I revisit this every Halloween. An absolute classic! Scared me to death as a kid. Finally got to meet Robert a few years ago and he autographed a drawing I had bought of Fred.
The moment I knew I loved this movie was when Nancy kept saying “It’s just a dream, he isn’t real!” then Freddy leaps through the fucking mirror, so awesome👍
That was part of the brilliance of this movie - the lack of control in a dream. Lucid dreaming takes years, sometimes decades of fierce mental training to achieve. This explains the seemingly “stupid” decisions made by the teens in their dreams.
This franchise doesn’t get nearly enough love. This is what started everything for me. I saw the original and Freddy’s Revenge on the same night back in 1986 as a kid and I was forever hooked on horror films. Back then Freddy was truly terrifying. It needs a proper reboot.
I watched this masterpiece for the first time when I was 7 years old so the terror has long gone for me now I just marvel at its brilliance and how it changed the genre for ever it set the standard for other horror movies not only is it a great and original story but the effects were incredibly realistic it's because of movies like ANOES we appreciate more horrors using practical affects rather than CGI it really puts you there with the characters there will never be another movie like it
This is the second or third video I have watched where the narrator has said that the bully who tormented Wes was called Fred Krueger. In interviews with Wes he says that the bully was called Fred, he never gave the surname. Krueger is an extension of Krug, the villain in Last House On The Left, and also Wes said it sounded very Germanic
I seem to be alone when it comes to loving the end part where the plastic doll of Marge Thompson was pulled through the door's window by Freddy. I love moments that look fake in these types of movies. It's makes for more entertainment due to it being so amusing. I can't help but to laugh at how hilarious it looks. And if something is entertaining and amusing in a movie, isn't that a good thing? We watch movies for entertainment, after all.
in 3rd grade, back in 1986, i wrote a story for Halloween that year. I stayed in for recess for two seeks. Filled up about 15 pages front and back of that old time paper that grade school kids used back in the day before notebook paper. the one with the solid lines and the dotted in the middle. and i had Jason, Freddy, Leatherface and Michael in it. LOL It was so scary and bad, the teacher made me stop reading it. LOL Those were the days.
Nope. The original is the best followed by New Nightmare. As for third place, I flip flop between 2 and 3. 3 was good but it’s clearly the moment Freddy jumped the shark. At least he’s still dark and creepy in 2.
Three gave a link to the first one especially with Heather being a great plot point. I like how the third one tries to make it more of a mind game with Freddy and how it's more about wits. That's what goes through out the whole franchise and makes it great.
Was my favorite franchise as a child (born in 86) and still is to this day. The freddy Kruger universe is still so compelling to me. Freddy's nightmares was a really good show too shame it didn't last
Thank you so much this is my favorite horror movie of all time the story the effects Nancy Thompson is my all time favorite horror hero and Freddy Krueger my favorite horror villain he talks and doesn't kill you quick likes to mess with you before he kills you played wonderful by Robert Englund thank you Wes Craven for giving us a masterpiece 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was a morbid kid who read Cujo at age 6, so most horror movies never did anything for me, until House introduced me to surreal horror comedy, and Freddy put a face on the surreal and horror parts. I loved the original Halloween and TCM, but Jason always felt lame next to Freddy.
My favorite eighties slasher movie. I saw it at the local movie theater. To me it's the best and scariest of the series. I really wish they would have kept in the deleted scene where Nancy finds out they all had older siblings killed by Freddy.
Such a fantastic film, truly horrifying! In fact, I watched this when I was 8 years old and was traumatised for years! But love it now, some genuinely unsettling imagery, just brilliant. IMO the overall balance of horror and weirdness hasn’t ever really been bettered.
I remember getting the DVD box set with the 3-D glasses 22 years ago for my birthday at Ames. So every April I revisit this series. For whatever reason these horror movies feel like spring horror movies.
