A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Retrospective & Ranking: How Wes Craven & Freddy Reshaped Horror
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- A retrospective look at the creation and history of the entire Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, tracking Wes Craven's creation of Freddy Krueger, through New Line's decision to turn the killer into an omnipresent superstar, to Elm Street's collapse and various reincarnations, as well as a ranking of every Freddy film.
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Music:
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" OST by Charles Bernstein
"Night Skies"
"Resident Evil: Code Veronica"
"Dream Warriors" by Dokken
"Shadow Fury" by Gunship
"On The Run"
"Dream Away"
"Vampire Killer" by
"At Night" and "I'll Come Back For You" by Hello Meteor
"L.I.F.T." by Emil Rottmeyer
"Nightfall" by Timecop1983
"Vampires" by The Midnight
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How would you rank the Elm Street movies?
1/3, 2, New Nightmare, FVJ. honestly I haven't seen the others so I'm comfortable putting the rest in the same slot with the remake below it all.
3, 1, NN, 4, FvJ, 5, 6, remake
My personal ranking would go: 4, 1, 3, 2, FvJ, New Nightmare, 6, 5, remake.
My personal ranking would go: 4, 1, 3, 2, FvJ, New Nightmare, 6, 5, remake.
Personally, best to worst: 3, 1, 2, New Nightmare, FvJ, 4, (After this the films are near unwatchable) 5, remake, 6.
Creating makeup effects for “Freddy’s Dead” is one of my favorite memories from the early 1990s. I was mostly doing injury appliances, including the Carlos scene effects, and I was lucky to work with Robert Englund a little bit when Freddy got stabbed, etc. He is extremely talented and talks a mile a minute - full of stories, he is. 🙂
Wow thats amazing to find in the comments
Very cool!
Do you mean the ending bit where Maggie stabbed Freddy? If so, where was that scene filmed, the finale? Was it filmed in the Lacy Street studios? Also, were the boiler room scenes done mostly on an impressive soundstage, or a real factory? Thanks!
That is so cool! Unreal to be able to reply to someone who got to work with such a legend as the man himself.
Incredible! Id love to see a video talking about your experiences
Yeah I am a little jealous jealous of you that scene with Carlos has haunted me since I was I don't know 7 years old when I saw that movie you helped damage me anyways Robert Englund has got a great interview with I don't know but the show is called inside of you podcast or whatever Robert Englund is my life coach
Things have finally come full circle for the Elm Street franchise. Now Robert Englund appeared on Stranger Things playing a man tormented by a Freddy Krueger-like demon.
Who spilled the beans to a woman named Nancy!
I need to watch it again but did Victor move his head a tad when the name Nancy was mentioned?
ok
I thought a lot of moments in Stranger Things Season 4 felt lifted right out of the Nightmare on Elm St franchise. There were several scenes and even shots that felt just like an Elm St film. Vecna himself reminded me of Freddy Kruger in a lot of ways, too, like attacking people in their "dreams."
A nightmare on Elm Street and Freddy were definitely the biggest inspirations for StrangerThings 4 and Vecna.. I heard Hellraiser/Pinhead and IT/Pennywise were also big influences
Say what you want about Slashers, Freddy Krueger was definitely one of the more memorable horror icons. Especially with Robert Englund’s performance.
Yeah. Even the worst Nightmare movie is, at least, far more *creative* than the vast majority of horror movies at the time. That by itself really makes the franchise stand out from all the other slashers.
@@jasonblalock4429 Agreed.
I’m not really a fan of slasher movies. But Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream are definitely two of the bigger exceptions to that rule
Yea shame we don't have Freddy around today.
Facts!!!!
Can't top the ORIGINAL FREDDY!!!!
No matter how hard they try
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984),
Dream Warriors (1987), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) are my favorites in this Franchise.
They make a pretty great Trilogy in my opinion.
agree 👍 👍
Same for me. 💯
Sounds like a pretty solid trilogy
The scene where Freddy hangs over Nancy through the wall is my favorite example of how cgi killed horror movie imagination. It's like a sheet or thin rubbery plastic or whatever and compared to the remakes version its night and day on what worked and what didnt.
