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Wes Craven's New Nightmare

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1 hr. 52 min.

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Reality and fantasy meet in unsettling ways in this installment of the long-running horror series, which finds director Wes Craven and actors Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund all portraying themselves. As Heather (Heather Langenkamp) considers making another film with Craven, her son, Dylan (Miko Hughes), falls under the spell of the iconic disfigured villain Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). Eventually, Langenkamp must confront Freddy's demonic spirit to save the soul of Dylan.

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Critics Consensus

Wes Craven's New Nightmare adds an unexpectedly satisfying - not to mention intelligent - meta layer to a horror franchise that had long since lost its way.

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geovanny p

é minha franquia favorita do cinema

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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David C

La trama es original nos ponen referencias a la primera película del (84) y que aparezcan actores originales

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/11/24

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Blu B

An Underrated Classic of the Franchise. The editing is really good here and is focused on Nancy & Dillon the entire way. Gone are any disposable characters that lack depth and kills just for the sake of kills. Every single on moves things forward and it effortlessly goes between dream sequences and reality. The only slight issue is sometimes it can be a bit unclear when it's somewhere in the middle but it's so interesting, witty, smart, and original an idea that you stay with it. Another big reason for that is because everything about this is pretty solid all around. Heather is good in this and Freddy is actually initimidating and a return to form. All the returning cast playing themselves is really good also except for Dillon who is just ok and probably the weakest thing in this. The other issue is a lot of the first half can move at a slow rate and while the scenes are smart there isn't much visually that pops in them and the settings aren't that memorable. This isn't really scary for most of it's runtime until the end when Freddy truly shows up (he's not in this for most of the runtime) and is more suspensful in a slow burn type of way. Once Julie is killed it really picks itself up and delivers a solid ending. The meta style here is really well done also. Anyone who is a fan of the franchise or any actors in this should watch it. My personal opinion watch the first, the third, and this. With just those 3 it's one of the best horror movie sequences ever made.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Bria L

It goes great with the other Freddy movies. Even better because it shows the actors and actresses from the previous movies. Good stuff

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/10/23

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Night T

Not without some intelligence, Wes Craven dips his toe into the post-modern horror genre. However, despite this smart meta-theme, and excellent performances from the likes of Heather Langenkamp, this film run out of gas especially in the second and third acts. There is also too much reliance on the child actor and some of the worst CGI of all time. Also, the new freddie makeup is much worse than the original.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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ChrisCSH H

Wes Cravens new nightmare was a fresh and rejuvenating take on the nightmare on elm street franchise (that was starting to grow stale)and the horror genre as a whole. The films, brilliant self-aware plot, adds to a whole new creepy level along with Robert Englunds fantastic rejuvenation of the Freddy Krueger character.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C-

Sep 7, 2011

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

This one's defeated by the rigid formula.

Apr 5, 2010

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Englund once again is in bravura form as Freddy, playing as much for nasty laughs as unnerving shocks.

Mar 26, 2009

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Cody Leach

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Wes Craven brings the most unique and artistic installment for his return. The pre-Scream meta storytelling is fresh and fun for fans of the franchise and Freddy is actually scary again. I do find myself missing the imaginative carnage along the way.

Rated: 3.75/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Eve Tushnet

Patheos

This story about stories was so much less interesting than a story about nightmares in suburbia.

Jun 6, 2022

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

This was a new kind of horror movie, self-aware, reverential to the rules and yet more than happy to smash them when needed.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 19, 2021

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Synopsis

Reality and fantasy meet in unsettling ways in this installment of the long-running horror series, which finds director Wes Craven and actors Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund all portraying themselves. As Heather (Heather Langenkamp) considers making another film with Craven, her son, Dylan (Miko Hughes), falls under the spell of the iconic disfigured villain Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). Eventually, Langenkamp must confront Freddy's demonic spirit to save the soul of Dylan.

Director: Wes Craven
Executive Producer: Wes Craven, Robert Shaye
Screenwriter: Wes Craven
Distributor: New Line Cinema, Roadshow Home Video [au]
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 14, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.1M
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo, DTS

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