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Freddy's Nightmares
Each week "Freddy's Nightmares" told a different story of a dark rooted and/or grim nature that took place in the fictitious town of Springwood, Ohio, and in particular, on Elm Street; the same setting as the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" films. Though the Freddy Krueger character would occasionally play a part in the plot, most of the stories did not involve him (it was, however, often hinted that Krueger indirectly influenced the desolate nature of the plotlines).
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Wes Craven returned to the "Nightmare" series a third time with "New Nightmare" in 1994. This film focuses on a fictional "reality", where Craven, Langenkamp, and Englund all play themselves, and where the character of Freddy Krueger is really an evil entity that has been trapped in the realm of fiction by all the movies that have been made. Since the movies have stopped, the entity, which likes being Freddy Krueger, is trying to escape into the real world. The only person in its way is Heather Langenkamp, who the entity sees as "Nancy" – the first person who defeated him. Craven explains to Langenkamp the only way to keep the entity contained is for her to "play Nancy one last time". Langenkamp pursues "Krueger", who has kidnapped her son, into the dream world as "Nancy". There, she and her son trap Krueger in a furnace until he is finally destroyed. In 2003, New Line pitted "Friday the 13th's" Jason Voorhees against Freddy Krueger. The film, "Freddy vs. Jason", explains that Freddy Krueger has grown weak as people in Springwood, his home, have suppressed their fear of him. Freddy, who is impersonating Pamela Voorhees, the mother of Jason Voorhees, sends Jason (Ken Kirzinger) to Springwood to cause panic and fear. Jason accomplishes this, but refuses to stop killing. A battle ensues in both the dream world and Crystal Lake between the two villains. The winner is left ambiguous, as Jason surfaces from the lake holding Freddy's severed head, which winks and laughs.
Freddy's Favorites: The Best of A Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy's Favorites: Best of A Nightmare on Elm Street is a soundtrack album for the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. It features "the best" of the soundtracks from the first six "Elm Street" films.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Introduced in the 1984 original film, Nancy is the first person to battle Freddy Krueger and survive. In "" (1987), she guides the last of the Elm Street children in their battle against Freddy. In "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" (1994), Langenkamp must become Nancy once again to put an end to an entity embodying Freddy in the "real world". The character also appears in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" expanded universe, appearing in the comic book series, novels, video games and the 2010 reboot.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
For the remake, Freddy was brought back to his darker roots and away from the comical character he had become in later "A Nightmare on Elm Street" sequels. Fuller pointed out that this Freddy did have one-liners but they come from a darker sense of humor and were not intended to be as campy as in previous films. Craven's original characterization of Freddy as a child molester was used because if Freddy killed children, as in the original, it would have been easy for the teenage characters to figure out using the Internet what had happened. In an effort to keep the story fresh, Heisserer developed the concept of micro-naps because the dream-reality sequences could become repetitive. The micro-nap allowed them to "blur reality and the dream world, and get some great scares".
A Nightmare on Drug Street
A Nightmare on Drug Street is a 1989 direct-to-video anti-drug short film directed by Traci Wald Donat. The film introduces three young characters, Felipe (Raymond Cruz), Jill (Joleen Lutz), and Eddie (Adam Jeffries), who are now dead. They each died at around the same time, and now exist only as spirits in some sort of dark purgatory. The cause of their respective deaths is that they each made the mistake of getting involved with drugs, a decision they now regret. The three then proceed to narrate each other's stories about how and why they got involved with drugs, and how it ultimately led to their untimely endings.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 55% approval rating and an average rating of 5.1 out of 10 based on 29 reviews. Upon its release, critic Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times" praised the story line, performances, and special effects, stating that the film "is by far the best of the series, a superior horror picture that balances wit and gore with imagination and intelligence. It very effectively mirrors the anxieties of the teen-age audience for which it is primarily intended." Thomas then went on to commend Wilcox's portrayal of Alice, stating, "It matters not to Freddy that these kids' parents had nothing to do with his torching. In essence, however, the film is about how a shy, lovely teenager named Alice (Lisa Wilcox) with a widowed alcoholic father gradually gathers the courage to assert herself in taking on Freddy—and in the process wins the love of the handsomest boy (Danny Hassel) in her school. If the nightmare sequences are impressive with their Inferno-like images, the film's young cast is no less so. Nightmare 4 provides Wilcox with an exceptionally challenging screen debut." While criticizing the plot for being derivative of the previous films, critic John H. Richardson of "Los Angeles Daily News" eulogized the film's special effects as "downright brilliant, matching and even improving on the amazing effects in "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors"."The music score was composed by Craig Safan.
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In March 1981, at Springwood, Ohio, Tina Gray awakens from a nightmare wherein she is attacked by a disfigured man wearing a blade-fixed glove. Her mother points out four mysterious slashes on her nightgown. The following morning she is consoled by her best friend, Nancy Thompson, and Nancy's boyfriend, Glen Lantz. The two stay at Tina's house when Tina's mother goes out of town, but their sleepover is interrupted by Tina's boyfriend, Rod Lane. When Tina falls asleep, she dreams of being chased by the disfigured man. Rod is awoken by Tina's thrashing and sees her dragged and fatally slashed by an unseen force; he flees as Nancy and Glen awaken to find Tina bloodied and dead.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy in the previous eight films, voiced his support of the remake and the casting of Haley in the role of Freddy. "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was officially released in North America on April 30, 2010, and later released in foreign markets on May 8, 2010. The film was met with negative reviews from both film critics and audience members who scored the film a C+ in CinemaScore polls. Regardless, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" broke the record for midnight openings for a horror film and grossed more in its opening weekend than the total gross of four other "Nightmare on Elm Street" films. The film earned over $63 million at the domestic box office and over $115
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Craven originally planned for the film to have a more evocative ending: Nancy kills Krueger by ceasing to believe in him, then awakens to discover that everything that happened in the film was an elongated nightmare. However, New Line leader Robert Shaye demanded a twist ending, in which Krueger disappears and all seems to have been a dream, only for the audience to discover that it was a dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream. Both a happy ending and a twist ending were filmed, but the final film used the twist ending. As a result, Craven who never wanted the film to be an ongoing franchise, did not work on the first sequel, "" (1985). Production wrapped in late July, and the film was rushed to get ready for its November release.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
In a June 9, 2009 interview, Craven, who directed the original movie and was not consulted for the remake, expressed displeasure with the new film. In contrast, Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy throughout the film series, felt it was time for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" to be remade. Englund liked the idea of being able to "exploit the dreamscape" with computer-generated imagery and other technologies that did not exist when Craven made the original in 1984. Bayer believes that his film paid homage to what Craven did in 1984, but did not replicate it entirely. Bayer recognized that Craven attempted to put more meaning into his films and that the character of Freddy Krueger affected the lives of a generation of people. For Bayer, remaking "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was about bringing that feeling to a new generation with a new spin on the character and story.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" contains many biographical elements from director Wes Craven's childhood. The basis of the film was inspired by several newspaper articles printed in the "Los Angeles Times" in the 1970s about Southeast Asian refugees, who, after fleeing to the United States because of war and genocide in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, suffered disturbing nightmares and refused to sleep. Some of the men died in their sleep soon after. Medical authorities called the phenomenon Asian Death Syndrome. The condition afflicted men between the ages of 19 and 57 and was believed to be sudden unexplained death syndrome or Brugada syndrome or both. The 1970s pop song "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright sealed the story for Craven, giving him not only an artistic setting to jump off from, but a synthesizer riff for the movie soundtrack. Craven has also stated that he drew some inspiration for the film from Eastern religions.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Nancy returned in "Nightmares on Elm Street", a canonical six-issue comic book series published by Innovation Comics from 1991 to 1992. In the story, Nancy teams up with several other characters from the film series, including Neil Gordon, Jacob Johnson and Alice Johnson, to fight Freddy in his nightmare world. The events of this series were meant to fill in the time period between the "" and "" films. The series was written by Andy Mangels. The first two issues of the story explain to the readers about Nancy's life in between parts one and three. After the events of part one, Nancy had been sent to an institution by her father until she was "rational" again. Around the time she was in college after she was released, her father sold 1428 Elm Street to the Walsh family in "". In college, she studied psychology and sleep disorders, and made two friends in her roommates Cybil Houch and Priscilla Martin. After Nancy was fatally wounded by Freddy at the end of part three, Kristen had dreamed her soul into the Beautiful Dream, the good side of the dream world, where Nancy now acts as its agent as Freddy acts as an agent for the nightmare realm. In the story, Freddy begins targeting Cybil and Priscilla in an attempt to get to Nancy. He actually succeeds in killing Priscilla and Cybil's husband, James, before Nancy rescues Cybil. She is then reunited with Neil Gordon and the three of them realize that it might be impossible to fully destroy Freddy since he is pure evil, but it is possible to weaken him. Freddy is stopped and weakened by the dream-selves of unborn children, such as Cybil's unborn daughter, in a realm in the Beautiful Dream. The next four issues, titled "Loose Ends", deals with the characters from previous "Nightmare" movies teaming up to defeat Freddy again. Here, Nancy is reunited with the soul of her father, who Freddy uses to try to kill her but is unsuccessful. Nancy defeats Freddy and manages to stop his plan of using Jacob Johnson to break into the real world with help from Neil Gordon and Devonne, a psychotic former accomplice of Freddy's.