I beleive it was latex, and I agree with you 100% on the over use of cgi when it's really not needed.
Cheers from Canada
Yup overall I like practical effects more and think they should be used more often. I realize in some instances cgi is more efficient, especially with a lot of these super hero movies with creatures of all sorts. But when it’s a relatively simple shot or creature, practical effects is the way to go
And the recreation of that scene in the remake looks like utter crap. Practical effects are always better
@@steveharvey2102 think it was spandex! like cycle short fabric - extra 80s!
@@LondraCalibro9 ding ding. We have a winner
Freddy vs. Jason has its flaws, but since it is the movie that got me into horror and made me a hardcore fan of both franchises, I will always love it. That being said, 1 and 3 are still the best Nightmare movies in my opinion.
Yooo exactly this!
yeah its stupid but i like it
One lore detail I actually like about 2 is that the environment is warmer when Freddy is present, even in the physical world. I actually find that an interesting and cool detail.
NosCrit 🤔
Well what if the heat drew a damn predator to Springwood? It's all fun and games til you get an AvP:R in your town
My question is, who is on Clu Gulager watch? ;)
John Saxon is great but I need more Clu. :)
Cheers from Canada
Nightmare on Elm Street was at it's best when it was serious and Wes Craven was behind the wheel. That's why Dream Warriors and New Nightmare were the best sequels to the first
The 2nd one was more serious in tone than the 3rd one tho
Dream Warriors is probably my favorite of the series. Dokken's music also helps
@burstyourbubble3500yeah except he wrote it?
10:49 Jesse's dad is hilarious in this, accusing him of being on drugs and blowing up the birds with firecrackers or a cherry bomb.
I love Freddy’s corniness, I would like to make the argument that Freddy’s Dead fails as a horror movie but succeeds as a comedy! It is hilarious and Freddy is still a wacky character here, the kills are less gory but still pretty damn funny and crafty.
I actually like Robert Englund’s idea for a reboot/sequel where it’s set years later and most people have forgotten Freddy. Then they start dreaming about an entity and it’s Freddy in a different form. Still a lot of similarities but some changes here and there. Would probably be a good way to pass the torch to a new embodiment of Freddy, since Englund can’t really continue a new franchise at his age and they need someone else to fill the shoes.
You could even have a sequence where Englund shows up as the old Freddy to pass on his personification to a new entity OR channel some of that New Nightmare entity rationale where the entity leaves Englunds Freddy and reincarnates into a slightly different form. Probably not drastically different from Freddy but a reinterpretation like the Joker has been successful in accomplishing with multiple interpretations.
Whoever does end up executing a reboot/sequel/re-quel, I will miss Wes’ vision and sensibilities. He truly understood his version of Freddy and I think we all love his vision. No doubt a new director will have new ideas and interpretations which hopefully will be great and pay some respects 🙌
*truly
Why these dumb sum-bitches in "Holly's Wood" not on all up on this, like she was, bent over a barrel in a low budget porn flick? I'm Serious here. Get this Shyte made fools. Box Office GOLD right now
I always love Part III: Dream Warriors. They would reach inside their dream powers to defeat Freddy’s murderous influences. It marks the second and final appearance of Nancy Thompson.
No 2nd of 3, there's "wes cravens new nightmare" Heather langencamp once again plays heather in a different version, by Wes.
@Chrissy Tina- that’s true but she was really playing a fictional version of herself and not actually Nancy Thompson in New Nightmare
@Alden R. Davis me too! Actually lately I’ve been liking Dream Warriors more than the original
It was the best one OP
@@nodnoc9627 I’d say by the end she is playing Nancy. Once she accepts that John is playing her dad
After watching Stranger Things 4 I'd say that Jamie Campbell Bower could be a good Freddy. He pretty much has the voice down but it'd be interesting to see him add more of the characteristics that made Freddy iconic.
I think he could be really cool! I'd love to see him due the role with minimal prosthetics so his performance could really shine through.
