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Topic	Gauntlet Crew Ranks 90s Horror Films - Do you like ranking scary movies?
Snake5555555555 07/04/19 10:40:05 PM #235:	16. Wes Cravens New Nightmare Snake - 2 Charon - 8 KBM - 13 Genny - 15 Johnbobb - 18 JONA - 19 Karo - 20 Scarlet - 30 Inviso - 34 Snake - Why I Chose It - The seventh film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, New Nightmare features Wes Craven's return to the directorial chair, his first reappearance in the franchise since the original film. New Nightmare treats the original series as in-universe films, requiring little continuity knowledge to watch and enjoy. It also returns Freddy to his darker roots, after progressively getting more goofier with each installment. New Nightmare would go on to inform Craven's future film Scream, and would be the last Freddy movie for nearly a decade. My Thoughts - New Nightmare, in my opinion, is Wes Craven's magnum opus. In the film, Craven analyzes his position as a "master of horror", and the responsibility and role he had in crafting one of horror's most enduring icons. His films literally unleash Freddy into the world at large, an analogue to the real-life nightmares many viewers of the real Freddy films have experienced themselves. Craven himself has often tried to escape the pigeon-holing of being that one "horror director", and New Nightmare makes it clear that spectre forever looms over his legacy almost too greatly to escape from. It's incredible contemplative and introspective, and yet, New Nightmare also manages time to be a damn scary, fun time too. Beyond the sub-text, Robert Englund portrays Freddy with a whole new menace to him, and with the exception of the first film, I've never found him scarier than here. Heather Langenkamp is also fantastic, and both the similarities and differences between her and her character Nancy are extremely fun to notice. She's definitely horror's premiere dual-role final girl! In closing, the idea of Freddy becoming reality is an idea I've always loved. In my opinion, we make these fictional entities real everyday, by discussing them, by being frightened of them, by giving them new life through fan writing or drawings. Yet, Craven proves that, in the end, it's all just a story, and it's our responsibility to remember that. Craven gives himself and the viewer an out, we just have to play our roles one last time to realize that. Charon - An obviously darker take on Freddy, this film successfully revamped the dream haunter, sadly they just didn't continue from where they should have. It's hard to believe that this film basically ended the original line of Nightmare films, which is a shame because it's clearly superior to all of the other sequels that came after the original. Not only that, but it failed in the box office. With Craven gone, it's hard to imagine a good movie coming, but I digress. The premise here is interesting, as they treat the entire rest of the films as if they were simply that, films. This is a concept we'd see borrowed later by other films, that is, making a horror movie around the production of a horror movie. The whole malevolent being that happened to get written into being Freddy just now likes to be Freddy is neat, and while they tone down the campiness of his antics a bit, they keep all that made him a great slasher. --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:924260335] in Gauntlet C... [t:77812973]...</cite> <quote>16. Wes Cravens New Nightmare Snake - 2 Charon - 8 KBM - 13 Genny - 15 Johnbobb - 18 JONA - 19 Karo - 20 Scarlet - 30 Inviso - 34 Snake - Why I Chose It - The seventh film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, New Nightmare features Wes Craven's return to the directorial chair, his first reappearance in the franchise since the original film. New Nightmare treats the original series as in-universe films, requiring little continuity knowledge to watch and enjoy. It also returns Freddy to his darker roots, after progressively getting more goofier with each installment. New Nightmare would go on to inform Craven's future film Scream, and would be the last Freddy movie for nearly a decade. My Thoughts - New Nightmare, in my opinion, is Wes Craven's magnum opus. In the film, Craven analyzes his position as a "master of horror", and the responsibility and role he had in crafting one of horror's most enduring icons. His films literally unleash Freddy into the world at large, an analogue to the real-life nightmares many viewers of the real Freddy films have experienced themselves. Craven himself has often tried to escape the pigeon-holing of being that one "horror director", and New Nightmare makes it clear that spectre forever looms over his legacy almost too greatly to escape from. It's incredible contemplative and introspective, and yet, New Nightmare also manages time to be a damn scary, fun time too. Beyond the sub-text, Robert Englund portrays Freddy with a whole new menace to him, and with the exception of the first film, I've never found him scarier than here. Heather Langenkamp is also fantastic, and both the similarities and differences between her and her character Nancy are extremely fun to notice. She's definitely horror's premiere dual-role final girl! In closing, the idea of Freddy becoming reality is an idea I've always loved. In my opinion, we make these fictional entities real everyday, by discussing them, by being frightened of them, by giving them new life through fan writing or drawings. Yet, Craven proves that, in the end, it's all just a story, and it's our responsibility to remember that. Craven gives himself and the viewer an out, we just have to play our roles one last time to realize that. Charon - An obviously darker take on Freddy, this film successfully revamped the dream haunter, sadly they just didn't continue from where they should have. It's hard to believe that this film basically ended the original line of Nightmare films, which is a shame because it's clearly superior to all of the other sequels that came after the original. Not only that, but it failed in the box office. With Craven gone, it's hard to imagine a good movie coming, but I digress. The premise here is interesting, as they treat the entire rest of the films as if they were simply that, films. This is a concept we'd see borrowed later by other films, that is, making a horror movie around the production of a horror movie. The whole malevolent being that happened to get written into being Freddy just now likes to be Freddy is neat, and while they tone down the campiness of his antics a bit, they keep all that made him a great slasher. --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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