Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
by Daniel Farrands, Andrew Kasch
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Actor: Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Renny Harlin, Robert Englund, Wes CravenDirector: Andrew Kasch, Daniel Farrands
Brand: CAV
Producer: Thommy Hutson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 480 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2010-05-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: CAV Distributing Corporation
DVD Reviews of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
DVD Review: Sleep Soundly, Fred-heads
Summary: 5 Stars
I finally received my copy of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy in the mail yesterday, and despite having finals I have managed to consume all the material and let it digest. I've been a big fan of these retrospectives that have been coming out the past few years, first with Halloween: 25 Years of Terror and His Name Was Jason so I was eagerly anticipating Never Sleep Again. So how does it stack up? Let's take a gander:
These horror retrospectives keep improving every time in regards to style and content. I remember purchasing Halloween: 25 Years of Terror and it absolutely blew my mind. It wasn't perfect but as a huge fan of the series I was instantly enamored of the set and all the amazing features it contained. It was a loving tribute to the Halloween Series and all the creators and fans therein.
Imagine my wonder when I picked up His Name Was Jason when it was released a couple years later and discovered that it was Even Better. Like a lot better. This doc got pretty much everyone involved with the series for an interview and provided a fabulous and highly entertaining feature on the series.
Now, just in time for the Nightmare on Elm Street remake, comes Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy. And, wow. Just wow. This 2-disc DVD set is EVEN BETTER. It is truly sprawling, informative and wildly entertaining. There's so much stuff here I'm actually at a loss as how to review it, but damn it, I have to try! So here are some of my somewhat unorganized thoughts on the DVDs:
The documentary itself, which is the main feature, clocks in at a whopping 4 hours (!) long and covers pretty much everything and I do mean everything. Just about everyone you could think of that has been involved with the Nightmare on Elm Street series are on hand to give their thoughts on the series and share some memories of what it was like to create a genuine horror icon. All the obvious faces are present: Wes Craven, Robert Shaye, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Sarah Risher, Rachel Talalay, John Saxon, Jack Sholder, Rennie Harlin, and Stephen Hopkins. All these people have been featured on previous Nightmare docs but it's good to have them back and some of them have some new stories to tell. Other than them, pretty much all of the main cast and crew of the various Nightmare films are also present and accounted for. Obviously the "big" stars like Johnny Depp, Laurence Fishburne, Patricia Arquette, and... Breckin Meyer are absent, but just about everyone else is there. As a side note, given what he's said in the past I can't help but think that Johnny Depp would have done it if he'd been asked and his schedule could permit it. I don't know if they had the balls to ask him or not. I guess we'll never know.
Anyway the people that are there give some fantastic insight into the making of Nightmare on Elm Street and all its sequels. Each individual film gets plenty of time for a thorough examination with each clocking in at about a half hour (the first one gets about 45 minutes). If you watch the doc and feel like something was missed, never fear, for the bonus features include extended interviews which include many juicy details and other tidbits that didn't fit in to the main feature.
Lisa Wilcox has aged like a fine wine. So has Kim Myers... and Amanda Wyss... and Erika Anderson. Some of the others weren't so lucky. Ok, now with that pointless superficiality out of the way...
Wes usually pops up for each of the sequels to give his (usually) negative thoughts on them. He usually has a good point.
Some of the interviewees are a little dry (and Jack Sholder comes across as a major prick. So does Chuck Russell) but most of the others are rather jovial and seem genuinely excited to be talking about the impact of the films on their lives.
Robert Englund comes across as one of the kindest men you could ever meet, and I don't think he says anything negative about anyone in all 8 hours worth of DVD.
Ronny Yu is here to give his thoughts on Freddy vs. Jason even though he wasn't there for His Name Was Jason. Curious.
Pretty much everyone involved insists that Freddy's Dead was a good movie and they were right to make it like they did. Wrong. This is odd to me because usually the cast and crew are quick to point out things that don't work in other installments.
I got a huge kick out of the Robot Chicken-style opening credits and bumpers between each segment. They were really clever and amusing.
Anyway there are over a dozen (I guess, I didn't count) extra features on the second disc so there is plenty to amuse yourself with. I'm not going to describe all of them because I don't want to be here all night and no one will read it anyway.
So, in a nano-nutshell, if you're a huge fan of the Nightmare series, you should definitely pick this up. Casual fans may not need this much information, but for Fred-heads everywhere, this set really hits the spot.
Sweet Dreams.
Description of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 05/04/10
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
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