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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When the trailer for Platinum Dunes ‘ remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street landed back in September we were given a little glimpse at the new look for one of the most iconic villains in horror – Freddy Krueger, played this time around by Jackie Earle Haley . At the time FilmShaft managed to blow up a still from the trailer which gave us a slightly clearer look at Freddy’s “more realistic” appearance as a burns victim, but somehow it still wasn’t the full reveal we’d been hoping for. Well today folks it’s time to get another look at everyone’s favourite crispy killer… ... Read Full Story
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by Fearless Young Orphan The 25-year anniversary of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (November 9, 1984) makes me feel incredibly old but cheerfully nostalgic (or maybe that's senility sneaking in on me). Perhaps one must be somewhere around the age of 40 to really appreciate NoES . I watched it again a few years ago and enjoyed it, but realized that what I was enjoying more was my memory of the good old days. Not that it's a bad movie, far from it. NoES is a solid, fun horror movie, more imaginative than most, with some unforgettable imagery. Still, it's not brilliant ... 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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Plot: Freddy Krueger has been forgotten by the kids on Elm Street. Their parents have feed them anti-dreaming pills, making Freddy a thing in the past. So Freddy resurrects Jason Voorhees and sends him to Elm Street to create havoc, making people think Kreuger did it. When Jason steals some kills from Freddy, the latter begins to fight the infamous hockey mask-wearing killer. Meanwhile, the group of teenagers stuck in the middle try to figure out how to get rid of Freddy. This all leads to a climatic battle at Camp Crystal Lake, which should leave all satisfied. Hotfile Links :- http://hotfile.com/dl/16203562/988d054/F.Vs.J.2003.part01.rar.html http://hotfile.com/dl/16203940/e567de7/F.Vs.J.2003.part02.rar.html http://hotfile.com/dl/16204130/c1e6082/F.Vs.J.2003.part03.rar.html ... Read Full Story
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This week on An Alan Smithee Podcast we celebrate Halloween with the first of two all-horror episodes! Our good movie is Night Of The Demon , released in 1957. Most film buffs will remember director Jacques Tourneur as the man behind noir classics such as Out Of The Past , most HORROR buffs will know him as one of the men behind RKO producer Val Lewton’s series of moody, subtle and atmospheric horror films of the 1940s. Tourneur directed such classic titles as Cat People and I Walked With A Zombie , which have the common feature of showing you zero to no monsters ... Read Full Story
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After much speculation and spending many hours in Photoshop trying to tweak still images from the trailer, we finally get a good look at what Freddy Krueger will look like in the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street. Although, the funny thing is that it’s not coming from New Line, but from… a toy? The [...]  
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Sure, it's only a toy, but if you're itching to get an idea of what Jackie Earle Haley will look like after Freddy Krueger gets his new face in "A Nightmare on Elm Street," Shock Till You Drop can help you out.  
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The quote above comes from Jackie Earle Haley, who will terrorize the nightmares of teens as Freddy Krueger in director Samuel Bayer's remake of the classic Wes Craven horror flick, "A Nightmare on Elm Street." It is a role that was previously brought to life by Robert Englund, who chews scenery with the best. "You know, [...]  
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Robert Englund is Dr. Andover in "Fear Clinic" on FEARnet.com Robert Englund has been involved in film and television for 35 years, other than his most famous creation, Freddy Krueger, he's been in television staples such as "Soap", "CHiPs", and "V" as well as movies like The Phantom of the Opera, Strangeland, and 2001 Maniacs. He's also been a director and is now an author with the release of his autobiography Hollywood Monster: A Walk...  
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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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