I cannot tell you how much I love this channel and all the work your team does. Your love for horror shows so well in this videos. Thank you and please keep these coming!
Love ANOES!! Saw the first movie first as a really young kid and it gave me nightmares. It always baffled me why they went the more comedic route in the later sequels. This will always be a favorite of mine. The film is just timeless and has so many wonderful qualities. I especially love the score by Charles Bernstein. The Never Sleep Again documentary is an incredible look back at franchise and a must own/see for fans of ANOES much like Crystal Lake Memories for Friday the 13th fans. Excellent video as always!
People think Robert England was type cast as Freddy Krueger, but actuality he was already Typecast as the nerdy guy in films such as "V" and "Galaxy of Terror."
Fun Fact 1: During the jail scene, Rod Corri was actually high on heroin when he was talking to Heather. He was an addict and was high without the crew knowing, which is why he was so sweaty. Fun Fact 2: Those weren't rocks being thrown at the window before Tina's death, those were teeth.
I know Wes had a bully named Fred, but I thought the last name Krueger was an extension of the name of the main antagonist Krug from The Last House on the Left. Could be both I guess.
I read the most incredible Fan-Theorie: He is kind of a jokster from the beginning, but gets more and more goofy and creatively playful, right? Well, he feeds on the souls of TEENAGERS (which is implied even in part one)! I always liked that character-arc (yes, it is one) and I think it makes sense that those souls would influence him. Notice the huge...development....from part II to III. He kills the most teens in II- in part III he really gets it started with puns and playfulness.
I’m hoping eventually that Scream Factory will release a box set like they did for Friday the 13th . That I’m willing to shell out the bucks for even though I have the New Line Platinum box set they put out in the early 2000’s
whenever I rewatch "A Nightmare on Elm Street", I usually watch the "Heather Langenkamp/Nancy trilogy". "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Dream Warriors" and "Wes Craven's New Nightmare".
Lets discuss the ending. Was Nancy dreaming? Did her mom die when she got sucked through the window? Did Freddy die when she took back all the energy she gave him?
The whole movie is a dream of Nancy she thinks she wakes up and has killed Freddy but she didn't he's still alive and kills her movie over. The original Nightmare was meant to be a one-off Nancy dies Freddy wins because Bob Shay wanted a sequel hook.
All of the boiler room footage in the film was shot in the basement of the Lincoln Heights Jail in Los Angeles, which was condemned shortly after production wrapped, due to high levels of asbestos. The scene where Freddy's arms elongate were achieved by having men with fishing poles on each side of the alley operating a set of puppet arms attached to Robert Englund. Alan Pasqua, Heather Langenkamp's boyfriend at the time of the shooting, is credited for creating Freddy's nursery rhyme. Heather Langenkamp beat over 200 actresses for the role of Nancy Thompson, among them Jennifer Grey, Demi Moore, Courteney Cox, Tracey Gold, and Claudia Wells. The original glove was later used in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and was also seen hanging on the wall of the work shed in Evil Dead II (1987). This was in response to the use of The Evil Dead (1981) on a television screen in this film, and part of a continued banter between directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi. However, when Wes Craven loaned the glove to the A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) set it got lost, and it is rumored to be in possession of Robert Englund's agent. The inspiration for the character of Freddy came from several sources in Wes Craven's childhood. Fred Krueger was a schoolmate of his, with whom he had shared a paper route and who had bullied him for several years. In The Last House on the Left (1972), Craven also used this experience as inspiration, calling the villain Krug. Freddy's burns came from a man with severe burn scars by whom Craven had once been terrified as a child, and Freddy's attire (especially the dirty clothes and hat) was inspired by an alcoholic hobo that Craven saw staring at him through his window one day when he was 10 years old. Wes Craven's original concept for Freddy Krueger was considerably more gruesome, with teeth showing through the flesh over the jaw, pus running from the sores, and a part of the skull showing through the head. Make-up artist David B. Miller