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DJPowWow

aka: "Wes Craven's New Nightmare"

Sort of an interesting transitional film for Wes Craven, as it comes at the tail-end of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series, but its meta, self-aware nature pre-dated his later "Scream" films.

8 years 7 months ago

Torgo

Interesting gimmick idea for a film, but my God does it get annoying.

8 years 11 months ago

mrpinbert

Neat concept but poor execution. It´s greatest flaw being that the film already goes up to eleven in the beginning with the Freddy stuff. Leaving little room for interpretation, second guesses, or building up suspense. However there are a couple of scenes that are kinda cool with the highlight being the scene spoiler

8 years 5 months ago

Olli

next to the first one this is my favorite... i really like this kind of concept

12 years 4 months ago

Thief

Great premise, neatly executed through most of the film... but awful last half hour.

14 years 7 months ago

Siskoid

I love the kind of meta shit that Wes Craven's New Nightmare serves up on a bloody platter, and I'm almost sorry that I couldn't have amnesia and see it without the benefit of knowing what it was about. What a great surprise it would have been. Basically, as the movie we're watching is being written, things start to take a dark turn for scream queen Heather Langenkamp (surely her best performance in the franchise) - a crazed Freddy fan keeps calling, everyone associated with the franchise is having terrible dreams, and her kid is having the worse of all. Then, people start dying. Freddy hasn't been this scary since the original, more a partial presence than a dude in a rubber mask who can be hit and humiliated (like Craven's other monster, about to premiere, Ghostface). Though he's that too, in the third act, when Heather gives in to the "film" and becomes Nancy once more. In New Nightmare, Craven says everything he wants to say about his dream demon, locking in one final bit of lore, and about his experience making horror films. It's darker, but the meta element create the humor we associate with Elm Street. Very cool, ballsy stuff.

5 months 3 weeks ago

shitmovies

The beginning was probably forced on him by the studio and really ruins the setup. Otherwise it's a great intertextual flick that has more going on than just 'meta' for 'meta's sake.

1 year 7 months ago

jktomas

The most original concept for a movie. EVER!
For casual horror fans (like myself) I recommend to watch only this and the original. Watch Cinemassacre's Monster Madness to catch up with the rest of the series.

11 years 6 months ago