Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/)
Directed by
Wes Craven

Writing credits
Wes Craven (written by)

Genre: Horror / Thriller (more)

Plot Outline: In the dreams of his victims, a specteral child murderer stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him. (more) (view trailer)

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Saxon .... Lieutenant Donald Thompson
Ronee Blakley .... Margaret 'Marge' Thompson
Heather Langenkamp .... Nancy Thompson
Amanda Wyss .... Christina 'Tina' Grey
Jsu Garcia .... Rod Lane (as Nick Corri)
Johnny Depp .... Glen Lantz (his 1st movie ???? )


finally saw this classic horror movie last night (good DVD from New Line btw) and i must say i was very much surprised. i was expecting some cheap teeny slasher film but i was delighted to see a movie that actually is a "serious" horror movie
:)
hehehe i even had to check the walls in my bedroom.. if they were still real walls
:evil:

are the sequels good? or just stupid? after seeing this movie, i then realized how stupid Freddy vs Jason is..lol

so remember kids... its only a dream !!! :evil:

read some interesting trivia's here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/trivia)

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Go straight to Wes Craven's New Nightmare... while you can.

Skip 2-6, watch them after New Nightmare... if you're interested. (Those are for die-hard Freddy freaks only.)

oh i have to post in here big Fan of Nightmare On Elm Street's:evil: www.elmstreet.co.uk oh btw i say Skip #2 and well thats it for me i did't get in too #2 duno why but 1 3 4 5 6 7 r good 4 being the best the only Nightmare film too do over 30mill.

watching Parts 2 and 3 tonight... so wish me luck :P

thanks to Bender for the DVDs :)

GL trailergod hope you like them btw tell me what one's you like :)

ok, part 2 is gay and pathetic...lol
90 mins seemed like 3 hours...

i give up, not gonna watch any of them anymore...LOL

Originally posted by trailergod
ok, part 2 is gay and pathetic...lol
90 mins seemed like 3 hours...

I told you to skip all the sequels except New Nightmare.

You didn't listen.

Don't say editman didn't warn you... :rolleyes:

ya part 2 is **** now its on too #3 #4#5#6#7 :)

Originally posted by trailergod
are the sequels good? or just stupid? after seeing this movie, i then realized how stupid Freddy vs Jason is..lol

so remember kids... its only a dream !!! :evil:

What's the matter. Scared that a poor, sad, comedian is going to make shapes in your wall?:rolleyes:

LOL:whistle:

Yes, you didn't listen to editman. WATCH WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE! ;)

I don't know how to describe it, but I'd go as far as saying Wes Craven's New Nightmare is one of the greatest films in not only horror but cinema itself! There is a complete overhearing metaphor that captures evil itself, and shows us where it must remain. (There is also an ongoing thing that actually points the finger right at the MPAA, hehe ;)

It is also the ultimate paradox in storytelling. It wouldn't, shouldn't, and can't work, but does in everyway, because of the way Wes Craven crafted it. I myself haven't seen any other film with a story so caught up in a paradoxed loop, and work all the same.

I'm not going to say anything else. SEE IT DAMN YOU! :P ;)

hmm ok your right in some ways there Guiboche but only seening Wes Craven's New Nightmare only and not seening the rest come on if you where new too the Nightmare Series seening 1 will not do you got to see all of them then say what you think

I've seen all the nightmare films, and if you watch the first film, and skip 2-6, the story still makes absolutely 100% sense (if what I said just made any sense ;)

And I suggest to everyone to see Nightmare 1 and then skip to Wes Craven's New Nightmare. New Nightmare is so good it shattered the relevance of all the sequals behind it. :zorro:

Originally posted by Guiboche
I've seen all the nightmare films, and if you watch the first film, and skip 2-6, the story still makes absolutely 100% sense (if what I said just made any sense ;)

And I suggest to everyone to see Nightmare 1 and then skip to Wes Craven's New Nightmare. New Nightmare is so good it shattered the relevance of all the sequals behind it. :zorro: ok so may be your right dose not mean #4 was **** it did 30mill+ what did the New Nightmare do Jack **** any ways its up too trailergod he's the one seening the movie's oh btw trailergod don't see only 2 of the Nightmare movies see them all its better that way oh 1 more thing a movie like Nightmare On Elm Street's don't have to make sense

nice try guys but these movies are utter CRAP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .. waste of time and money...

i have seen 3 already and thats enough time wasted...

Originally posted by SinBoy-666
ok so may be your right dose not mean #4 was **** it did 30mill+ what did the New Nightmare do Jack **** Yeah because the money made represents the films quality. In that case I guess Michael Baye desrves a spot on the list with the likes of Kurosawa, because afterall he made money.

If anything is proven in your quote it's that 4 was crap nand new knightmare was better. :rolleyes:

Oh, and wash your mouth out boy!

:upset:

Originally posted by carl
In that case I guess Michael Baye desrves a spot on the list with the likes of Kurosawa, because afterall he made money.
no, he's much higher on that list than kurosawa, because he made much more money :P;)

ok that's it some one make a poll on the nightmare films will see what one's r good:P

Originally posted by SinBoy-666
ok that's it some one make a poll on the nightmare films will see what one's r good:P

That won't prove anything. Just because it's a favorurite among a certain group (say this Forum) doesn't really mean it's good. It can be because a lot of teens who's into crappy scary movies and don't see many other kinds of movies log on and vote on the day the poll is put up.

And yes, by that rationale Michael Bay is way way WAAAAAY much higher on that list than Kurosawa - Criterion even gave Armageddon a royal treatment, while we're still longing for a remaster DVD of Seven Samurai. (Yes that will be the shame of the company forever.) :rolleyes:

True, that is one thing about polls...we're all movie nerds! Sorry, but it's true.

So late in this conversation but since Box Office was being talked about for the Nightmare series... here's how they break down. All from www.boxofficemojo.com ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street
11/9/84
$ 1,271,000
$ 25,504,513

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge
11/1/85
$ 2,865,475
$ 29,999,213

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
2/27/87
$ 8,880,555
$ 44,793,222

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
8/19/88
$ 12,833,403
$ 49,369,899

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
8/11/89
$ 8,115,176
$ 22,168,359

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
9/13/91
$ 12,966,525
$ 34,872,033

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
10/14/94
$ 6,667,118
$ 18,090,181

Freddy Vs. Jason
8/15/03
$ 36,428,066
$ 82,622,655

For what it's worth, I thought #3 and New Nightmare were great sequels. 3 was even written by Frank Darabont.

lol oh god i never see the day that this thread was bumped talk about fighting any ways thx DarkKnight for the Box Office on Nightmare on Elm Street's now i no how much they made.