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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

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Kat Hughes THN One for the ‘Fred Head’ in your life, Never Sleep Again is an informative deep-dive into a franchise of nightmares. Rated: 4/5 Feb 15, 2023 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …Freddy fans will relish this, but even for the non-adherent, there’s plenty of juicy Elm Street gossip here to keep you awake at night… Rated: 3/5 Feb 4, 2023 Full Review David Harris Spectrum Culture Never Sleep Again, though both funny and frightening, is ultimately a touching journey through the Elm Street mythology. Oct 28, 2019 Full Review Martin Unsworth Starburst For a four-hour film, it sure does fly by, and you certainly won't be snoozing during it. Rated: 9/10 Jan 16, 2017 Full Review Bill Gibron PopMatters Never Sleep Again won't be winning any awards as the kind of documentary that changes and rearranges the genre. Instead, it is a wildly informative summary of a seminal horror icon - and the people who populated his dark, disturbing dreamscapes. Rated: 8/10 Dec 29, 2016 Full Review Scott Weinberg FEARnet It's almost like something Ken Burns would make if he were a huge horror geek. Rated: 4/5 Jan 9, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Melissa L If you loved this franchise, it really is an absolutely must see! The documentary takes each film in the franchise, and the stars relate their experience filming the movies. There is also background on Wes Craven and Robert Englund. It's a long documentary, but, if you are a Freddy fan, it's well worth it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/19/25 Full Review Audience Member Uma aventura eletrizante pelo legado de um dos maiores vilões da história do cinema. Wes Craven criou uma história tão poderosa e criativa que, mesmo com o poder fora de suas mãos, ainda manteve a memória de Freddy Krueger viva por décadas. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review MARCO C yeah pretty much best documentary ever Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/14/21 Full Review Audience Member My god I did not think that this movie would be flipping 3 hours. I thought it was going to be maybe an hour and 30 something minutes talking about the legacy of all the nightmares not do a full fledge analysis of each movie. It's a little too much nightmare information for me. I'm not the biggest nightmare fan. I'm more of a Texas chainsaw guy or Friday but I still respect this franchise and love the first and new nightmare movies. This documentary peaked my interest into seeing Freddy vs Jason got me because I never saw the ads for it and this movie showed all the hype especially in Japan with the whole boxing thing between the two icons. I learned a lot about nightmare watching this and I can't wait to see what happens next in the nightmare on elm street franchise. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member My god I did not think that this movie would be flipping 3 hours. I thought it was going to be maybe an hour and 30 something minutes talking about the legacy of all the nightmares not do a full fledge analysis of each movie. It’s a little too much nightmare information for me. I’m not the biggest nightmare fan. I’m more of a Texas chainsaw guy or Friday but I still respect this franchise and love the first and new nightmare movies. This documentary peaked my interest into seeing Freddy vs Jason got me because I never saw the ads for it and this movie showed all the hype especially in Japan with the whole boxing thing between the two icons. I learned a lot about nightmare watching this and I can’t wait to see what happens next in the nightmare on elm street franchise. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/29/20 Full Review andrew k A comprehensive and lengthy behind-the-scenes walk through one of the most iconic horror franchises of all time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Director
Andrew Kasch