A Daughter's Nightmare
A Daughter's Nightmare is a 2014 American TV thriller and suspense film starring Emily Osment, Gregg Sulkin, Paul Johansson and Victoria Pratt. It was directed by Vic Sarin and it was released in the United States on May 3, 2014, on Lifetime network. This movie was filmed in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Kelowna is a base for animation companies who do work for clients including Disney, Nickelodeon, and British TV. The director of this film, Vic Sarin, made eight films in the Okanagan region since he first came to Kelowna in 2012 to make the Lifetime TV thriller, "A Mother's Nightmare".
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In 2018, the remake is ninth in slasher films and eighth in horror remakes for all-time-highest-grossing films (unadjusted dollars). When comparing its opening weekends to other slasher films and horror remakes, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" sits in fifth spots for both categories. The 2010 remake was the second-highest-grossing film in the franchise in North America, just behind "Freddy vs. Jason" (unadjusted dollars) but number one worldwide.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films, a television series, novels, and comic books. The films began with the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) created by Wes Craven. The series revolves around the fictional character Freddy Krueger, a former child killer who after being burned alive by the vengeful parents of his victims, returns from the grave to terrorize and kill the teenage residents of Springwood, Ohio in their dreams. The original film was written and directed by Craven, who returned to co-script the second sequel, "" (1987), and to write and direct "New Nightmare" (1994). The films collectively grossed over $457 million at the box-office worldwide.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Nancy Thompson is a fictional character in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise. She was portrayed by actress Heather Langenkamp in the series' first three films, and by Rooney Mara in the 2010 remake, in which she was renamed Nancy Holbrook.
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Freddy's physical appearance was changed with the use of computer-generated imagery to be closer to that of a burn victim. Because of the positive experiences Platinum Dunes' producers had in the area, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was filmed primarily in Illinois.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
In an article written by Brent Hartinger for After Elton, it is stated that a "frequent debate in gay pop culture circles is this: Just how 'gay' was 1985's "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge" (the "Elm Street" sequel) The imagery in the movie makes it seem unmistakably gay — but the filmmakers have all along denied that that was their intention." During his interview segment for the documentary, screenwriter David Chaskin admitted that the homosexual themes were intentionally written into the script. The rest of the cast and crew stated that they were unaware of any such themes at the time they made the film, but that a series of creative decisions on the part of director Jack Sholder unintentionally brought Chaskin's themes to the forefront. In his interview, Sholder stated, "I simply didn't have the self-awareness to realize that any of this might be interpreted as gay," while "now-out actor" Mark Patton stated, "I don't think that [the character] Jesse was originally written as a gay character. I think it's something that happened along the line by serendipity."
List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters
Taryn White is a patient at Westin Hills hospital due to her difficulty sleeping following a series of horrific nightmares. Taryn has a history of drug abuse and while at the hospital she is sexually harassed by male orderlies. Along with the other sleep-deprived patients and Nancy Thompson, Taryn goes into her dreams to try to defeat Freddy who is holding Joey hostage there. While in her dreams she transforms into her image of a punk beauty and gains the ability to be deadly in combat with a pair of sliding knives, which she uses to try to defeat Freddy. Her abilities prove no match for Freddy who subdues her before transforming the blades on his glove into syringes and injects Taryn with a chemical overdose, killing her.
List of Freddy's Nightmares episodes
"Freddy's Nightmares" is television series spin-off of the successful movie series "A Nightmare on Elm Street". In the United States, the first episode of the series originally aired on October 8, 1988. The series ran for two seasons, ending on March 12, 1990, after 44 episodes.
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With a budget of $35 million, principal photography began on May 5, 2009, and officially wrapped on July 10, 2009. Because of the positive experiences Platinum Dunes' producers had in the area when producing "The Amityville Horror" and "The Unborn", they chose to film in Illinois. Platinum Dunes also received a thirty percent tax break for filming in the state. The producers looked for locations that were "old and decaying" to mirror the look of Krueger. They settled on the Ryerson Steel warehouse on the west side of Chicago to film most of the scenes in which the townspeople burn Krueger alive.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
On January 29, 2008, "Variety" reported that Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production company would reboot the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise with a remake of the original 1984 film. Producer Brad Fuller explained that they would follow the same tactic from their "Friday the 13th" remakeand would abandon the things that had made the series less scary—the film's antagonist, Freddy Krueger, would not be "cracking jokes" as had become a staple of his character . The focus would be to "make a horrifying movie". Fuller said that the film would be a remake of the 1984 film, but clarified that they would borrow character deaths and dream sequences from the entire series.
Barrington, Illinois
The Michael Bay 2010 re-make of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was partially filmed in Barrington, using the village's residential architecture as a backdrop.
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
Nightmare on the 13th Floor is a 1990 American made-for-television thriller film which was originally shown on the USA Network on Halloween 1990. It stars Michele Greene as the travel writer Elaine Kalisher, James Brolin as Dr. Alan Lanier and Louise Fletcher as Letti Gordon.
