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Amazingly original and creepy horror film.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Robert Englund in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Kim Myers and Mark Patton in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger in Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Jackie Earle Haley in A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Richard Brooker, Frank Mancuso Jr., and Steve Miner in Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982)

Every kid knows who Freddy is. He's like Santa Claus... or King Kong or...

Heather Langenkamp in New Nightmare (1994)

Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, and Miko Hughes in New Nightmare (1994)

Heather Langenkamp

Robert Englund

Jf Davis

Wes Craven

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

Wes Craven&apos;s New Nightmare

Worth staying awake for

The original &apos;A Nightmare on Elm Street&apos; is still to me one of the scariest and best horror films there is, as well as a truly great film in its own right and introduced us to one of the genre&apos;s most iconic villains in Freddy Krueger. It is always difficult to do a sequel that lives up to a film as good as &apos;A Nightmare on Elm Street&apos; let alone one to be on the same level.

After the &apos;A Nightmare on Elm Street&apos; series showed signs of severe fatigue, that it was suggestive of the series being completely dead, original director Wes Craven makes a welcome return and brings new, fresh life to the series. &apos;New Nightmare&apos; may not be as good as the original, none of the follow-ups are (though two of the previous sequels, the third and fourth, were good), but it is the best of the follow-ups since the third and is one of the best in the series. 

&apos;New Nightmare&apos; has its faults. Its biggest one is the ending, it is just ridiculous and jars tonally with the rest of the film, which took a darker and more serious direction (perhaps more so than the original). Count me in as another person who didn&apos;t care for Freddy&apos;s look here, it looks rather goofy and doesn&apos;t do Robert Englund&apos;s creepy performance and the way Freddy&apos;s written justice. 

Heather Langenkamp also seemed a bit bland and seemed rather anaemic for a character written more dramatically than previously. 

On the other hand, &apos;New Nightmare&apos; looks very atmosphere and made with a good deal of style and slickness. The production design has a suitably nightmarish look and the special effects are great and perhaps superior to the original&apos;s. The music score is haunting.

The writing may lack the one-liners seen before, but the more serious direction the dialogue took was appreciated after the fifth and sixth films did such a poor job with the one-liners and comedy. The dialogue isn&apos;t mind-blowing but it flows decently and intrigues at least. The semi-documentary-style adopted for some of the film is very interesting, making for one of the most original ideas of the follow-ups and the series overall too, while still delivering on the shocks, suspense and creepiness. 

Despite the goofy look for Freddy, Englund is very creepy and even with not much screen time he burns long in the memory. 

In summary, one of the series&apos; better entries and worth staying awake for. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Home Video Trailer from Warner Home Video

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The original 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is still to me one of the scariest and best horror films there is, as well as a truly great film in its own right and introduced us to one of the genre's most iconic villains in Freddy Krueger. It is always difficult to do a sequel that lives up to a film as good as 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' let alone one to be on the same level.

After the 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' series showed signs of severe fatigue, that it was suggestive of the series being completely dead, original director Wes Craven makes a welcome return and brings new, fresh life to the series. 'New Nightmare' may not be as good as the original, none of the follow-ups are (though two of the previous sequels, the third and fourth, were good), but it is the best of the follow-ups since the third and is one of the best in the series. 

'New Nightmare' has its faults. Its biggest one is the ending, it is just ridiculous and jars tonally with the rest of the film, which took a darker and more serious direction (perhaps more so than the original). Count me in as another person who didn't care for Freddy's look here, it looks rather goofy and doesn't do Robert Englund's creepy performance and the way Freddy's written justice. 

Heather Langenkamp also seemed a bit bland and seemed rather anaemic for a character written more dramatically than previously. 

On the other hand, 'New Nightmare' looks very atmosphere and made with a good deal of style and slickness. The production design has a suitably nightmarish look and the special effects are great and perhaps superior to the original's. The music score is haunting.

The writing may lack the one-liners seen before, but the more serious direction the dialogue took was appreciated after the fifth and sixth films did such a poor job with the one-liners and comedy. The dialogue isn't mind-blowing but it flows decently and intrigues at least. The semi-documentary-style adopted for some of the film is very interesting, making for one of the most original ideas of the follow-ups and the series overall too, while still delivering on the shocks, suspense and creepiness. 

Despite the goofy look for Freddy, Englund is very creepy and even with not much screen time he burns long in the memory. 

In summary, one of the series' better entries and worth staying awake for. 7/10 Bethany Cox

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