That would be excellent casting
I think it's a shame the movie that Jackie Earl Haley was able to give his go at the role in is a dud cause I think if he could have given a much more memorable take
That's a good call.
@@Mitcheck315 TLDR: Yup. I wish they would reboot the series starting from where Nightmare 3 Dream Warriors ends. With 80's synth and butt rock. The new one was ruined by misunderstanding the character and making Freddy an actual Pedo kills the character. (Sorry this got so long. Blame my new ADHD medicine I am adjusting to)
The way he played Freddy wasn't even that bad. It's just the movie didn't really portray Freddy as an actual Menace. He was just some ugly burnt-up thing that could kill you in your dreams. I dunno the movie tried too hard to be a mystery instead of just being a Nightmare Remake. No one needed the plot contrivances. Trying to make us think Freddy was innocent until making Freddy into the worst of all kinds of monster. That's the thing too. Killing kids is horrible. But doing things to them and killing them is beyond the ability to be redeemed. With the original Freddy only killing kids in stories told about him it makes him the type of killer where you can enjoy the character and even cheer him on! It's fictional murder of Kids we never actually see. But the new one... He doesn't just kill the kids. What he does in that remake, makes him irredeemable. As horrible as that sounds. You can cheer for a monster that kills kids, but not one that SA's them before he kills them. Or maybe that's just me. That's kind of the thing about Freddy movies. You kind of cheer him on. Anyway, a lot about the remake was just handled wrong. It sucks how they tried to make it too serious. They really missed the point of Freddy and while Jackie's portrayal didn't seem very dynamic, it wasn't bad. I imagine 100% of the fault is on the Director, Producers, and the Studio. Oh well. Freddy is a monster that is more fun to cheer on while hoping the stars can get the upper hand. And it's ok to root for the old Freddy... In the movies, he doesn't actually kill little kids, er on screen anyway. He kills teenagers. Everyone Hates Teenagers. Jk.
I was 9 when I accidentally watched the movie on cable in 2001. The scene where he appears before Tina in the alley behind her house petrified me. Glen's blood bed death also messed me up; I could NOT figure out how this movie could pull off such insane effects.
In “WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE,” an ancient evil demonic being in the movie that took the form of the darkest creation of humanity’s imagination of the era that was conceived and in whatever story that was locked in.
In 1994, the Entity chose to take the form of Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. It was also explicitly stated that it isn’t actually Freddy Krueger and that take on other forms before ever taking on the form of Freddy Krueger.
After being set free with the death of Freddy Krueger in “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare,” he took on a different Freddy Krueger form that was actually considerably different than the Freddy of the film series and went on a killing spree by killing the people involved with making the first six Elm Street films, while also stalking and terrorizing Heather Langenkamp Porter (a semi-fictionalized of Heather Langenkamp), invading and influencing Wes Craven himself into writing a script for a new ANOES film and haunting Heather’s son, Dylan Porter.
If we’re ever getting a Freddy Remake, i want Panos Cosmatos to direct it. He really nails campy, but also mystical sinister elements. And after seeing Beyond the Black Rainbow, it should be set in that Sleep Institute Nancy visits in the first movie.
That was one thing I did like in Freddy vs Jason was the use of Hypnocyl which hadn't been seen since part 3.
Mandy is wild and trippy af
Good choice
Honestly I don't know if he'd actually do it because I don't think he'd want to deal with an existing property and the notes from the studio but that would be an excellent choice for director.
Only just watched New Nightmare the other day. Was surprised by how compelling it was.
Charles Bernstein's score for the first film deserves a shoutout. The music really added a lot to the atmosphere of the original film and provided Freddy with a memorable and eerie theme. As for ranking the films, this would be my list:
1. Dream Warriors
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
3. New Nightmare
4. Dream Master
5. Freddy Vs. Jason
6. Freddy's Revenge
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
8. Dream Child
9. Freddy's Dead
Totally agree, Bernstein’s score is amazing!
