The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection
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Actor: Robert EnglundBrand: ENGLUND,ROBERT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-09-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Number of pages: 310
Studio: New Line Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection
DVD Review: A film by film review
Summary: 5 Stars
Nightmare on Elm Street
Rating: ****
The best of the bunch, Wes Craven's original is scary, tense and has an undercurrent of sexual politics that acts as social commentary on 80's horror movies. Freddy, the symbol of repressed carnal desires, terrorizes the dreams of teens in the overly-pleasant town of Springwood. Loaded with sexual symbolism (Freddy chokes his Rod, and Johnny Depp has the goriest wet dream ever), the film has a knowing sense of humor about itself and boasts some impressive visuals, despite its relatively low budget. Even so, I can't say that it's my favorite one...
(Note: The film included in this DVD set is not the Two Disc Infinifilm Edition with extra commentary and features)
Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Rating: **1/2
Often derided as the "gayest" of the series, and this much is true, yet it's all done in a way that keeps to the subtext of the first film. Freddy's still scary, and still a disturbing symbol of repressed sexual desire, but this time the gender tables are turned. This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I find it interesting from a film analysis perspective. Even so, the blatant symbolism does get a bit tiresome, and there are several cornball sequences that could have been cut entirely. In the end, it's a lack of any subtlety that hurts this one.
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Rating: ***1/2
The first one I saw, and still my favorite of the whole series. It may not be as classic as the original (note the slightly lower star rating), but it's still a lot of fun. There's not much subtext or deep social commentary in this one, but who cares? Even now, it's the most wildly imaginative of the bunch. By breaking formula, and allowing the teens in this one to team up and use their various "dream powers" against Freddy, director Chuck Russell gave the series new life. Also, the film adds a lot to the ongoing series continuity by delving further into Freddy's disturbing past. True, it paved the way for the "funny," sarcastic Freddy, a characterization that killed any potential scares for the rest of the series, but it worked well for this film, and I can't fault it for trying something new.
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Rating: **
Boasting absolutely no subtext or scares at all, director Renny Harlin (Cutthroat Island) takes the originality of the previous film and turns it into formula. The characters don't seem to care when one of them dies horribly, and the whole idea of the "dream killer" apparently doesn't shock anyone. Even so, as a grab-bag of 80's pop culture, the film is entertainingly over the top. Freddy, by this time a pop culture icon, has now lost any semblance of his former horrific self, opting instead for lame one-liners, but actor Robert Englund is obviously having the time of his life. Character development and dialogue take a backseat to visual effects and set design, and on that level it's still fun to watch. Just don't expect the plot to make much sense.
Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Rating: ***
Director Stephen Hopkins thankfully dispenses with most of Freddy's goofball nonsense and prefers eerie style over jokey dark comedy. In this film, a loose take-off on the whole Rosemary's Baby idea, there's a subtext again, this time dealing with abortion and the rights of a biological mother. It's rather flimsy really, but despite the film's style-over-substance approach, Freddy is once again a believable threat and a force to be reckoned with, and I'm very thankful for that. Plus, Lisa Wilcox is excellent as the returning Dream Master Alice from the previous film.
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Rating: *
Incredibly stupid sequel makes virtually no sense at all. This film takes what is worst about the Nightmare series (lame jokes, overblown set pieces, far too many pop culture references) and makes a whole feature out of it. Freddy's Dead is plagued by incredibly unnecessary celebrity cameos and a director who seems to think that every single idea she has is a good one. Despite delving even more into Freddy's past, the film can't generate enough emotional involvement from its characters to make it count. Adding insult to injury, the final showdown, which was originally intended to end the series, is extremely disappointing (it basically boils down to lame fistfight). This DVD set includes 3D glasses for the film's finale, but it doesn't add much to the film, and it doesn't seem to work all that well on DVD. Pretty lousy movie overall.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Rating: ***1/2
Director Wes Craven returns to the film that made him famous. Interestingly, most of the actors here now play themselves, and acknowledge that movies 1-6 were in fact movies and nothing more. But now, the horror is creeping through the screen and into the "real world" where actress Heather Langenkamp (Nancy of the 1st and 3rd films) is being terrorized by the ghost of her famous movie nemesis. This film-within-a-film approach allows Craven (who also plays himself) to critique the series as a whole and return it to its classic "pure horror" roots. Even Freddy himself has gotten a makeover, and Englund once again plays him to terrifying perfection.
Purists will note that the crossover film Freddy vs. Jason is not included in this set. Though I found that movie entertaining, I'm not particularly bothered by its absence here.
The extra disc in this set is a fun addition. It's set up as a sort of hellish labyrinth where certain features have to be unlocked in a certain order. You'll find tons of material about the making of the series, as well as interviews with cast and crew members. Fans of the series will totally dig it.
DVD Review: Happy Hour
Summary: 5 Stars
Well worth the $$$ a great DVD collection,and also the bonus of the TV series all for half the price you would pay to buy them separately. Also a really cool packageDVD Review: goten6585
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD'S were brand new and it shows just as clear if not clearer than the original's when they first came out. And it was also cheaper to by from amazon.DVD Review: No Greatest Hits
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are a Freddy fan, this is a great deal.
But, do not expect to have the Freddy's Greatest Hits in with it.
I was very disappointed. I even did an exchange and still no Greatest Hits.
If this does not matter, then it is a great deal..
DVD Review: Horror Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I have yet to watch any of them...why you ask? Cause my fiance is petrified of Freddy! WE are adults now and she still has any image burned in her head of that melted grousum face! She really thinks that he will come for her in her dreams...when we get married first thing will be to watch all of them straight!
Description of The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection
Freddy Krueger haunts the dreams of a group of teenagers with the intent of killing them.No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: ENGLUND,ROBERT
Title: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET COLLEC
Street Release Date: 09/06/2005
Genre: HORROR
In the trinity of modern horror films, there's the father (Michael Myers of Halloween), the son (Jason of Friday the 13th fame, a knockoff), and the unholy spirit, Freddy Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street films. The spectral man who haunted the nightmares of unsuspecting teenagers with deadly consequences, Freddy (as played by Robert Englund) was a truly frightening bogeyman and icon for the '80s. Unlike the hockey-masked Jason, who dispatched horny teenagers with mechanical and monotonous ease (he never talked, never took off his mask), Freddy was a truly creative and diabolical villain, with a sadistic and blackly funny personality. The hallmarks of the Nightmare on Elm Street series were imaginatively gruesome suspense pieces, set in the overactive imaginations of the teen victims. The first film of the series, Wes Craven's truly intelligent and scary film, was so hugely successful it begat not one, not two, but six more sequels, each pretty much diluting the originality and horror of its predecesor. (Horror fans will fondly remember Drew Barrymore's assertion in Scream that the first Nightmare film was great but all the rest sucked.) Still, there's fun to be had in the remaining films in the series, seeing as a number of aspiring filmmakers cut their teeth on the continuing saga of Freddy. Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) and Chuck Russell (The Mask) worked on the third installment, Dream Warriors (starring a young Patricia Arquette), and Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2) came to prominence with the ingeniously macabre fourth film, The Dream Master, coscripted by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential). Craven and original star Heather Langenkamp did return for the last film, New Nightmare, which presaged the tongue-in-cheek postmodernism of the Scream films and resharpened Freddy's ability to scare. --Mark Englehart
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