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Wes Craven\u2019s New Nightmare\u00a0 <\/strong>(1994)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Line\/Horror\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 112 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (language, explicit horror violence and gore, frightening images, terror involving a child)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Wes Craven\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Wes Craven\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: J. Peter Robinson\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Cinematography: Mark Irwin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: October 14, 1994 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes, Tracy Middendorf, David Newsom, Fran Bennett, John Saxon, Wes Craven, Robert Shaye, Sara Risher, Sam Rubin, W. Earl Brown, Lin Shaye, Jessica Craven, Sandra Ellis Lafferty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $18 million (US)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating<\/strong>: ***\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I didn\u2019t really like Wes Craven\u2019s New Nightmare<\/strong> the first time I saw it. I knew what it was about when I went in and thought it was a clever idea. In short, the character of Freddy Krueger leaves the reel world and enters the real world to haunt the cast and crew of the NOES flicks. I admired its originality, but felt it came up short in execution. The audience at the pre-release screening I attended weren\u2019t into it either judging by their tepid reaction to the action onscreen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Well, I\u2019m a firm believer in giving certain movies a second chance and New Nightmare<\/strong> seemed like a worthy candidate. About ten years later, I sat down and rewatched it very closely. That time, it clicked with me. It\u2019s not a perfect film by any means. It\u2019s overlong and I don\u2019t like Freddy\u2019s makeover. For the first time, the character looks more artificial than frightening. What I do like is that returning writer-director Craven depicts him as more menacing than comical. He never intended Freddy to become a stand-up boogeyman. In New Nightmare<\/strong>, he\u2019s closer to who and what he was in the original 1984 movie. It\u2019s a decidedly more serious piece that addresses the issue of the effect that horror movies have on those who create them. This is NOT what Freddy fans were expecting which explains why it\u2019s the lowest-grossing film in the franchise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Typical of the series, New Nightmare<\/strong> opens with a nightmare. In this instance, it\u2019s actress Heather Langenkamp (Nancy from parts 1 and 3) dreaming about a horrific on-set incident in which Freddy\u2019s claws come to life and kill two crew members. Also present are her husband Chase (Newsom) and young son Dylan (Hughes, Kindergarten Cop). She wakes up to an earthquake, the latest in a series of shake-ups that have been plaguing Los Angeles. Adding to her stress is an obsessed fan that keeps phoning her and talking in a Freddy voice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0One day, Heather\u2019s called to New Line for a pitch meeting with studio head Robert Shaye (playing himself). It seems that Craven has written a new NOES film and wants Heather to reprise her famous role. She turns him down for several reasons, but mainly because Dylan has been behaving strangely as of late. He\u2019s becoming obsessed with Freddy, convinced that the evil figure is coming to get him. The kid gets more unstable after his father, who\u2019s secretly been working on the new Nightmare film, is killed in a car accident caused by Freddy\u2019s glove. He\u2019s terrified of going to sleep and suffers from frequent seizures. It eventually lands him in the hospital. Is he delusional or is Freddy really coming to get them both?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The answer to the latter, of course, is yes. What\u2019s most fascinating is how Freddy managed to cross over into reality. Craven (as himself) explains that it\u2019s the duty of the storyteller to keep the evil contained within the pages. Once it\u2019s complete, it can escape. In this instance, Freddy entered reality after the completion of the NOES series. He sees Heather as Nancy, the girl that defeated him in the first movie, and wants revenge. This actually sounds plausible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Craven\u2019s script shows great intelligence by not insulting that of the viewer. New Nightmare<\/strong> is that rare slasher flick where you have to use your brain. Any hack can put together a slasher flick and make it work on a very fundamental level. New Nightmare<\/strong> transcends the genre.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The cast delivers good performances across the board. Langenkamp has matured as an actress in the ten years since the first movie. Englund pulls double-duty as he plays both himself and his iconic character. The dichotomy between actor and character is fascinating. John Saxon (Nancy\u2019s dad from 1 & 3) also appears and is the subject of a neat little twist in the final act.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The visuals and special effects are quite good. I love the scene where Freddy appears above a freeway in pursuit of his young prey. There are a couple of decent gory killings including one that pays homage to a classic scene in the first movie. In fact, there are several nods to the first movie in New Nightmare<\/strong>. I also like how the ending draws on Hansel & Gretel. I think it\u2019s a bit too long, but at least it\u2019s never boring. The fact that it\u2019s original helps greatly. I can see why it\u2019s generated a small cult following in the 20 years since its initial release. I\u2019m so glad I decided to give it another chance. It really paid off.<\/p>\r\n Wes Craven\u2019s New Nightmare\u00a0 (1994)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Line\/Horror\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 112 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (language, explicit horror violence and gore, frightening images, terror involving a child)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Wes Craven\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Wes Craven\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: J. Peter Robinson\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Cinematography: Mark Irwin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: October 14, 1994 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes, Tracy Middendorf, David Newsom, Fran […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-horror","category-sequels-remakes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wes-Cravens-New-Nightmare-.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1130,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/1130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wes-Cravens-New-Nightmare-POSTER.jpg?resize=620%2C970&ssl=1\")
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