Predaprince wrote:Coughler wrote:I have never seen a Nightmare on Elm street movie but i plan to see this movie, mostly cause my gf wants to. So im going into it with nothing to compare it to.
Some of the sequels get pretty silly, but, if you are a fan of good horror films, then I highly suggest you see the first film, the second film, Wes Craven's New Nightmare (the seventh film), and Freddy vs. Jason. Those four films are, in my opinion, a must-see for anyone who watches any horror films.
Yeah in order...
-A Nightmare on Elm St. - Classic, great film a must see.
-A Nightmare on Elm St. 2: Freddy's Revenge - Fair sequel but honestly it had a parrot attack scene that ended up in a bird spontaniously combusting...its a decent flick but a step down from the original
-A Nightmare on Elm St. 3: Dream Warriors - The camp really starts kicking itself up a notch but its about as good as part 2 if only for the facts that Freddy is funny, and cool, the effects are better ad the concept of Dream Warriors is pretty cool.
-A Nightmare on Elm St. 4: The Dream Master - This is easily the beginning of the end of the series, as the level of camp just jumps off the scale. What was a horror series is now a comedy with undertones of horror. It's not completely aweful and even has some creepy scenes but you just know at this point the films are being written around the thought, "What can we do to give Freddy a funny line here.". I think this is the one that featured the sole head pizza. That really says it all.
-A Nightmare on Elm St. 5: The Dream Child - I'm sorry easily the worst of the films Freddy skateboarding? It's watchable but barely.
-Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare - The camp goes hog wild...Freddy uses the Nintendo Power Glove for a kill...I kid you not. But it gives us some interesting back round on Kruger and how he got this job of dream killer. BUT the weird idea of having a ghost town of Springwood with parents only (Freddy having killed all the children of Springwood) reads like a bad episode of the Nightmare on Elm St. series....actually there are no good episodes of The Series. Major props to Johnny Depp for coming back for a bit part.
-Wes Craven's New Nightmare - Some people just don't care for this film. Me I think its very clever...The Freddy Franchise is over but what no one knew is it captured creature an idea demon of sorts...an idea that was okay living in the film franchise, but with no new Freddy films where does a displaced idea demon go? Well it breaks through to the real world of course to take out the actress that orginally defeated Freddy in the first film. Clever stuff.
-Freddy vs Jason - The characters are secondary and not even remotely important their just there to be placed between these two manics. Basic plot people forgot Freddy...once he was forgotten he held no sway to get into their dreams...so Freddy drags Jason out of Hell and unleashes him on the teens of Elm St. to give them a good scare...the only problem is now Jason is killing Freddy's victims, which leads to the greatest match up since King Kong fought Godzilla. Honestly the two of them hacking away at each other is the centerpiece of this film...its a lot of fun.
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