Scream (franchise)
The film series began with "Scream", premiering on December 18, 1996 at the AMC Avco theater in Westwood, California and was generally released on December 20, 1996. Based on a screenplay by screenwriter Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, creator of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise, "Scream" offered a self-referential approach to horror by featuring a cast of characters aware of the conventions/clichés of the horror film genre and able to use them to survive. The film focuses on teenager Sidney Prescott as she comes under attack from a mysterious character dubbed Ghostface while dealing with the anniversary of her mother's murder. The film went on to be a financial success and received considerable critical acclaim for its deconstruction of the horror genre. It is credited with revitalizing the horror genre in the mid 90s and inspiring an array of imitators. It was particularly notable for its casting of established and popular actors and actresses which was previously uncommon in a horror movie.
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On May 4, 2010, a 4-hour documentary chronicling the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series was released. The documentary includes interviews with the cast and crew for all of the "Nightmare" films. In a wish to utilize individuals who contributed to the series, the makers of the documentary procured poster artist Matthew Joseph Peak to create the artwork for the release poster and DVD cover, and composer Charles Bernstein for the film's main title music. As part of a special offering, the filmmakers gave away a limited edition poster to anyone that ordered the documentary from the official website. Those same individuals would also be entered into a drawing to win one of three 27" × 40" teaser posters signed by dozens of people who worked on the films and were interviewed in the documentary. Michael Gingold of "Fangoria" felt the filmmakers did an amazing job bringing together all of the behind-the-scenes footage, picture, never-before-seen deleted scenes, FX scenes, and other "treasures". Gingold noted that even die-hard fans would find something new. Bloody Disgusting's Ryan Daley praised the film for being educational, and looking at the legacy of both "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and New Line Cinema. Daley believed that there was no better horror documentary. Nick Hyman of "Under the Radar" noted that "Never Sleep Again", unlike the earlier "His Name Was Jason" documentary, provided a more candid interview process with the people involved. Hyman pointed out that the best part of the documentary is the look at New Line's success through the "Elm Street" films, and the financial struggles and deadlines that plagued the film series.
List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters
Jacob's future is explored in the first story-arc of Innovation Publishing's "Nightmares on Elm Street" comic series. Jacob returns to Springwood with his mother 6 years after he is born due to the death of his grandfather. Freddy attempts to manipulate Jacob to help enter the real world on the promise of resurrecting his father Dan. Jacob eventually learns Freddy's true plans and with help from Alice, Neil Gordon and the spirits of his father Dan and Nancy Thompson, defeats Freddy. Jacob and Alice then reunite with Dan who returns to life by inhabiting Neil Gordon's comatose body. He later appears in the cross-over "", where he is kidnapped by Freddy to lure his mother, Alice. Alice, suffering from a terminal illness, allows Freddy to kill her so that she can pass her powers onto her son, who then summons the spirits of Freddy's victims to battle him.
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Christina "Tina" Gray is a Springwood high student and Nancy's best friend. Tina confides to Nancy that she has been experiencing strange dreams about a scarred man, realizing that Nancy has shared a similar dream. Unbeknownst to Tina, that years ago, hers and her friends' parents participated the murder of child killer Fred Krueger. Her father abandoned his family shortly after, and her mother began dating other men. During a sleepover, Tina is attacked in her dream and violently murdered by Freddy Krueger, her body dragged up walls and across the ceiling. Blame falls on her boyfriend Rod and he is subsequently arrested. Freddy uses images of the murdered Tina to torment Nancy when she falls asleep. Her violent death is recreated in "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" on Julie and in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010) on Kris Fowles. Despite Wyss did not appear on "Wes Craven's New Nightmare", her character's death was referenced by a limo driver, and archive footages from the first film was also used.
List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters
Robert Englund is a fictionalized version of the real 'Robert Englund' who plays Freddy Krueger in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies. He provides support to Heather when she begins to experience strange events relating to the "Nightmare" films with Robert revealing that he had also been experiencing strange events and nightmares. Fearful for his safety, he leaves home shortly after talking to Heather on the phone. In the film, in addition to being an actor, Englund is also a fine artist, and the supernatural events has compelled him to paint a nightmarish portrait of Freddy Krueger at his hall prior to his leaving (in actuality, it was painted by Linda Newman), in which Englund becomes horrified of after he completed it as if he is staring at his reflection in a mirror.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
In an article written by Brent Hartinger for "AfterElton.com", he notes that a "frequent debate in gay pop culture circles is this: Just how 'gay' was 1985's "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge" (the first "Elm Street" sequel)? The imagery in the movie makes it seem unmistakably gay — but the filmmakers have all along denied that that was their intention." During his interview segment for the documentary "", David Chaskin admitted that the gay themes were intentional, something he had denied until that point.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 2010 American slasher film directed by Samuel Bayer, and written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer. The film stars Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, and Kellan Lutz. It is a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 film of the same name. Produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes, the film was designed to reboot the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise and is the ninth film in the series. The film is set in a fictitious town of Ohio and centers around a group of teenagers living on one street who are stalked and murdered in their dreams by a disfigured man named Freddy Krueger. The teenagers discover that they all share a common link from their childhood that makes them targets for Krueger.
Mark Patton
Patton appears in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" documentary "", directed by Dan Farrands. Following his appearance in the documentary Patton began touring horror conventions where he is lauded as mainstream cinema's first male "scream queen". He donates most of his appearance fees to HIV treatment groups and charities benefiting LGBT youth such as The Trevor Project.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
Early estimates put "A Nightmare on Elm Street"s opening-day gross at approximately $15 million with a projected opening weekend of $35 million. Included in the $15 million was the $1.6 million the film made from midnight showings on Thursday night from 1,000 theaters. As a result, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" broke the record for midnight openings for a horror film that was previously held by the "Friday the 13th" remake in 2009 that grossed $1 million. Ultimately, the film finished its opening with $32,902,299, placing first for the weekend ahead of "How to Train Your Dragon" (6th week in release), "Date Night" (4th week in release), "The Back-up Plan" (2nd week in release), and "Furry Vengeance" (1st week in release). "A Nightmare on Elm Street" dropped 72 percent in its second weekend, earning $9,119,389. It dropped to second place behind the newly released "Iron Man 2". The film dropped an additional 54 percent in its third week, bringing in $1.5 million, though it remained in the top 10 rankings for the weekend, placing sixth overall. The film remained in the top ten for the fourth weekend in a row, grossing approximately $2,285,000 and finished eighth for the week. In its fifth weekend, the film fell out of the box office top ten and finished eleventh with an estimated $910,000.
Alice Johnson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
She also appears in "" where a vision of Freddy causes her to meet with other Freddy and Jason survivors. As with "", Alice and Jacob are partly linked regarding the "Dream Master" abilities. For instance, a sleeping Jacob has the ability to call an awake Alice. In turn, Alice can physically enter Jacob's dream and wake up in the place that he fell asleep. Alice's dream powers come with a cost, as she has been suffering from a terminal illness. She later sacrifices herself to pass her full powers onto Jacob. The aforementioned comic series is not the only literature that has killed off Alice. Due to Alice having been killed by Freddy, her son Jacob is the main protagonist in Natasha Rhodes' novel "A Nightmare on Elm Street: Perchance to Dream."
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy is a 2010 American four-hour direct-to-disc documentary film that chronicles the entire "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise, except the 2010 remake. The documentary also features the rise of New Line Cinema. Written by Thommy Hutson, produced by Daniel Farrands and Thommy Hutson, and co-directed by Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch. Heather Langenkamp, who portrayed Nancy Thompson in three of the "Nightmare" films, served as the project's executive producer and narrator.