I agree with that list except for the placement of the Remake. I think it should go as the very last one. Freddy's Dead Is the more joyable watch, even though it's a horrible movie. The remake it just seemed like they didn't really understand the character. Plus when you make something a full-fledged pedo it makes it impossible to root for the character. and Personally, I would really like to see them reboot the series only pick up right where Dream Warriors left off. Get someone who sounds similar to Robert Englund and make them look just like Freddy from Dream Warriors. Bring back the Bernstein 80's synth style sound design. Make it about the Dream Warriors all grown up with their own children. Have Kincaid's daughter start having nightmares. Then one day making some cereal she's humming Freddy's Nursery Rhyme and he overhears it. He's all like "ayo whaddafak you just say" She's like oh just a dumb nursery rhyme from my dream I didn't even hear the first two parts of the song. Just Five Six grab your crucifix Seven Eight. Better Stay up Late. He tells her don't sing that. Ever! Then he calls Kristin up and they go about trying to find out if Freddy is really back or not. Once they find out he is back they try to prepare their kids for how to use their powers if they have any... In their dreams. You know try to give their kids the best chance at surviving. While also trying to figure out how he came back and how to stop him for real. Or you could have Kristin's daughter get injured or something and get put in a coma. Kristin after waiting a few days to see if her daughter will wake up tries to use her dream powers to either bring her daughter into her dream or to get into her daughter's dream. You could either have it where the act of using her powers to communicate with her daughter in the coma somehow causes Freddy to be able to haunt her daughter's dreams, and he manipulates her into pulling her friends into her coma because she has similar powers to her mom in dreams. I think that's actually a pretty neat concept but you would have to make Freddy less serious than the Remake did but more serious than the later movies. Basically, Freddy from Pt 1 and 3 blended together. Ooops. Sorry, this was so long. I'm a Freddy fan.
The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is sort of the father of 'Scream' and IT and Stranger Things and a forgotten gem at this point. It is similar to Scream with the witty humour and in the part where each installment is interesting if not consistent for horror standards, and they do form a very coherent story. The visuals especially in the sequels really got into the arthouse horror category that's why my personal favourites are 3, 4, and 5 (the latter two are criminally underrated and deserves another look). The soundtrack, visuals and imageries are so nightmarish and fantastical they are not just horrors, they are arts.
My ranking:
4, 3, 1, New Nightmare, 5, FvJ, 2, Remake, Freddy's Dead
I might be wrong, but I think it was Roseanne Barr and not Rosie O'Donnell, who was in "A Nightmare on Elm Street 6".
You are correct
Yes it is that is one of the scariest thing about Freddy's dead seen they in it 😂
New Nightmare feels underrated to me.
A nice twist on the formula.
Old enough to have watched Nightmares 3 through 6 in the theater, probably my best Freddy experience was New Nightmare. The crowd loved it, there was genuine tension with the stalker angle, and the timing went so well with the recent earthquake that same year in the area. Scenes like the 4 cracks on the wall was such a nice touch. Watching it actually made people feel uneasy
Why is Decker Shado in like one frame at 13:36? Great retrospective, waiting eagerly for the Predator one.
Thank god!! I also noticed this and thought I was crazy
Hello World Wide Web
Legit tho why?!?
Because he's the internet personality with the best hair.
Also, 1 more second and it would have been 1337
The best scene in the entire franchise is Wes Craven sitting on his own couch in his own house, having explained the ludicrous plot, and saying "dramatically, this makes perfect sense." Truly one of the greatest moments in cinema altogether
Yo wait, did I just see Decker Shado in there for a split second?! Was I supposed to see that?
A fun franchise filled with creativity and imagination. I can deal with part 5 and the goofiness of part 6. New Nightmare was a great way to end it. The remake was garbage.
*Rosanne Barr/Arnold, not Rosie O'Donnell.
31:16 thank you for pointing that out. In most of Freddy’s movies he can get his ass kicked by pretty much anyone once he’s in the real world.
You clearly have a respect for the franchise, and you did a great job covering it.
26:41 - “Miss me?” - Freddy Krueger (The Entity)
The first one was a huge news at the time and why not, the world met Freddy. To me, the most underrated but terrifying part is the third one. Jesus i had nightmares until i was a teenager.
