Episode 236: A Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise Part 3

Otherwise, just been watching, again, a whole bunch of Nightmare on Elm Street.

So today we are starting off by talking about Wes Craven's new Nightmare, which came out in 1994.

And again, I think this is one of the best movies in the franchise.

And it's because Wes Craven came back to write and direct this movie.

It's the first time he came back and had just like full control over this movie since the original one.

Because yes, he wrote Dream Warriors, but it said that like what, 70% of his script was changed or something like that.

So this one was fully him.

Written, directed, he's in it.

This is meta before he did Scream, which I love because this movie came out in 94, Scream came out in 96.

This movie is even more meta than Scream because they all play themselves.

So like Heather Langenkamp, who plays Nancy in the first movie, she plays herself.

Heather Langenkamp.

Robert Englund, who plays Freddy Krueger, plays himself.

Wes Craven plays himself.

And I just think the storyline of this movie is so cool and so creative.

And I love it so much.

So let's get into Wes Craven's new Nightmare.

It's about an hour and 54 minutes long, which makes it the longest movie in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, because usually they're about an hour and 25 to like an hour and 35.

So this one is definitely longer.

It is a 6.4 on IMDb and a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is very damn good for a horror movie.

I feel like, again, this is definitely one of the well-loved movies in this franchise.

Because it's just so fucking good.

It really is.

But New Nightmare opens up with Freddie's glove being made.

And somebody is like being a blacksmith.