Usually after 4 or 5 sequals to 80's horror movies, no one has hope left in each series, for example Friday the 13th, that series has stoked up 10 films to date (11 including Freddy Vs Jason), no one had faith left in that series, until they saw Jason X, yes people argue it's not a good movie, but i disagree, it breathed new life into a sadly dying franchise, made it cool again. This is indeed what happened to the Nightmare on Elm Street series....Wes Craven delivers his most original and most artistic film in recent years...this is the text that should appear if this film was re-released to todays audiences. This movie not only has a great storyline, great cast, great writer and director, but it also has what everyone doubted - truely scary and suspensfull scenes. I love these movies but i have to agree Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare took the biscuit so to speak, made Freddy even more of a joke. Who would have thought after that dredfull installment to the series that a film like this could be brought out starring this character who has been made a joke out of by past filmmakers. The plot is tight - when before has a filmmaker dared to bend the folk between fictional characters and the real life actors that played them. This movie does this brilliantly, the actors are top notch at playing themselves as well as there characters in the series. Heather Langenkamp is especially brilliant in this installment, this woman is one of the best actors who were around in hollywood at the time, why she didnt get as much work ill never know, i mean she's talented, she's beautiful and she doesnt get any work while at around the same time Pamela Anderson Lee was making a movie called Barbwire (Beautiful but bad actress in my opinion).
This movie is light on gore and blood which gives it a more suspensful and atmospheric theme - we enjoy this suspense and atmosphere more than we enjoy the blood and gore in this movie. Freddy is also very scary again which i though before this movie was released would never happen. I mean im only 16 now so you can probably work out how long ive been watching these movies, Friday the 13th, Halloween and Child's play movies. Id rather sit and watch a Freddy, Jason, Michael or Chucky movie instead of some of todays stuff that gets released. I praise Wes Craven for bringing us this movie, i just love it, my favourite in the Nightmare series so far. If you want a truely scary film, great acting, great storyline and great filmmaking then this is a great movie to sit in and watch with your girlfriend. The music is top notch as well, Wes Cravens score in this movie is one of the best he has done. Anyone who disliked the previous movies has to see this one, it will change your whole outlook on these movies and how they can be brought back from the brink of destruction.
This movie is light on gore and blood which gives it a more suspensful and atmospheric theme - we enjoy this suspense and atmosphere more than we enjoy the blood and gore in this movie. Freddy is also very scary again which i though before this movie was released would never happen. I mean im only 16 now so you can probably work out how long ive been watching these movies, Friday the 13th, Halloween and Child's play movies. Id rather sit and watch a Freddy, Jason, Michael or Chucky movie instead of some of todays stuff that gets released. I praise Wes Craven for bringing us this movie, i just love it, my favourite in the Nightmare series so far. If you want a truely scary film, great acting, great storyline and great filmmaking then this is a great movie to sit in and watch with your girlfriend. The music is top notch as well, Wes Cravens score in this movie is one of the best he has done. Anyone who disliked the previous movies has to see this one, it will change your whole outlook on these movies and how they can be brought back from the brink of destruction.