Wes Craven's New Nightmare

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Wes Craven's New Nightmare

R

1994

1h 52m

Horror

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

04/05/2010

This one's defeated by the rigid formula.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

03/26/2009

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

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Time Out

06/24/2006

The climactic punch-up fails to match the power of the first film's true ending, but in deconstructing his own bastardised creation, Craven redeems both the series and his own tarnished reputation.

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Don Shanahan

Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast

Nov 29

Meta work from Wes Craven before meta became cool.

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Oct 14

4/5

[An] ambitious blur of reality and fantasy.

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Sarah Marloff

Washington City Paper

Sep 15

A masterpiece in tastemaking.

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Rick W

10/30/2024

Grew up watching this movie and I always wanted to see it on a big screen and am eternally grateful to the Alamo Drafthouse for screening it this October. Quality was outstanding and the quality served to immerse me so sufficiently that it took me back to being a kid.

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Diane

10/17/2024

Loved every moment of it!!!

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Charles T

@CharlesGaming1000 Jul 14

A great self awareness experiment before Scream came out!!!

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Wyatt T

@RT87018801 Jul 12

I love the way they make all the Nightmare on Elmstreet movies movies in the universe. I would even say they made the friday thirteen movies fake too. Good film.

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 11

Gostei bastante. A forma como o filme aborda a série de maneira metalinguística manteve o mesmo nível de construção de mistério eficaz do primeiro. Acho que poderíamos ter visto um pouco mais desse Freddy ao longo do filme, mesmo que sua presença esteja presente nas experiências de Heather.

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Anthony M.

@Cobblepot15 Jun 25

Before Scream completely rewrote the rules of the genre, Wes Craven returned to Elm Street to deliver one of the most brilliant, high-concept psychological horror films ever made. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare doesn't just reject the sillier sequels; it breaks the fourth wall entirely, taking place in the "real world" where the actors, producers, and director play fictionalized versions of themselves

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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.

Director: Wes Craven
Producer: Marianne Maddalena
Distributor: New Line Cinema, Roadshow Home Video [au]
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 14, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.1M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo, DTS