Tina Gray (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
In "The Encyclopedia of the Gothic, 2 Volume Set", William Hughes states that Tina is "the archetypical damsel in distress, who is set up as the main character in the film's opening sequence, only to be brutally murdered seventeen minutes in." In "The Greatest Horror Movie Ever Made", Paul Counelis describes Gray as a sympathetic character stating, "There is another character in the film who brings about feelings of empathy, Tina Gray (a very game Amanda Wyss), and even though she is...disposed of early on, she is in a way both the emotional anchor of the movie for us because of how easily she is victimized and due to Nancy's affection for her..." Tommy Hutson stated, "Like Marion Crane's demise in "Psycho", Tina's violent murder was a catalyst that propelled the other characters into action."
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American Film Institute recognitionIn 2010, a remake was released, also titled "A Nightmare on Elm Street", starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger. The film was produced by Michael Bay, directed by Samuel Bayer, and written by the team of Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer. The film was intended as a reboot to the franchise, but plans for a sequel never came to fruition after the film received mostly negative reviews.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American slasher film and the fourth film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. The film was directed by Renny Harlin and stars Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, and Danny Hassel. Following the death of Nancy Thompson, Freddy Krueger reappears in the dreams of Kristen Parker, Joey Crusel, and Roland Kincaid. Krueger uses Kristen's best friend, Alice Johnson, to gain access to new victims. The film is a sequel to "" (1987) and prequel to "" (1989).
Nightmare Inn
All the books of the series are set at the same location, the New Arcadia Inn, formerly known as the Arcadia Inn. The resort is luxurious and located in a forest in the northeastern part of the United States. It has a gruesome history of murder and violence from beyond the grave. All the primary characters are teenagers, which is a common format of the young adult novels. Though each book is a stand-alone story, they are all inter-connected by two recurring characters, a young girl named Sarah (who plays an important part in the first novel and is portrayed as a secondary character in subsequent stories) and the inn's caretaker/manager, who is intimately familiar with the hotel's history.
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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 tool shed scene of "".
Clarkson University
CTC's most famous alumnus is not a student, but an adviser. Wes Craven, creator of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, was a professor at Clarkson University in 1968, as well as faculty adviser to the Clarkson Drama Club (the predecessor of the current Clarkson Theatre Company). As part of one of Professor Craven's classes, Humanities IV, several Theta Chi members wanted to make a spoof of traditional horror movies, about the strange occurrences in their fraternity's house at 18 Elm Street. The filming included CTC's home, Old Snell Hall, where the boiler room scene took place in the basement. While none of those involved had very much film experience, they made the film for about $300 and it was shown twice on campus. Much of Craven's inspiration for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" came from this first filmmaking experience; the house in the movie, while not the house used in the first version, resembles this house and also resides on Elm Street.
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List of A Nightmare on Elm Street media
A Nightmare on Elm Street refers to installments in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series, an American horror franchise beginning with the 1984 film, "A Nightmare on Elm Street", and based on the fictional character Freddy Krueger, who stalks teenagers in their dreams and kills them. Most media within the franchise include the phrase, "A Nightmare on Elm Street", as part of their title.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
In 2008, Mezco Toyz Cinema of Fear Series 2 released a Nancy Thompson action figure—which recreates the famous bathtub scene in the original film. Within the same year, the Mezco Toyz Cinema of Fear Series 2 also released the diorama Screen Grabs: A Nightmare on Elm Street. The diorama recreates the bedroom scene in which Freddy creeps along the wall above a sleeping Nancy. McFarlane Pop Culture Masterworks released an "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3-D" poster, with Nancy featured prominently as the central figure. In 2002, NECA released an A Nightmare on Elm Street Snowglobe. The female within the globe resembles Nancy, with a stalking Freddy Krueger forming the globe's outside base. However, the product information never confirms if it is actually the character. In 2004, NECA also released a lunchbox and thermos set with the poster image from A Nightmare on Elm Street.
List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters
Maggie was the main protagonist in the unfinished storyline "A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning - Dark Genesis", which was to be an epilogue of Freddy's Dead while simultaneously serving as a prequel to the film series. Here, she begins to experience nightmares after Freddy's supposed death, nightmares where she doesn't directly see Freddy, but rather "is" Freddy, seeing his backstory from his perspective and becoming paranoid that Freddy might succeed in returning by subverting her from within. However, this storyline was never finished, likely because of Innovation Publishing folding, but two out of four issues was released, thus leaving the storyline's canon status unclear.
Jesse Walsh
Jesse Walsh is a fictional character in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise. He was created by David Chaskin and portrayed by Mark Patton. Making his debut in "" in 1985, Jesse became the first male protagonist of the series. In "", Freddy enacts a plan to possess Jesse, using his body to kill in the real world, slowly gaining the strength to manifest his form physically. Outside of the films, Jesse has a main role in the novels. Because of the LGBT representation in a mainstream film, Jesse has developed a large fan base in the gay community and has been called a gay icon. Jesse has been observed by some scholars as a variation of the "final girl" slasher film archetype, and has been referred to as a "final boy".
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
In the 2010 remake, Nancy's last name is changed to "Holbrook", portrayed by Rooney Mara. In addition, she is also based on the franchise's other heroine Alice Johnson due to Nancy's job as a waitress. In this film, she is portrayed as a socially unavailable outcast who loves art (Nancy's artworks were created by film's art department's artist Jessica Sheehy). Quentin Smith (Kyle Gallner), another high school outcast, crushes on her, and tries hard constantly to hit on her, but ends up failing. However, she does take partnership with him as they try to investigate the deaths of their three friends: Dean Russell (Kellan Lutz), Kris Fowles (Katie Cassidy), and Jesse Braun (Thomas Dekker), all of which died in their sleep, and both claiming to see a man matching the same description: a burnt face. As the result of their sleep deprivation, both Nancy and Quentin develop sleep disorders such as insomnia and recurring microsleep episodes, causing them gradually unable to grasp from reality to dreams and their supernatural stalker begins to be able to reach them from the dreamworld. When they discover that both she, Quentin, Kris, Jesse, and Dean all went to preschool together when they were little, they don't understand, seeing how they didn't know each other until high school. When Nancy's mother Gwen (Connie Britton) catches the both of them, she finally admits that as children, they and all the kids in the preschool were molested by a man named Fred Krueger, the school gardener who resided in the preschool's basement. She claims that Freddy fled the area before they could turn him in, and that their dreams of Freddy are just repressed memories. However, when Quentin learns the truth through one of Freddy's dreams when he falls asleep in swim class, they both confront Quentin's father Alan (Clancy Brown) for killing Freddy when the parents had chased him down, and Alan through a fire-lit gasoline gallon into a shed where Freddy hid, despite not there being any evidence that he was molesting them. Alan admits regret for his actions, but also defends them, saying they were only trying to protect them. Quentin storms out in anger, as a guilt-stricken Alan instructs Nancy to never reveal to anyone who Freddy was. Still unable to understand, Nancy and Quentin decide to go to the preschool to find answers, and when they arrive, it is revealed that Freddy was in fact molesting the children when they discover pictures of Nancy as a child (though never shown only implied). With their memories back, they realize that Freddy isn't after them because they lied about him, but because they told the truth about him. When Nancy sees a piece of Freddy's sweater she pulled out from a dream sequence before, she realizes that Freddy needs to be pulled into the real world to be defeated. When she does, she defeats Freddy by slicing off his clawed hand with a broken paper cutter blade, and finishes the job by slicing his throat. They burn down the preschool with Freddy's corpse inside, and she and Quentin escape, with Quentin hospitalized. Nancy also reciprocates Quentin's feelings for her. Nancy returns home, and thanks her mother for trying to protect her, but Freddy appears in a mirror behind Gwen. He kills her, and drags her body into the mirror, with Nancy screaming.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
To some extent Nancy reappears in "Wes Craven's New Nightmare". The story, which is set in the "real world", focuses on actress Heather Langenkamp being stalked by a malevolent entity. Over the course of the film, Heather learns from Wes Craven that the entity was locked in Freddy Krueger's character throughout the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film series. With the film series being ended after "" the entity has been set free, and wants to cross over into the real world in the form of Freddy Krueger. It views Heather as an enemy, seeing her as Nancy, who originally defeated him. In times, like Nancy, Heather's hair also went prematurely grey under the stress by Krueger's attacks. In order to battle the entity, who has kidnapped Heather's son Dylan Porter, Heather enters the dream world, where she traps him in a furnace and seemingly destroys him. However, it is referred by Krueger's creator that the entity is imprisoned to the film franchise's make-believe world once more.
