Tag: Wes Craven
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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…
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Why Patricia Arquette Ditched The Freddy Franchise After A Nightmare On Elm Street 3
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.The “Nightmare on Elm Street” film series was a hotbed for emerging talent. Many of the directors in the franchise would go on to prolific or interesting careers. Chuck Russell, director of “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” would go on to make Hollywood…
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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,…
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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
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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…
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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…
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Two Sentences From Christopher Nolan Unlocked Oppenheimer For Cillian Murphy
Prior to July 21, 2023, you could’ve made a pretty solid case that Cillian Murphy is one of the most underrated actors working today. But now that Christoepher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has mushroomed across the cinematic landscape, there can be no doubt: Murphy is a staggeringly talented performer who, at the age of 47, has barely…
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Hidden Horror Gems of the 1980s: Terrifying Films That Go Beyond the Bloody Basics
There’s no denying that the 1980s were a phenomenal decade for horror movies. But take a stroll through any horror convention these days and you might leave convinced that it was the only decade for horror movies.In addition to standalone classics like “The Shining” and “The Thing,” the ‘80s saw the birth of virtually ever…
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‘Scream’s Ghostface Slashes Through Manhattan in a New Neca Figure
Start spreadin’ the news. Ghostface may have been struck down all over again in this year’s
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‘Scream 7′: Release Window, Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far
Few horror franchises, let alone film franchises in general, can claim to have the illustrious track record that the Scream films have. That fact is even more impressive, given that the original movie from 1996 was intended as a satire of the slasher sub-genre. In satirizing traditional tropes in Slashers, legendary horror filmmaker, Wes Craven…