I can't believe there was no mention of The Fresh Prince's A Nightmare on My Street. Smh.
Spent a week rewatching the nightmare movies (main 7). Watched this video over coffee. Haven't seen Freddy vs Jason, as I don't know Jason. Refuse to watch the remake. This video was well put together. Highly recommend the official NOES documentary. Somebody uploaded it to YT
That Dekker Shadow cameo!
I love that no matter how awesome ur videos always are that u still make even more dun and unexpected almost Easter eggs, like in this one, I almost peed from laughing when u called Roseanne Arnold Rosie O’Donnell instead! Such beautiful and highly finished official franchise property DVD worthy pieces as always!!! Thanks so much for ur love and interest in sharing ur gifts with the rest of the world!!! So much love from this fan!!! 👍👍
part 5: Dream Child scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. I couldn't even look at it's cover art for years :D Then when I was like 15-16 I gathered my courage and watched it again and was like "Is that what scared me? I thought it was scarier. This is more funny than scrary" :D
Robert Englund is a freaking treasure.
Nightmare on Elm St is such an iconic and creepy horror film. One of Craven's best The concept got a bit silly in the later sequels but the original still holds up brilliantly
Liked and subbed. As a long time Nightmare fan. Great job. I even agree 100%with the ranking. Never happens.
I was not expecting the Nightmare on Elm Street video game to get name dropped. Major points for that one! These retrospectives continue to be incredibly well put together. Awesome job, Mateo!
It’s definitely time for Freddy to make a return that lives up to his stature as one of the major icons in horror. I can’t imagine anyone that’s not Englund playing him. Hopefully they make a reboot soon enough that he gets to play the character one last time. When I heard Jackie Earl Haley was going to play Freddy in that reboot. I thought there was no way that movie could suck. But here we are.
Thanks, my man! I GOTTA sneak that game in there. I guess now that Haley showed how bad a recasting could be, the bar is pretty low. They gotta give Elm Street another shot soon while people can still be excited.
34:32 And where in the original Nightmare you get to know Tina, Rod and Glen a bit before Freddy kills them the remake's teens are barely introduced before they die.
Outstanding video. Im happy you understood part 2. Its very underrated. Excellent channel.
Freddy’s revenge actually gave us a very scary and haunting shot of Freddy. His eyes lit up are very haunting
Oh shit! Didn't expect to hear The Midnight at the end of the video. Good taste.
Great video, man!
Also, I never noticed Robert Englund played one of the maniacs, 20:37, that's a cool little easter egg
he also played the waiter in Greta’s dream sequence
Really liked this video Matt. The first movie has been with me since I was a kid and though I am not a big horror fan but there is something inescapable about Freddy. That concept about a killer in a striped sweater that attacks in your dreams is haunting plus a live a few blocks away from an Elm Street sooooo, yeah. Wes Craven cemented himself in my mind as a horror master, which makes no surprise I liked the first nightmare, New Nightmare and dream warriors. It is a shame this franchise petered out the way it did but I appreciate what we got. PS Nancy is the best final girl in these movies, hands down.
Really looking forward to the Predator retrospective. Predator is another franchise with fond horrific memories. Between Arnold in the jungle and Danny Glover in LA, you get an interesting killer in polar opposite contexts and I dig it.
I’ve been rewatching the series this past week. Two is just unwatchable to me. Three and four are my favorites (four was the first one I saw in the theater). Started watching Dream Child last night for the first since probably the 90s. What I didn’t expect was a small scene to hit me emotionally like a freight train. It was after the death of Dan and several days later, Alice is alone in the kitchen preparing dinner and just weeping. That hit me like a ton of bricks because I’m going through the same. I lost my fiancée last summer. She was the horror fan, I was just a Freddy fan. But I’ve been watching a lot of horror stuff as a way of staying connected to her. But that was too much. Had to stop it and put on Star Trek.