argued that an actor couldn't be convincingly made up that way, and a puppet would be hard to film and wouldn't blend well with live actors, so these ideas were eventually abandoned. Film debut of Johnny Depp It would take about three hours to get Robert Englund into his Freddy make-up. The very first time Freddy is seen in the movie, he isn't being played by Robert Englund but by special effects man Charles Belardinelli, as Belardinelli was the only one who knew exactly how to cut the glove and insert the blades. Amanda Wyss was handing out candy at her mom's house on the Halloween following the film's release and was surprised to see so many trick-or-treaters dressed as Freddy. She eventually told one of them that she played Tina in the movie, but he didn't believe her. One of the main reasons Johnny Depp was chosen was because Wes Craven's daughter thought he was "dreamy," and threatened to run away from home if he wasn't cast in the movie. According to Wes Craven, Robert Englund was not the first choice for the role of Fred Krueger. Craven had initially wanted a stuntman to play the part, but upon testing several stuntmen, he realized he needed a real actor. Other ideas was to cast a elderly actor but he feared they would be too soft for the way he would've wanted the character to act. Englund eventually got the part by showing up at his audition with ash smeared under his eyes to sink them, greasing his hair back with a dipstick from under the hood of his car, and blinking as little as possible. According to Robert Englund, he based the physicality of Freddy on Klaus Kinski's performance in Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979). Englund also says on his DVD commentary that in his mind, the backstory for Freddy was based on something from his own childhood. On Valentine's Day when Englund was in school, everyone in the class made Valentine cards for one another, but there was one boy who received no cards from anyone. Englund theorized that this boy went on to become Freddy. The sparking glove effect seen throughout the movie was achieved by attaching the glove to a car battery. The famous scraping noise was created by scratching a steak knife on the underside of a metal chair. In the original script, Freddy's famous red-and-green sweater was red and yellow (based on the colors worn by Plastic Man, who, like Freddy, could change his form; the idea was that whatever Freddy changed into would be yellow and red). However, when Wes Craven read an article in "Scientific American" in 1982 that said the two most contrasting colors to the human retina were red and green, he decided to alter the colors. The idea behind the glove was a practical one on Wes Craven's part, as he wanted to give the character a unique weapon, but also something that could be made cheaply and wouldn't be difficult to use or transport. At the time he was studying primal fears embedded in the subconscious of people of all cultures, and discovered that one of those fears is attack by animal claws. Around the same time, he saw his cat unsheathe its claws, and the two concepts merged, although in the original script the blades were fishing knives, not steak knives, as in the finished film. Freddy Krueger was designed by Wes Craven to be the typical "silent" serial killer, such as Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. However, in the sequels, Freddy developed a cheeky persona that enabled him to be the black-humored villain. The fictional address of the house in the film is 1428 Elm Street. The actual house where filming took place is located in Los Angeles, California, on 1428 North Genesee Avenue. The numbers "1428" on the side of the house were stolen and never returned according to the house's present owner, Angie Hill, who was quite upset over it. This is shown on the second disc of the documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010). The words "Elm Street" are not spoken at all during the movie. The little girl skipping rope was the daughter of the couple whose home was used as Tina's house. Elm Street was named after Elm Street in Wheaton, Illinois, where Wes Craven went to college. Glen was supposed to rise from the bed after the bed bloodbath scene, but that was cut. The scene where Freddy presses through the wall above Nancy was shot by stretching a sheet of spandex across a hole in the wall and pressing against it. In the shot, Freddy is played by special effects designer Jim Doyle. Although the character is credited as "Freddy" Krueger in the sequels and is more well-known by that name, he is credited as Fred Krueger in this film. In this movie, Nancy is shown