only serves to show up just how bad their movie was compared to this. Wes Craven pre-empts his own movie 'Scream' by 2 years and does a 'post-modernising' of the whole Nightmare on Elm Street series.
Reworking the whole Nightmare concept and having the main actors and crew from the original 3 movies play themselves being terrorised by the demon manifestation of Freddy is inspired. As well as incorporating it into a dark and twisted version of an already dark and twisted fairytale.
Ranks 3rd in the Nightmare top 7, just because it shows that despite "Freddy's Dead", Freddy is still very much alive in the 90's; if handled right.
After watching the mess of "Freddy's Dead" it's interesting to note that both Mike DeLuca and Rachel Talalay (who was on board from part 3) are missing. Wonder why...?
This only serves to show up just how bad their movie was compared to this. Wes Craven pre-empts his own movie 'Scream' by 2 years and does a 'post-modernising' of the whole Nightmare on Elm Street series.
Reworking the whole Nightmare concept and having the main actors and crew from the original 3 movies play themselves being terrorised by the demon manifestation of Freddy is inspired. As well as incorporating it into a dark and twisted version of an already dark and twisted fairytale.
Ranks 3rd in the Nightmare top 7, just because it shows that despite "Freddy's Dead", Freddy is still very much alive in the 90's; if handled right.
...to go into the 90's, Freddy comes along for the ride.
Rachel Talalay started of as Line Producer (whatever that is?) back in Part 3. Now she takes on direction AND story writing. Not only that, New Line boss-type guy, Mike De Luca suddenly decides he'll have a go at writing screenplays. Needless to say after checking their credits they've not done a credible movie between them in any of these departments but you don't need me to tell you that, just check out this mess.
Freddy finally becomes the freakshow clown started in Part 4, sacrificing nearly all scaryness for so-called comedy. The film totally messes with the whole concept and mythology established in previous films and is just a lame excuse for a nineties installment and an attempt to end the licence due to waining popularity.
Even the gimmicky 3D finale is poorly executed and implemented and makes you wonder why they bothered: Freddy don't seem any more dead than usual.
Freddy's Dead?: Shame he went out in a low-budget pop and not the big budget bang he deserved in Part 3.
Rachel Talalay started of as Line Producer (whatever that is?) back in Part 3. Now she takes on direction AND story writing. Not only that, New Line boss-type guy, Mike De Luca suddenly decides he'll have a go at writing screenplays. Needless to say after checking their credits they've not done a credible movie between them in any of these departments but you don't need me to tell you that, just check out this mess.
Freddy finally becomes the freakshow clown started in Part 4, sacrificing nearly all scaryness for so-called comedy. The film totally messes with the whole concept and mythology established in previous films and is just a lame excuse for a nineties installment and an attempt to end the licence due to waining popularity.
Even the gimmicky 3D finale is poorly executed and implemented and makes you wonder why they bothered: Freddy don't seem any more dead than usual.
Freddy's Dead?: Shame he went out in a low-budget pop and not the big budget bang he deserved in Part 3.
Stephen (Predator 2, Lost In Space) Hopkins takes on this installment and adds some well needed creepiness after part 4's action-and-comedy-but-where's-the-horror turn.
Shame he doesn't add a decent plot to go with it.
As with part 4, there is none of the real blood and gore of the originals and Freddy plays for laughs rather than for scares. The film makes also the mistake of starting to tamper with the mythology set out in 1 and 3 and although the baby 'dreamstate' idea has potential it is wasted.
Fortunately, unlike Star Trek's so called "odd-number-curse", it seems Nightmare suffers from the dreaded "even-number-curse" as the worst is yet to come...
Shame he doesn't add a decent plot to go with it.
As with part 4, there is none of the real blood and gore of the originals and Freddy plays for laughs rather than for scares. The film makes also the mistake of starting to tamper with the mythology set out in 1 and 3 and although the baby 'dreamstate' idea has potential it is wasted.
Fortunately, unlike Star Trek's so called "odd-number-curse", it seems Nightmare suffers from the dreaded "even-number-curse" as the worst is yet to come...