Sorry for your loss. Be strong mate. ✌️🖤
Just taking things one day at a time. It’s tough, it’s a process, but I have her love to get me through this. We talked about going to BlobFest last year when she was in the hospital. I’m going this weekend!
sorry for your loss
I’ve been a huge fan of these movies since I was a kid. Especially 2 since I picked up what it was putting down real quick. Great video as always!!!
Ranking I’d say 2, 1, 3, New Nightmare, 4, and then the rest.
Thanks for the amazing coverage Matt on iconic film franchise. Much ❤
Absolutely loved this video and everything about it. You hit the nail on the head in every aspect , I see too many videos where I can do a better job myself on Freddy and Jason but this one has all my thoughts verbalized in a perfect way. 10:10
Your videos are so good man. You pack so much into everything you do. Thanks for all the great content!
You do a really great job on these. Always so well written 👍
5:59 “More disturbing than iconic.” I really dig this video but this line is absurd. Almost everyone knows who Freddy is.
That’s not what he meant lol .. talking how he acted in the first movie 🤦🏾♂️
Freddy vs Jason (2003) takes place in Autumn 2003, two months after Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), which occurred in June 2003, and five years before Jason Voorhees was captured by the Camp Crystal Lake Research Facility at the beginning of Jason X (2001), which occurred in 2008.
Lovely as always, I love learning about the classic slasher through your retrospectives!
I love this video I do one thing I would have LOVED more was a tiny bit of kor focus on the DEATH of Wes Craven and how that was the final of the Nightmare with the creator dead and Bob gone. We don't need another Nightmare movie anytime soon
This is the only doc that mentions how Wes Craven based it on real events. Same with the Hills Have Eyes.
I discovered your channel this week and have been binge watching your videos. Highly enjoyable stuff and good film analysis & retrospectives. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the content!
whoa, this looks amazing. cant wait to watch. liked & subscribed, thanks
Been a FredHead since I was 5yrs old right after Dream Warriors came out and shortly before Dream Master was released. I love ‘em all (except the remake and a good chunk of Freddy Vs Jason). Great video!
As a 23yr old who once had a nightmare about Freddy to where I was alive in the nightmare but couldn’t move, I’ve always been obsessed with this franchise and Wes craven. I read that craven had a moment where he seen a man in a hat in his dreams makes me think I have a good possibility aligned with this script I’m working on for a revival nightmare on elm st return.
If there was ever another NOES film, they gotta get whoever conceptualized Vecna's kill sequences because that was A1
Matt, your insight and excellent breakdowns are really succinct and perfectly applied in your retrospective, here. Our "top 3's" may differ by +1 or -1 (depending on the film; I honestly put "New Nightmare" at my number 1 and "Dream Warriors" as my number 2) but you make such great cases with such excellent reasoning that I find myself shifting my opinions a little. The best critics and reviewers do this: making me respectfully re-examine my previous positions. Amazing video, my good sir! From an old, greying fanboy who grew up in the 70s and 80s: you're one of the best!
This was great to watch. Would love to see you do a retrospective on the Halloween series!
32:40 mentioning the golden compass is a huge w for setting the time.
Thank you for putting this out during the day so I can watch without incident! Another awesome video thanks Matt :)
New Nightmare was the first movie I walked out of, 10 minutes in. Got a full refund.
That would be the remake
Can’t wait to see the retrospective on “Halloween”!
fantastic video!
Loved this retrospective buddy ! Freddy is just THAT GOOD !!!
Nightmare on elm Street, Dream Warriors, and Wes Craven's New Nightmare are definitely my favorites out of the franchise but every movie in the franchise brought its own to the table.
Dream Warriors was my first introduction to horror on a more grand scale; had seen it in theaters as a kid, and made me come to appreciate and have a love for the genre and Wes Craven. Yes, The Dream Child did fall short (much do to the Writer's Strike) as to why that film was all over the place, but this whole series is fantastic.
This was an amazing breakdown, well done! The answer for a reboot of Freddy is BACON! Kevin Bacon.
Speaking of John Waters, they originally wanted Divine as the woman next to John Doe on the plane, but couldn't get her due to passing away in 1988.
