Seven entries deep into its franchise, “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” not only brought Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) back for more slicing and dicing, but the dream demon had more agency than previously allowed.
A more menacing antagonist than he was in Craven’s 1984 original “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” this Freddy reaches his bladed glove beyond Elm Street and the screen itself to wink at jaded audiences who, by 1994, are genre experts.”New Nightmare” is cognizant of the movies and of Freddy as a character; “Elm Street” heroine Heather Langenkamp and Craven play themselves, reckoning with the films that…The post The Budget Forced Wes Craven’s New Nightmare To Scrap A ‘Brilliant’ Robert Englund Scene appeared first on /Film.
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