Freddy Krueger
Freddy is introduced in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" as a child killer who is eventually captured, but is let off due to a technicality (the search warrant wasn't signed in the right place). He is hunted down by a mob of angry parents and cornered in a boiler room where he used to take his victims. The mob douses the building with gasoline and sets it on fire, burning Krueger alive. While his body dies, his spirit lives on in the dreams of a group of teenagers living in his old neighborhood, whom he preys on by entering their dreams and killing them. He is apparently destroyed at the end of the film by protagonist Nancy Thompson, but the last scene reveals that he has survived. He goes on to antagonize the teenage protagonists of the next five films in the series.
Wesley Strick
Since 1995, Strick has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute's Screenwriters Lab. In 2008, Strick co-wrote the screenplay for a remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street", starring Jackie Earle Haley and Rooney Mara, directed by Samuel Bayer. The film won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Horror Movie of 2010.
And Then There Were Fewer
After Tucker is accused of murdering James Woods, he reveals that Woods talked him out of auditioning for the lead role in the 1984 hit horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street". The finger is then pointed at Mayor West, who tells the group of his hardships on the social networking service Twitter, after Woods stole his originally intended username. Diane Simmons also goes on to state that Woods had promised to introduce her to former CBS news anchor Dan Rather, but ultimately ended up introducing her to actor and comedian Danny Bonaduce instead.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics)
In 1991, Innovation Publishing picked up the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" license and published three series based on the franchise, before the company filed for bankruptcy in 1992. All three series were written by Andy Mangels.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics)
The popularity of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series has led to several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Innovation Publishing, Trident Comics, Avatar Press and WildStorm Productions. After the success of "Freddy vs. Jason" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake film in 2003, New Line Cinema created their "House of Horror" licensing division which licensed the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise to Avatar Press for use in new comic book stories, the first of which was published in 2005. In 2006, Avatar Press lost the license to DC Comics imprint, WildStorm Productions who has since published several new stories based on the franchise.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (disambiguation)
A Nightmare on Elm Street may also refer to:
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
Fuller and Form likened the new film to their 2003 remake of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" but instead of a remake, they saw it as more of a reimagining. The pair also explained that "A Nightmare on Elm Street" would have a different tone than their "Friday the 13th" remake. Form states, "I think a "Friday the 13th" movie like we made was really fun. You know, sex, drugs and rock and roll, and I think a Nightmare movie is not that."
Tina Gray (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Wyss was sent the script for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and brought in to read for Wes Craven. Subsequently, she was called back to read lines with Heather Langenkamp. Craven was impressed with the chemistry between the two and cast her as Tina and Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Film commentators have often remarked on the film's perceived homoerotic theme, claiming its subtext suggests Jesse is a repressed homosexual (never clarified in the movie). They note, in particular, the scenes where he encounters his gym teacher at a gay bar, and his flight to a male friend's house after he attempts to make out with his girlfriend at her pool party. Further, actor Mark Patton, who plays Jesse, played a role so often written as female in the subgenre (such as in the first film) that it has become known as the "final girl". At the time of its release, one publication referred to it as "the gayest horror film ever". In the 21st century, it has become a cult film for gay audiences.
Jacques Haitkin
Jacques Adam Haitkin, (born August 29, 1950, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cinematographer. He is well known as the cinematographer for "A Nightmare on Elm Street Series 1" and "".
A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
Between 1987 and 2003, Freddy Krueger appeared in the novelization of each of the films. The first five films were adapted by St. Martin's Press. Those adaptations follow the films closely, with minor changes to specific details that occurred in the film. "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" does not follow the respective film, instead utilizing the same plot elements to tell a different story altogether. This novel also provides a different backstory for Freddy. In 1992, Abdo & Daughters Publishing Company released adaptations of their own for the first six films. Written by Bob Italia, each was under one hundred pages and followed the films' plot. The final two books, "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" and "Freddy vs. Jason", were published by Tor Books and Black Flame. These novels also followed the films closely, with the adaptation of "Freddy vs. Jason" containing a different ending than the movie.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The cast of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" included a crew of veteran actors such as Robert Englund and John Saxon and several aspiring young actors like Johnny Depp and Heather Langenkamp.Krueger's disfigured face was brought to life by makeup man David Miller, who based his creation on photographs of burn victims that he obtained from the UCLA Medical Center.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
The biggest change was in the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" script. Nancy was closer to her personality in the first film. She was not a dream researcher, nor did she have the mature and calm demeanor portrayed in the actual film. Instead, Nancy was brazen and street smart—at times heading straight into a potentially dangerous situation. Nancy's stubbornness was evident in that she had traveled through five states in search of her missing father, Donald Thompson (named "John" in the script). When first attacked by Freddy Krueger, Nancy tried to physically fend him off with her bare hands—despite being shocked from dreaming again after a five-year time period. This contrasts with the actual film, in which she used a broken mirror shard to injure Freddy. While Nancy cared about the Westin Hill patients, the age disparity between her and the teenagers was not as emphasized. In fact, some of the teenaged patients and hospital workers initially mistake Nancy for a patient. Thus, Nancy was not written as acting maternal. Instead, Nancy acts more like a big sister to the patients. There are instances in which Nancy fights back against the medical authorities, dismissing Dr. Neil Gordon's (named Neil Guinness in the original script) insistence that she has Delayed Stress Syndrome. As with the first movie, Nancy dismisses any attacks on her sanity—as she knows that Freddy Krueger is real.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, the original creator of "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Although it is the seventh film in the franchise, it is not part of the series continuity, instead portraying Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world, and haunts the cast and crew responsible for his films. In the film, Freddy is depicted as closer to what Craven originally intended, being much more menacing and much less comical, with an updated attire and appearance.
