Tag: A Nightmare on Elm Street

  • A Deleted Moment In A Nightmare On Elm Street Could Have Gotten The Entire Movie Scrapped

    A Deleted Moment In A Nightmare On Elm Street Could Have Gotten The Entire Movie Scrapped

    Early in Wes Craven’s 1984 horror film “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” the character of Tina (Amanda Wyss) has a violent dream about the demonic, blade-handed Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). Freddy has been stalking the dreams of all the neighborhood teens, and the nightmares are so vivid that they fear for their lives. Tina dreams…

  • Sleep Review: Scary Sleepwalking Habits Haunt A Marriage In This Heartfelt Thriller [Fantastic Fest 2023]

    Sleep Review: Scary Sleepwalking Habits Haunt A Marriage In This Heartfelt Thriller [Fantastic Fest 2023]

    Marriage is all about trust, about knowing the person sleeping next to you and knowing you’re safe. But what happens when that trust is broken — when out of nowhere you realize you don’t know this person, and they might hurt you one day?That is the premise of “Sleep,” the feature debut by Jason Yu,…

  • Akira Kurosawa Accidentally Invented the Blood Geyser

    Akira Kurosawa Accidentally Invented the Blood Geyser

    There’s hardly a limit to the number of masterpieces filmmaking legend Akira Kurosawa has in his expansive oeuvre, but even his mistakes only further served to reveal his cinematic genius, evident in 1962’s Sanjuro when he accidentally invented the blood geyser! For horror fans, A Nightmare on Elm Street is probably the best example of…

  • Here’s Where You Can Watch Every A Nightmare On Elm Street Movie

    Here’s Where You Can Watch Every A Nightmare On Elm Street Movie

    We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.Although Wes Craven’s 1984 film “A Nightmare on Elm Street” marathons are common around Halloween, and steamrolling through all nine extant “Nightmare” films is an experience the series’ fans have likely forced themselves through at least once. Having done it,… Read full article

  • A Nightmare On Elm Street Ending Explained: Sins Of The Mother

    A Nightmare On Elm Street Ending Explained: Sins Of The Mother

    Wes Craven was inspired to write his 1984 horror hit “A Nightmare on Elm Street” after a real-life case of what was called Sudden Unexplained Death Syndrome that, according to several articles in the Los Angeles Times, was afflicting America’s Hmong refugee population. People would suffer from horrifying nightmares and soon became afraid to fall…

  • Wes Craven Takes a Fresh Look at Zombies in This Forgotten Horror

    Wes Craven Takes a Fresh Look at Zombies in This Forgotten Horror

    Wes Craven left one hell of a film legacy behind him. He is best remembered for starting a number of very subversive horror franchises, namely A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, which bucked the trends of the genre by blending humor and meta-commentary into the framework of traditional teen horror. His earlier work left…

  • Why Kelly Rowland’s Controversial Freddy Vs Jason Line Is Still Debated 20 Years Later

    Why Kelly Rowland’s Controversial Freddy Vs Jason Line Is Still Debated 20 Years Later

    Slasher films are known for their one-liners, both the badass and the embarrassing. Dr. Loomis in the “Halloween” series, Freddy Krueger in the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” series, Ghostface in the numerous “Scream” flicks, Pinhead in the “Hellraiser” films, and just about everything Chucky has ever said throughout his franchise have all birthed quotes…

  • How Paranormal Activity Prepared Jason Blum For The Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie

    How Paranormal Activity Prepared Jason Blum For The Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie

    From “A Nightmare on Elm Street” to “Friday the 13th,” “Hellraiser” to “Child’s Play (aka Chucky),” ’80s horror fans love a long-running franchise. While the 21st century doesn’t have as many lengthy horror franchises per capita as the 1980s does, it still has a decent amount — and most of those are thanks to the…

  • What’s New on Max in August 2023

    What’s New on Max in August 2023

    If you have the end-of-summer blues, Max has your back this August with over a hundred films being added to the service including all seven movies in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise as well as the 2010 remake starring Rooney Mara and Jackie Earle Haley. August will also bring Steven Soderbergh’s entire Ocean‘s…

  • The ‘Hatchet’ Movies Do This Better Than Any Other Horror Franchise

    The ‘Hatchet’ Movies Do This Better Than Any Other Horror Franchise

    Adam Green’s Hatchet has perhaps one of the most impactful and appropriate taglines in recent memory: “Old School American Horror.” It does exactly what it says on the tin, paying playful and loving homage to the great slashers of the 1980s, such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. This simple tagline…