Nightmare on Elm Street

Nightmare on Elm Street

Nightmare on Elm Street is the classic horror film featuring Freddy Krueger, the murderous psychopath with fingers for knives that lives in your dreams. The film franchise has gone on for way too long, but Nightmare on Elm Street was the... [more]

Nightmare on Elm Street is the classic horror film featuring Freddy Krueger, the murderous psychopath with fingers for knives that lives in your dreams. The film franchise has gone on for way too long, but Nightmare on Elm Street was the first, and arguably best film. It was directed by Wes Craven and is scheduled to be remade in 2009.

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Gloves and Mitts This official Freddy Krueger Nightmare on Elm Street glove fits on your right hand. The knifes are made of vinyl but they look real. Click here for your special online price Tags: Accessories & Makeup Read Full Story
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Jackie Earle Haley Could Be Sinestro In WB/DC's The Green Lantern Back in October we reported that Jackie Earle Haley was possibly going to play Sinestro in Martin Campbell’s The Green Lantern , though it was later revealed Haley hadn’t even heard of the part at the time. Now HitFix is reporting that Haley is the front-runner to play one of the main Green Lantern series characters Sinestro. “And I’m hearing that based on the relationship they have with him from Watchmen and A Nightmare On Elm Street, Jackie Earle Haley is the only choice for Sinestro by the studio.” The site also went ... Read Full Story
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A Nightmare on Elm Street [Blu-ray] Reviews Other products by New Line Home Video Ratting 4.5 Out of 5.0 Special Offer Total New 1 Total Use 0 Read More From Here Now Amazon.com "1, 2, Freddy’s coming for you." And here he is, phantom fiend Freddy Krueger in all his razor-fingered infamy. Wes Craven (Scream movies) directs this trendsetting first in the slash-hit series. The premise is simple: Freddy (Robert Englund) homicidally haunts the sleep of Elm Street teens. The results are terrifying and mind-blowingly innovative. There’s another film debut too: Johnny Depp. He plays the ready steady of the hottie mcsmarty (Heather Langenkamp) ... Read Full Story
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If you’ve purchased Warner Home Video’s The Final Destination and you live in the States, then you’ll be treated to a lot more than you bargained for! Included in the package is an exclusive behind the scenes look at what is arguably this year’s most anticipated horror release – the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street! Including footage that seems to be from the San Diego Comic Con, and interviews with Jackie Earle Haley (Freddie Krueger) and Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller , it’s a quick but interesting watch for horror fans. Check it out in all it’s gory glory below, courtesy of ... Read Full Story
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Getty Images A trailer of the new A Nightmare on Elm Street movie debuted on MySpace today, giving horror buffs a little something to hold onto for the the next 7 months. The remake of the 1984 flick doesn't hit theaters until April 30, 2010, but there has been plently of buzz around what's to come. "I think this Freddy's going to be a little darker, a little bit more serious, a little more scary," Jackie Earle Haley , who plays the new Freddy Krueger, said.   Jackie Eare Haley is the new Freddy Krueger. (Getty Images) The actor said it took 3 hours ... Read Full Story
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London, Feb 3 (ANI): Wes Craven’s disfigured child killer Freddy Krueger is the ultimate horror villain, says a new poll. The A Nightmare On Elm Street baddie terrorised Johnny Depp in the original 1984 picture. The bad guy topped a survey by SFX magazine, ahead of Pinhead from the Hellraiser movie series and murderous Michael Myers [...]  
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For more than two decades, Freddy Krueger has terrorized children and teenagers by stalking them in their dreams with his burned, disfigured face and razor gloved arms. Soon, however, he'll be bringing horror on Bones.  
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While Nightmare on Elm Street fans will have to deal with an entirely new Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) on April 30, 2010, when the remake hits theaters...  
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Poor Joey Crusel is just another teen that wants to get laid, but unfortunately for him, Freddy Krueger refuses to leave his wet dreams alone. Playboy Playmate Hope Marie Carlton replaces Stacey Alden as Krueger's sexy bait, that turns out to be fatal for the Dream Warrior's survivor in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Carlton went on to appear nude in the films Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College, Slumber Party Massacre...  
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In a new interview with Sci-Fi Wire Jackie Earle Haley (Freddy Krueger) talks about the recent A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot reshoots saying "We did do some re-shoots over the Christmas holidays, and I feel really good about that", when pushed for ...  
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I did recieve your E-mails and yes I realize we missed Tuesday Knight in Part 4 of our Women of Elm Street Nude series... Shame on us! Knight of course played Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and got naked in the 1995 Alicia Silverstone flick The Babysitter. I also didn't realize Knight is still working today and has made appearances on some of my favorite TV shows; Veronica Mars (Tracy Holden 3 episodes, 2006...  
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Here is a horror team up I never thought I would see -- Freddy Krueger and Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. According to TV Guide Robert Englund will be playing a creepy custodian on an upcoming, "slasher-themed episode" of David Boreanaz's TV show Bones. "The story finds jaded Brennan (Emily Deschanel) planning to skip her high school reunion, until a murder sends her and Booth (Boreanaz) to the scene to investigate."  
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A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American horror film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first film in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film features John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund and Johnny Depp in his feature film debut. Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Springwood, Ohio, the plot revolves around several teenagers being terrorized in their nightmares by the ghost of a serial child murderer named Freddy Krueger.

Craven produced Nightmare on Elm Street on an estimated budget of just $1.8 million, a sum the film earned back during its first week.[2] Grossing $25.5 million at the United States box office, Nightmare on Elm Street has become one of the most popular entries in the horror genre and the film's villain "Freddy Krueger" has become one of the most well recognized villains in cinema history. Both critics and Craven have mentioned that the film owes some of its success to John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), which was hugely influential in spawning a long line of slasher films and originating many clichés found in low-budget horror films of the 1980s and 1990s.

The film's premise is the question of where the line between dreams and reality lies. The villain, Freddy Krueger (addressed as Fred Krueger in the movie), thus exists in the "dream world" yet can kill in the "real world". Sequels to the original would continue to blur the distinction between dream and reality before finally challenging the line between art and reality by showing Heather Langenkamp, playing a fictionalized version of herself, haunted by the villain of a series of films she has starred in. Critics encouraged and praised the film's ability to rupture "the boundaries between the imaginary and real", toying with audience perceptions. Some movie historians interpreted this overriding theme as a social subtext, "the struggles of adolescents in American society",and their overwhelming need to confront "the harsh realities of life."

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