Ash Adams
Adams made his professional acting debut in the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics)
In 1989, Marvel Comics released "Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street". The black and white comic book was published in a magazine-sized format. The first and only storyline was the two part "Dreamstalker" written by Steve Gerber with art by Rich Buckler. Other than the inclusion of the characters Amanda and Freddy Krueger and the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio, the story does not fit seamlessly into the continuity of the films and even contradicts the film continuity in several places. The series immediately proved to be Marvel's top selling black and white magazine, even outselling the long running "Savage Sword of Conan" magazine, but despite distributors soliciting the title through the fifth issue, Marvel quietly canceled the title after only two issues had been released. New stories had been written and submitted by Buzz Dixon and Peter David. Speculation arose that, despite Marvel clearly labeling the book as a mature readers title, "Freddy Krueger's A Nightmare on Elm Street" could have caused image problems for the publisher who generally catered to younger readers. In 1990, Steve Gerber told "Reading For Pleasure" that Marvel had canceled the book in anticipation of pressure from various anti-violence advocate groups that were actively protesting violent media in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the October 6, 1989, issue of the "Comics Buyer's Guide", Peter David claimed that, while he originally felt that the story he had submitted for the series was like nothing else that he had ever written, in retrospect, he was no longer happy with it and was somewhat glad that it had never been published.
I Am Nancy
Actress Heather Langenkamp explores her role as Nancy in "A Nightmare on Elm Street", the fandom that surrounds the franchise, and why most of it focuses on Freddy Krueger, rather than Nancy.Langenkamp was inspired to make a documentary about herself and Nancy after a receptionist rebuffed her efforts to contact director Wes Craven. The film was originally planned to coincide with the 25th anniversary of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" but was delayed for her participation in "Never Sleep Again". Langenkamp felt that documentary did not answer all the questions that she had. Production took two years.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
Based on 176 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" holds a 15% overall approval rating from critics with an average score of 3.7 out of 10. The consensus at Rotten Tomatoes is that the film is "visually faithful but lacking the depth and subversive twists that made the original so memorable, the "Nightmare on Elm Street" remake lives up to its title in the worst possible way." By comparison, Metacritic, who assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 35 based on 25 reviews. CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade cinemagoers gave the film was a C+ on an A+ to F scale. Their exit polls showed that audiences were evenly divided between males and females with 40% between 18 and 24 years of age and 20% under 18. Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" gave it a B– and concluded that, "I did jump a few times, and I liked Haley's dour malevolence, but overall, the new "Nightmare on Elm Street" is a by-the-numbers bad dream that plays a little too much like a corporately ordered rerun. One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, we've been there before." Michael Rechtshaffen of "The Hollywood Reporter" criticized the acting as "lethargically lifeless" and criticized Haley's portrayal of Krueger saying, "Even with his electronically deepened voice and a pointless amount of backstory, there's just no replacing Englund." Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film one star out of four because he "stared at "A Nightmare on Elm Street" with weary resignation. The movie consists of a series of teenagers who are introduced, haunted by nightmares and then slashed to death by Freddy. So what? Are we supposed to be scared? Is the sudden clanging chord supposed to evoke a fearful Pavlovian response?"
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics)
The first story arc, "Freddy's War", centered on a teenager named Jade, who moves to Springwood and learns about Freddy Krueger. Along with her father, a former army ranger, and a young comatose girl, Jade confronts Freddy. After the "Freddy's War" arc's completion, a story about Freddy employing a teenager to kill the girl who helped Jade and her father was released. The second story arc, titled "Demon of Sleep", detailed a group of social outcasts who, after realizing they are being killed off one by one, decide to summon an Aztec sleep demon to battle Freddy. The last issue, released in June 2007, was about a worker at a fast-food restaurant who was dreaming about Freddy killing other people, until Freddy killed him.
Eric Heisserer
In December 2008, Heisserer was hired to re-envision and rewrite the script for the franchise reboot of "A Nightmare on Elm Street", produced by Platinum Dunes. An early draft had been written by Wesley Strick. The script went on to land director Samuel Bayer, actor Jackie Earle Haley, and began filming in May 2009.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven began writing the screenplay for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" around 1981, after he had finished production on "Swamp Thing" (1982). He pitched it to several studios, but each one of them rejected it for different reasons. The first studio to show interest was Walt Disney Productions, although they wanted Craven to tone down the content to make it suitable for children and preteens. Craven declined. Another studio to show interest was Paramount Pictures; however the studios passed on the project due to its similarity to "Dreamscape" (1984), a film they were producing at the time. Universal Studios also passed; Craven, who was in desperate personal and financial straits during this period, later framed their rejection letter on the wall of his office.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics)
In May 2005, Freddy Krueger returned to comic books, for the first time in thirteen years, with the "A Nightmare On Elm Street Special" written by former Chaos Comics founder, Brian Pulido and published by Avatar Press in association with New Line Cinema's "House of Horror" licensing division.
List of cast members of the Nightmare on Elm Street series
This is a list of cast members of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film series. The film series began in 1984 with the release of the first film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" which was directed and written by Wes Craven. Although Craven disliked the idea of sequels, he returned to co-write the third film, (1987) and to write and direct the seventh film, "New Nightmare" (1994). The main character of the films, Freddy Krueger appeared throughout the entire franchise portrayed by Robert Englund, until the remake (2010), when the character was portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley, who auditioned for the role of Glen Lantz in the original. Rooney Mara takes the role of Nancy Thompson, a character portrayed by Heather Langenkamp in the first, third and seventh films.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
A popular "A Nightmare on Elm Street" character, Nancy has been called a 1980s icon and has often been regarded as one of the most significant female protagonists in all of cinema. She has also been regarded as a prominent figure in American pop culture.
List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters
Originally, in the "Freddy vs. Jason" script written by Damian Shannon and Mark J. Swift, Tina Gray appears in Lori Campbell's first nightmare of Freddy Krueger. Bloody, affixed to the ceiling, and still clothed in her blue nightshirt, Tina tells Lori the following: "Freddy is coming back. It's okay to be afraid, Lori. We were all afraid. Warn your friends...warn all your friends."
Tina Gray (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Christina "Tina" Gray (named Christina "Kris" Fowles in the 2010 reboot) is a fictional character in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise. She was created by Wes Craven. The character was portrayed by Amanda Wyss in the original film and Katie Cassidy in the 2010 film. A high school student whose death is the catalyst for the events of the series, Gray is the false protagonist of the 1984 original film. She also appears in the novels, "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" (1994), "Freddy vs. Jason" (2003), 2010 reboot, merchandise based on the films, and a claymation version of the character is shown in the documentary "" (2010). The imagery featuring Gray in the body bag during the dream sequences have been regarded as iconic.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
In a contemporary review, Kim Newman wrote in the "Monthly Film Bulletin" that "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was closer to a Stephen King adaptation with its small-town setting, and "invented monster myth". Newman concluded that the film found "Craven emerging from the his recent career slump ("Swamp Thing", "The Hills Have Eyes Part 2", "Invitation to Hell") with a fine, perhaps definitive bogeyman to back him up" and that the film was "a superior example of an over-worked genre". Paul Attanasio of "The Washington Post" praised the film, stating that "for such a low-budget movie, "Nightmare on Elm Street" is extraordinarily polished. The script is consistently witty, the camera work (by cinematographer Jacques Haitkin) is crisp and expressive." The review noted that "the genre has built-in limitations ... but Craven faces the challenge admirably; "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is halfway between an exploitation flick and classic surrealism". The review also commented on Freddy Krueger, calling him "the most chilling figure in the genre since 'The Shape' made his debut in "Halloween"." "Variety" commented that the film was "a highly imaginative horror film", praising the special effects while finding that the film "fails to tie up his thematic threads satisfyingly at the conclusion."