No one will ever be Freddy like Robert Englund. He can never be replaced I don't care who the actor is
Part 4 was the first one I watched when I was young, and it scared me a bit back then, but I loved it too, I bought one of those plastic freddy gloves, and the comic book. lol.
7:04 The story of how they achieved Tina's death scene with the revolving room is cool.
Awesome video!
I love your retrospectives!! Looking forward to your predator video!
Gave me nightmares for months when I was a child and now obsessed with horror
20:23 Freddy's at his wimpiest in 5, being scared of his mother's ghost and beaten by going back into her womb.
It had been years since I saw Dream Warriors, and I knew I recognized the doctor when I heard Craig Wasson on screen. Its because I've come to really enjoy his audiobook narrations, starting with Stephen King's 11/22/63.
My favorite horror franchise, thank you! 💀🔥❤️
It’s just like the Star Trek franchise-II, IV, and VI are the best. I LOVE the humour and camp that are embraced in those
Halloween retrospective? Love the f13 and nightmare videos!
Great video!
Dekker Shado at 13:36 spotted. Plus did Nightmare 3 make £44.8m or £48.4m?
I’m a child of the 80s and a massive ANOES fan. How can anyone put the remake ahead of the others?! There are definitely some cool things about it but come on… really?!
@MattDraper would crush a video about the Hellraiser franchise. I feel like it has a similar story the nightmare franchise behind the scenes, but the fall to straight to video obscurity is so interesting, and a remake that works pretty well I’d say. Love the video!
You’ve outdone yourself again. Absolutely excellent video, Matt!
Nightmare Ranking:
1). Nightmare (‘84)
2). Nightmare 2
3). New Nightmare
4). Dream Warriors
5). Dream Master
6). Freddy vs. Jason
7). The Dream Child
8/9). Freddy’s Dead/Remake (they switch constantly. Both are atrocities)
I was 11 when A Nightmare on Elm Street came out and obviously too young to see the film BUT still got nightmares about Freddy Krueger.
Matt, you are dead on about just everything here🙌🏼
I loved Jack Haleys version of Freddy. He played his role as scripted and really made a believable character
Great work. Love the small Kill Count/James A Jineese shout out with "not Bill Maher"
To be fair the version of Freddy in Dead by Daylight is the Jackie Earl Haley version of the character since Behaviour Interactive, the producers of the game, couldn't get the rights of the original films from the Wes Craven estate. The only way they could get Freddy in the game was to use the WB / Platinum Dunes version. The game also features Kyle Gallner's Quentin Smith character from the 2010 movie as well as the survivor.
YOOO I SAW THAT QUICK CLIP OF DECKER SHADO
For a guy that claims not to be a Nightmare fan, your ranking is pretty spot on. The crossover stays pretty low on my list tho.
I think the best way to go about it especially if Robert Englund cannot continue to do the character much longer, would be to have Freddy locate a child that got away from him who is now an adult and is starting to have fantasies about murdering children and in his nightmares Freddy meets him and starts to groom and train the person into a nightmare killer and at some point for Freddy's last showing, Freddy would kill the new nightmare stalker, possibly bc law is coming down in him, to give him that final power too hunt and kill victims in dreams.
It's awesome hearing Don LaFontaine doing the trailer for Freddy's Dead. He was awesome
Great energy!
I've waited so long for someone who agrees with me that New Nightmare is better than Dream Warriors. I wholeheartedly believe that New Nightmare is an underappreciated work of genius and I could rant about it for HOURS. Also, I really appreciate how measured and articulate your takes on all of these movies are. It feels objective yet not detached. Any chance we'll get a Halloween retrospective???
Dream Warriors is not that good....I cannot stand how highly overrated that movie is. its also something to instantly point to when people cry about how much better practical effects are compared to CGI. There is ALOT of stuff in that movie that has not aged well and does not look good anymore.
It was also the death of the franchise when we started nosediving straight into Freddy the standup comic....Freddy the standup comedian is god awful IMO, he is a hell of alot better in Nightmare 1+2 and New Nightmare.
New nightmare was nowhere near as good as dream warriors 🤣