watching Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981) as she struggles to stay awake watching it. Craven decided to include the scene because Raimi had featured a poster of Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (1977) in that film as a jab to show audiences the movie they're watching is scarier than Craven's. As a response to Craven's in-joke, Raimi showed Freddy Krueger's glove in the tool shed scene of Evil Dead II (1987), and later in Ash vs Evil Dead (2015) in honor of his passing Special make-up effects artist David B. Miller based Freddy's disfigurement on photographs of burn victims he saw at UCLA Medical Center. Nancy's house has a blue door in this movie. In all of the sequels, it has the iconic red door. The only "Nightmare on Elm Street" film where Freddy does not have stripes on the sleeves of his infamous sweater. In the opening dream, Tina sees and hears lambs. This is a play on the phrase "Like a lamb to the slaughter," a phrase originating in the Bible. It means an innocent and helpless creatures that is unknowingly in danger, an apt description of Tina and her friends. Charlie Sheen, John Cusack, Brad Pitt, Kiefer Sutherland, Nicolas Cage, and C. Thomas Howell were considered for the role of Glen. Prior to making the film, Amanda Wyss had never seen a horror movie, and Heather Langenkamp had only ever seen Burnt Offerings (1976). Heather Langenkamp's favorite of her performances. Over 500 gallons of fake blood were used during filming. Freddy Krueger has less than seven minutes of screen time. Robert Englund cut himself the first time when he tried on the infamous Freddy glove. An omen that Johnny Depp's character is about to die occurs as he is lying in bed listening to his radio. The broadcaster announces, "It's midnight, and you're listening to station KRGR." KRGR is "Krueger" without the vowels. The poster above Glen's bed in his death scene is the "Grace Under Pressure" album cover by Canadian rock trio Rush. Body count: 4 In his room, Glen has a stuffed vulture doll just behind his bed that looks down on him, an omen of his impending fate since vultures are known to feast on dead animals.
It's a marginal classic. But to say the characters are so believable (15:55) is really stretching it - they are IN FACT fairly dated and silly, even Depp's character including that nonsensical ending. Real non-deluded fans will know that ending was tacked on by Bob Shay (who says it makes no sense but doesn't care) which Craven hated but had no choice.
Such an incredible movie. The remake was abysmal. I know they are looking to reboot the series again. They better not f@ck it up like they did with the latest Texas Chainsaw. I keep hoping they will finally issue the uncut Nightmare with Wes's original ending instead of the campy one where the mom gets pulled through the miniscule door's window.
@@DennySF415 I never really make comments to people , but the people ( not you obviously ) that try to justify that peice of garbage bothers me . My two favorite movie's ever are 1# The Thing 2# The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Why is it that hollyweird has to crap on everything I hold to high standards. I know the answer but it angers me and now they are pushing a The Crow remake.
@@feck2594 Both are CLASSICS!! Love them both too. I hope John Carpenter directs The Thing sequel. There's rumors he's interested. I was disappointed by the prequel.
@@DennySF415 The Thing prequel was awful , it made me so mad took me a long time to actually sit the whole way through it and if Carpenter ( speaking of is my favorite director , well before his last like 5 movie's ) isn't envolved I will boycott. Lol .
That's so funny because I'm the same age and have the same story . My brother worked at a video store at the time and use to bring home movie's every night and this was one of them .
A couple of months ago I watched the original Scream movies for the first time in years, & I enjoyed them so much I felt like catching up with Nightmare on Elm Street, which I also hadn't seen in years. I've always liked the film, but it doesn't grab me as much as the Scream movies do. I'm not sure why. I do like it & it is very well made, but there is just something about it that I can't quite connect with like I can with Scream. Never bothered with the sequels.
Well, both Scream and Nightmare go for different vibes I would say if you liked Nightmare one to check out the sequels at least the ones Craven was directly involved with like Dream Warriors which he wrote, and New Nightmare which he wrote and directed. If you like Scream you have to check out New Nightmare because it's the same exact type of concept before Craven made Scream.