Joe Unger
Joseph Unger (born May 25, 1949) is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television. He is best known for his role in Wes Craven's 1984 horror hit film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" as Sgt. Garcia, and as one of Leatherface's brothers, the hook handed Tinker, who appears in "" (1990).
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
When asked why New Line was rebooting the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film series, Emmerich explained, "The Nightmare films are profoundly disturbing on a deep, human level because they're about our dreams. It's why we thought that we could reach an especially broad audience with a new film, since the feeling of having your dreams being invaded was something that would translate to any country and any culture." Overall, Bayer wanted to create a film in "a darker world" that made the audience ask, "What makes a monster?"—is it a monster because of its physical appearance, someone with a scarred face and a clawed glove, or is it a monster because of something deeper within the man himself.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
The 2010 remake's opening weekend put it ahead of the box office grosses for "" ($29,999,213), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" ($25,504,513), "" ($22,168,359), and "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" ($18,090,181). When breaking the inflation-adjusted grosses down by per theater capita, the 1984 film averaged $16,585 per cinema compared to the remake's $9,874. Comparing the film to other Platinum Dunes remakes, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is second in opening-weekend gross behind "Friday the 13th" with $40,570,365. The film sits ahead of the other Platinum Dunes remakes, which includes "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" ($28,094,014), "The Amityville Horror" ($23,507,007), and "The Hitcher" ($7,818,239). As of 2018, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is number nineteen on the list of top opening weekends for the month of April.
Jesse Walsh
Jesse is the lead protagonist of the 1992 novelization of "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge". In 2012, Mark Patton released "Jesse's Lost Journal". There are 68 journal entries that span 1982-1985. The first 30 entries closely follow the events of "", though unveil new details not seen on screen (hints that Jesse's father is a pedophile; Jesse's platonic love for Lisa; his homosexual feelings for a classmate; his feeling of Nancy Thompson as a kindred spirit). There is a different conclusion in that Jesse supposedly kills Lisa Webber at the power plant, rather than the film's final bus sequence (although she is later revealed to have survived). The remaining 38 journal entries focus on Jesse's time at a psychiatric ward, his sentencing for murdering Ron Grady and the apparent disappearance of Lisa's corpse, his escape from the institution, and his efforts to build a new identity. Jesse still wrestles with Freddy Krueger in his mind, and enters into a panic when Hollywood begins making the "Nightmare on Elm Street" films based on Jesse's and Nancy Thompson's journal entries.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
The film was released on August 19, 1988, on 1,765 theaters in North America. The film ranked number one on its opening weekend and grossed $12,883,403; this was the highest opening gross of the franchise until the release of" Freddy vs. Jason". On the second weekend, the film still ranked number one and grossed $6,989,358. It was in first place on the third weekend, then at second, fourth, and sixth in the next three weeks until it dropped out from the top ten list on the seventh weekend at number eleven. The film grossed $49,369,899 at the US box office and was the 19th-highest-grossing film of 1988. It was the highest-grossing "Nightmare on Elm Street" film until "Freddy vs. Jason" was released in 2003. It is currently the third-highest-grossing film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
Quentin tries to accept that his nightmares are nothing more than repressed memories, but he falls asleep during swim practice and witnesses what really happened to Krueger—the parents tracked down Krueger and burned him alive. Quentin and Nancy believe that Krueger, now a vengeful ghost, wants revenge on them for lying as children. As a result of their insomnia, they have microsleep episodes and dream while awake. To try to stop Krueger, they decide to go to the preschool to learn what they can. On the way, Nancy is attacked by Krueger after a microsleep episode, but she pulls a piece of Krueger's sweater out of the dreamworld into reality. Quentin takes Nancy to the hospital where he steals adrenaline to help them stay awake. Finally at the preschool, they uncover Krueger's hidden room and the evidence that proves Krueger was abusing all of the children and realize that Kreuger wants revenge on them for telling the truth.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics)
In 2007, Wildstorm announced its plan to cancel their ongoing New Line horror comics in favor of publishing mini-series and specials based on the movie franchises. The ongoing "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series would come to an end after an eight issue run and be replaced by a mini-series, late in 2007.
Rooney Mara
Mara starred in a remake of the 1984 horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street", as the protagonist Nancy Holbrook, a high school student victimized by Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley). Mara began shooting the film in Chicago on May 5, 2009, directed by Samuel Bayer. Mara told "Filmmaker" that she felt that her Nancy was "completely different from the original" and "the loneliest girl in the world". Mara had signed on to continue her role if a sequel was made. She stated to "Vogue" that she disliked the experience of making the film so much, that it made her question if she wanted to be an actress. Mara appeared at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2009 as part of its Breakthrough Performers Program, where she was tutored by Sharon Stone.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (comics)
The last series to be published by Innovation was "A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Beginning". The three issue mini-series served as a direct sequel to "", as Maggie Burroughs continues to have nightmares about her father, Freddy Krueger, following the events of the film. Traveling back to Springwood with Tracy, another survivor from the film, Maggie researches Freddy's life leading up to his death at the hands of the Springwood parents. Only the first two issues of the series were released before Innovation's declaration of bankruptcy, leaving the third issue unpublished and the story incomplete. Mangels had made the original script for issue number three available on his website, however the link seems now to be down.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Other sources attribute the inspiration for the film to be a 1968 student film project made by Craven's students at Clarkson University. The student film parodied contemporary horror films, and was filmed along Elm Street in Potsdam, New York.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The film is credited with using many of the tropes found in the low-budget horror films of the 1970s and 1980s that originated with John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978) and led this subgenre to be called the slasher film. The film includes a morality play where sexually promiscuous teenagers are killed. Critics and film historians state that the film's premise is the struggle to define the distinction between dreams and reality, manifested by the lives and dreams of the teens in the film. Critics today praise the film's ability to transgress "the boundaries between the imaginary and real", toying with audience perceptions.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
This film features the car junkyard set from "." This set was conceptualized by production designer Mick Strawn, who worked as art director and handled effects on the previous film. Strawn also came up with the truck crash scene and the kaleidoscope hallway. The junkyard set is the only set used in more than one film. The set was built and filmed at a landfill in Pacoima, California.
Tina Gray (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
In "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy: The Making of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street", Amanda Wyss noted the parallels between Tina and Marion Crane from Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" stating:
When discussing the differences between Nancy and Tina, Wyss noted that she viewed Tina as a victim of a dysfunctional home life, saying:
A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
In 2010, a remake of the original "Nightmare on Elm Street" was released. Here, Freddy (Jackie Earle Haley) stalks the dreams of Nancy Holbrook (Rooney Mara) and her friends as they discover that they all share a common link from their childhood; they were all physically and sexually abused by Freddy before he was murdered by their vengeful parents. Now a supernatural force in their dreams, Freddy kills off the children that alerted the parents about his transgressions. Freddy slowly works his way to Nancy, his favorite of the children, and manipulates her into going without sleep long enough that her body falls into a coma, resulting in permanent sleep and life with Freddy forever. Nancy is awakened when her friend Quentin (Kyle Gallner) injects adrenaline into her and pulls Freddy out of the dreamworld, where she and Quentin kill him and burn the remains of his body.
