A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection [7 Film] [DVD] [1984] [2011]

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The film was first introduced to the home video market by Media Home Entertainment in early 1985 and was eventually released on Laserdisc. It has since been released on DVD, first in 1999 in the United States as part of the Nightmare on Elm Street Collection box set (along with the other six sequels), and once again in a restored Infinifilm special edition in 2006, containing various special features with contributions from Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon and the director of photography. Fleming, Michael (January 29, 2008). "New Line sets up new 'Nightmare' ". Variety. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008 . Retrieved January 29, 2008.

A Nightmare on Elm Street includes commentary by Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, and Jacques Haktin. About halfway through the film, when Nancy is trying to stay awake, a scene from Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead appears on a television. Craven decided to include the scene because Raimi had featured a Hills Have Eyes (Craven, 1977) poster in The Evil Dead. In return, Raimi featured a Freddy Krueger glove in the workshed scene of Evil Dead II, and later in Ash vs Evil Dead. [61] Who’s the final girl/boy? Aside from Jesse as a male scream queen, the other survivor in the film is his neighbor and friend Lisa (Kim Myers, a total Meryl Streep lookalike). She’s smart and fun and Myers plays her well, although Jesse’s supposed crush on her comes across more like confused repression than anything else. On April 13, 2010, the film was released on Blu-ray Disc by Warner Home Video, [81] with all the same extras from the 2006 special edition; [82] a DVD box set containing all of the films up to that point was released on the same day. [83] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ]Orange, B. Alan (August 6, 2015). " 'Nightmare on Elm Street' Is Getting Remade Again". Movieweb . Retrieved September 20, 2015. Craven said he wanted someone very non-Hollywood for the role of Nancy, and he believed Langenkamp met this quality. [20] Langenkamp, who had appeared in several commercials and a TV film, had taken time off from her studies at Stanford to continue acting. Eventually she landed the role of Nancy Thompson after an open audition, beating out more than 200 actresses. [3] Langenkamp was already known to Anette Benson as she had auditioned for Night of the Comet and The Last Starfighter previously, losing out to Catherine Mary Stewart at both occasions. Demi Moore, Courteney Cox, Tracey Gold, and Jennifer Grey have all been rumoured to have auditioned for A Nightmare on Elm Street, but Benson definitely ruled out Moore and Cox while also being unsure of Gold and Grey. [39] Langenkamp returned as Nancy in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and also played a fictionalized version of herself in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994). [40] [41] Here are all nine of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” films ranked. Read on to find the movie of your wildest dreams. A Nightmare on Elm Street: Warner Wednesday: Film of the Day". WarnerBros.com. Warner Bros. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019 . Retrieved September 30, 2019. Michael Gingold (September 21, 2009). "Exclusive promo art, comments on Nightmare docu Never Sleep Again". Fangoria. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009 . Retrieved September 22, 2009.

Australian Classification Board. "NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, A(35MM)". www.classification.gov.au. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017 . Retrieved February 27, 2017. Ramsay Brothers (February 11, 1994). Mahakaal[ The Monster] (motion picture) (in Hindi). India: Mondo Macabro. Bob Italia (1992). The Nightmares on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Abdo & Daughters Publishing. p.64. ISBN 1-56239-158-5.A Nightmare on Elm Street (18)". British Board of Film Classification. May 28, 1985. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016 . Retrieved September 4, 2016. JohnnyDeppMoviesList.org. "Johnny Depp A Nightmare on Elm Street". Johnny Depp Movies List. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015 . Retrieved February 21, 2015.

While the successes of Carpenter's 'Halloween' and Cunningham's 'Friday the 13th' arguably opened the doors for Craven's vision to be realized, 'Nightmare' stood as a unique and terrifying revelation to the latest cliché-ridden craze sweeping low-budget horror — sexually-promiscuous teens meet their demise in savagely gory fashion. Eventually spawning a franchise loved by many, the original not only used many of the same characteristics as previous movies but also expanded upon them by taking the dark, brooding psychopath into the one place we normally feel the safest — our dreams. Equipped with a basis in reality and several other inspirations, Craven's 'Nightmare' furthermore brought some interesting features that make it stand out amongst others in the subgenre, revealing a smart and clever horror film.

1. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)

Not to be confused with A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection, A Nightmare on Elm Street 8 Film Collection, and The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection. Joseph A. Ziemba (August 20, 2013). "Satan's Bed (1984)". Bleeding Skull!. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019 . Retrieved September 28, 2019. The film's villain, Freddy Krueger, is drawn from Craven's early life. One night, a young Craven saw an elderly man walking on the sidepath outside the window of his home. The man stopped to glance at a startled Craven and walked off. This served as the inspiration for Krueger. [20] Initially, Fred Krueger was intended to be a child molester, but Craven eventually characterized him as a child murderer to avoid being accused of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestation cases that occurred in California around the time of the film's production. [18] On Freddy's nature, Craven states that "in a sense, Freddy stands for the worst of parenthood and adulthood – the dirty old man, the nasty father and the adult who wants children to die rather than help them prosper. He's the boogey man and the worst fear of children – the adult that's out to get them. He's a very primal figure, sort of like Kronos devouring his children – that evil, twisted, perverted father figure that wants to destroy and is able to get them at their most vulnerable moment, which is when they're asleep!". [27] Another troubling aspect of 'Freddy's Revenge' is the removal of a central female protagonist. On the surface, it seems like a silly notion to gripe about, but as this movie proves, watching one's dream violated by a child murderer is more terrifyingly effective with a character like Nancy. With Jesse, the story carries an underlying implication of homoeroticism and a teen struggling with sexual identity. Much of this goes in line with the plot's psychological element and one prominent scene showing Jesse unable to be affectionate with Lisa (Kim Myers). The whole affair simply takes away from the movie's fear factor and is worsen by the idea that Nancy's former house contains the ghost of Freddy Kruger. In the end, the sequel is really the least memorable of the 'Nightmare' franchise. (Movie Rating: 2/5) More work was done for Freddy's boiler room than made it into the film; the film crew constructed a whole sleeping place for Freddy, showing that he was quite a hobo, an outcast and reject from society, living and sleeping where he worked, and surrounding himself with naked Barbie dolls and other things as a showcase of his fantasies and perversions. This place was supposed to be where he forged his glove and abducted and murdered his victims. [39] [57]

Hopeless Chest (SD, 4 min) — After a few words on the pizza gag, viewers are given a closer look at the special effects behind the spectacular ending.Squires, John (September 28, 2017). "Robert Englund Wants Kevin Bacon to Play Freddy Krueger!". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved February 16, 2019. Steve Biodrowski (October 15, 2008). "Wes Craven on Dreaming Up Nightmares". Cinefantastique Online. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010 . Retrieved March 15, 2020.