Honestly Nancy's mom getting pulled through the door window has never really bothered me I've always found it to be kind of charming frankly as an effect goes
Your videos never dissapoint°°° This was the first horror movie I ever saw and it has special meaning for me. Thanks for this awesome love letter to the film. You are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They should've gone with Shaye's ending. It's easy to say NOW that it wouldn't have worked, but back then, if set up the right way, it would've screwed the entire audience up. There are a few scenes that they should've left in the Movie, because they seem like they were totally terrifying.
My dad got me into Freddie in 1994 he died in 1996 I'm still watching Freddie kruger 84 was a bad year Freddie metallica ride the lightning came out motley crue no guns and roses ohh it was good
I saw this movie when I was 6 years old in VHS and I developed a crush on Freddy since that age. I never thought he was scary; he always looked cute to me. Then when I was 11 I saw Silence of the Lambs and I fell in love with Hannibal Lecter. That should've raised a few red flags for my parents... and me. Anyways, now I am in love with William Afton and I just recently realized I was in love with serial killers since I was very young. Hahaha Mmm maybe that's why I'm single. There are just no available serial killers in my area I guess.
There is the theory suggesting that the ending of the film is actually going into the beginning and what came in between was only Nancy's dream and she woke up to warn her friends what is to come from freddy.
Craven's idea for the film was to end the movie with the whole thing being a dream and Nancy thinks she wakes up and leaves to go see her friends but we see the jump rope girls playing so we don't know if she's still dreaming or not. Bob Shay wanted a sequel hook so instead, Nancy wakes up thinking she's awake but she's not and Freddy becomes the car and drives her away to kill her. We have to remember the original was meant to be an open and closed film if the original was the only film Nancy was clearly meant to be dead in my opinion. The idea you're talking about was Robert Englund's interpretation of the ending truthfully since the first became a franchise the ending can mean whatever you want.
To be fair, "The first one was, but the rest sucked," was written before Wes was even hired to direct Scream. It's even possible it was written before New Nightmare came out. That's unconfirmed, of course, but I like to think it's true.
One of the unique aspects of this movie is also the reason why it’s been so hard to remake and that’s it being a product of its time. I don’t necessarily mean that from a technical standpoint but more from what it says about what Gen-X kids had to deal with coming up. Freddy is definitely dangerous by himself but he had plenty of help with apathetic parents who were too preoccupied with work, random hookups or alcohol to pay any real attention to their kids. This was a common theme in the sequels too and while it make them stronger (assuming they survived), it also meant that they had to shoulder the PTSD all on their own with little to no support. As someone who grew up in the 80’s, the feelings of dread in these movies feels real to me because of those parts of growing up back then that they lifted for this movie… and I’m not sure that can be replicated as easy for a modern audience.
I'm kinda mad it never gets mentioned as a psychological thriller I mean the driving force and main plot has to do with bending fiction and reality and the concept of messing with someone's mental health and insomnia all the cravings for a psychological horror thriller
Here’s something a nightmare on elm street 1 is set in 1981 and theres a scene where you see the evil dead playing on tv whats odd the evil dead was shown at a theatre on october 15th 1985 and its second date april 15th 1983 which is odd but anyway its still a great movie
What?? Craven didn't like the sequels?? Isn't the 3rd one considered like, the best in the series...? (Not that I really have a dog in the fight.) LOL. =)
Nightmare on elm street 1984 is still the scariest movie in the series and a true classic plus the sequels are enjoyable 2 of the sequels are boring and scary while the rest of them are funny and scary the remake is dog s*** but I'm still hoping for another great elm street movie and I hope Robert England plays Freddy one more time because he's not getting any younger or have a young actor a great actor replace Robert and play him from now until that actor gets old and replace him but regardless Robert England will always be Freddy
No there divorced that's why we never see them together in the same house and why we never see John Saxon show much love toward her. We are supposed to get the idea killing a man in real life by burning him putting a hinge on the marriage and causing the divorce.