On August 7, 2015, it was reported that New Line Cinema was developing a second remake with "Orphan" writer David Leslie Johnson. Englund expressed interest in returning to the series in a cameo role.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
Wesley Strick was initially hired to pen a script for a new "A Nightmare on Elm Street" because he had impressed Emmerich with a prequel script he wrote for the 1995 film "Seven". Eric Heisserer was subsequently hired to provide a rewrite of Strick's script before the film moved into production. When Bayer came on board he received a script that reflected the combined efforts of Strick and Heisserer and which still "needed to be tinkered with". Bayer explained that the script goes deeper into "[Freddy] as a person [and] how he became the thing he was". Bayer expressed that unlike the "Friday the 13th" remake that picked the best parts from the first four films, the "Nightmare on Elm Street" remake was coming straight from the first film.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Jack Sholder and the second installment in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series. David Chaskin wrote the screenplay. It stars Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Patton plays Jesse Walsh, a teenager who, after moving into the home of Nancy Thompson, begins to have recurring nightmares about Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to kill in the real world. It is the sequel to "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) and is followed by "" (1987). The film grossed $30 million at the North American box office.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (video game)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a video game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in October 1989 and 1990, loosely based on the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise. It was developed by Rare and published by LJN. It should not be confused with an unrelated game with the same title for the Commodore 64 and IBM PC released in 1989.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Nancy's spirit appears in the story "Asleep at the Wheel" from the 1991 short stories collection "The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams", appearing in the dreams of the character Ian to warn him that Freddy is real and not just an urban legend or the result of mass hysteria.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
Upon collecting all the bones in a level, the player is automatically put in the dream world and battles Freddy, who takes on a special form similar to those presented in the films. The final level is set at Elm Street High School as players navigate to the boiler room to burn Freddy's bones. Here one final battle with Freddy Krueger occurs.
List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters
In "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3", Nancy begins working at Westin Hills hospital as a intern specialized in nightmare disorders, helping children who are all sharing dreams of Freddy Krueger. With the children, she seemingly manages to defeat Freddy but he uses the guise of her father to get close and stabs her in the abdomen. Before dying, she stops Krueger from killing Kristen by stabbing him with his own glove. She appears in "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" as main character, but as Heather Langenkamp, because the film overlapping reality. At the end of that film she finally destroyed Freddy. After that Heather found a copy of the film's screenplay, inside was thanks from Wes for defeating Freddy and playing Nancy one last time. She appears as a spirit in "", where she helps Neil Gordon use the Necronomicon to cast Freddy into Hell.
Alice Johnson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
In the anthology "The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams" (1991), Alice appears in Philip Nutman's story "Dead Highway, Lost Roads." After having been involved in a major accident, Alice becomes ensnared in the dream world by Freddy and trapped in a macabre "Alice in Wonderland" setting. With the aid of serial killer Karl Stolenberg and anthropomorphic armadillo Joe Bob, Jacob eventually finds Alice. A deranged Karl attacks Alice, but is returned to his senses by Jacob through physical force. Alice and Karl cooperate to defeat Freddy, though Karl perishes in the battle. With Freddy defeated, Alice and Jacob return to the waking world.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Following the critical failure of "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge", New Line Cinema was unsure if they would continue with the series. Wes Craven, who wrote and directed the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street", did not participate in the first sequel. He had not wanted the original to evolve into a franchise but co-wrote the screenplay for the third installment with the intention that it would end the series. The success of "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" prompted a continuation of the series.
List of A Nightmare on Elm Street characters
Amanda Krueger is the mother of Freddy Krueger. After deciding to become a nun, she chooses "Mary Helena" as her name in Christ and is given her first assignment — to care for the inmates of the Westin Hills Hospital. Amanda is accidentally locked inside with some of the worst psychopaths and killers housed at the hospital and left for several days over the Christmas period. During this time she is beaten and brutally raped, and when she is finally found, she is barely alive and pregnant. In September 1942, Amanda gives birth to Frederick Charles Krueger (Freddy Krueger) and immediately gives him up for adoption; she rejects her son owing to the circumstance of his conception and sees him being "an abomination to God and to man". She follows the events of his trial for the murder of several children in Springwood, and following his release, she (supposedly) commits suicide by hanging while the truth was that she had bricked herself into a room in the tower of the abandoned insane asylum wing of the Westin Hills Hospital out of guilt, where she eventually dies. Her body was never found, and an empty plot was made for her in the Springwood Cemetery, and thus like her son, her spirit becomes unrest due to the lacked of proper burial. In a form of an elderly nun, she returns to aid Neil Gordon in defeating her son. She later returns in "Dream Child" in her young form, brought back by Freddy himself in order to resurrect him. Freddy prevents her from telling Alice how to stop him. When Alice tries to find Amanda in her dreams, Freddy lures her away by attacking her friend Yvonne, forcing Alice to come to her rescue. While Alice tries to combat Freddy herself, she sends Yvonne to the real world location of Amanda's resting place to free her. Using Alice Johnson's child, Jacob Daniel Johnson and his power to revert Freddy into a child form, she absorbs him into herself to try to contain him.
Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
In the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street", Nancy Thompson is a 16-year-old girl whose parents, Donald and Marge, have divorced when she was little. She has begun experiencing nightmares about a mysterious, disfigured man in a red and green sweater. The man has "knives for fingers", which he scrapes along objects in the dream. She learns that her friend Tina is having similar nightmares; Tina is murdered in her sleep later that night. Tina's boyfriend Rod tells Nancy that he saw four "invisible" razors cutting her at the same time, a revelation which convinces her that the man from her dreams is connected to the murder. Nancy begins relying on caffeine to stay awake, and eventually develops sleep disorders such as insomina and night terror resulted by her sleep deprivation and nightmares. She discovers that she can pull things out of her dream after she takes the killer's hat, labelled "Fred Krueger". Her mother explains that Krueger was a child killer who was burned to death by vengeful parents after being freed from prison on a technicality. Nancy becomes convinced that he is exacting his revenge on the children of his killers from beyond the grave. Being tormented by Krueger every time she fall asleep causes a tremendous stress to Nancy that her hair went prematurely grey, with Nancy notes her features that she looks like a woman in her twenties. With all of her friends dead, Nancy forms a plan to face Krueger alone and pull him into the real world, where he falls victim to a series of booby traps she has set up. Nancy finally defeats Krueger by taking back the energy she has given him and stripping away his power.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" was released on April 30, 2010, to 3,332 theaters and approximately 4,700 screens, making it the twelfth-widest opening for an R-rated film in the United States. Comparatively, the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was only released to 165 theaters at its opening on November 9, 1984 and by the end of its box office run its widest release was 380 theaters. The 2010 remake holds the record for widest "A Nightmare on Elm Street" release, beating out "Freddy vs. Jason" by 318 theaters. "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 5, 2010. The DVD's only feature is a featurette, "Freddy Krueger Reborn". The Blu-ray special features include the DVD's featurette along with a deleted scene, an alternate opening and ending, and the Maniacle Movie Mode.