A troubled teen with
amnesia named John Doe (Shon Greenblat)
is constantly having nightmares while
running away from the Springwood area as
he claims to be the only teen survivor
from Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund)
there when he throws himself into a
special care centre.
He meets up with a counsellor there with
amnesia as well named Maggie Burroughs
(Lisa Zane) as she tries to help him out.
She also needs to know who her father was
as she was taken away from him as a
child.
They drive down to Springwood as some
teens at the centre steal a ride too but
they realise that the town is almost
deserted and the only people who roam
the area are eccentric adults.
They reside at a house for a while as
they end up being lost for a bit only to
discover that it's the Thompson's old
house where Freddy resides in to kill
teens in their dreams.
Freddy kills a couple of them off when
they fall asleep but however he manages
to keep John alive as he thinks Freddy
may possibly be his father.
However Freddy has deadly news for him as
he tells him that Maggie is her daughter
and yused her to draw him into creating
massacre's in other kids' dreams around
the world.
This draws Maggie to remembering her
childhood life and must put a stop to her
father's evil deeds even if it means to
pulling him into reality to do so and
killing him for good as she has the power
to do so.
We spot the beginning of the film
John Dee is experiencing his worst nightmares by
falling out of a plane or hit by a bus as
there's nice shots there as the special effects looked greatly twisted and experiencing your worst fears of heights as well. Plus with the house falling we spot Freddy as a witch from Wizard of Oz riding a broomstick with a good one liner too. Freddy Krueger looked good too during these
moments as he is both menacing and
comedic. The scene's that are used makes you wonder if he was dreaming or awake on these moments.
A good moment with an aggressive parent trying to talk to his son Spencer who acts stubborn and ignoring him while playing his hand held video game as this draws you in and making it a key to his main interests and a prey for Freddy later on in the story. Good camera shots in the beginning of this scene.
We see a nice conversation between John and Maggie Burroughs showing good
intense aggression when he is in the special care centre which looked nicely done too.
There's a hokey setting of a carnival
which is the setting in Springwood
filled with adults as it looks zany
especially when a childless couple approaching the
teenagers near a pay phone. It's very
memorable regardless. Also we spot some looks on grubby food there as well as cockroaches as this is a nice drawing scene. Also a nice shot in a roadway with chalk drawing on Freddy which was well put in although alot of the moments that were mentioned were pretty corny.
We get a perfect moment when Carlos
is dreaming in the back of the van trying
to open up a map but it keeps unfolding
and after he reads the writing on it
saying "You're Fucked" he tells
them what the map says after he wakes up
but it adds a good psychological element when the people are lost and can't find out to where they are.
More hokey and strange situations when both John and Maggie enter a school and there's no students but a teacher acting strange teaching no one there as this made me convinced that it had nothing to do with the original legacy at all. Also they go into another home and spot a mother doing the same thing and acting like she's high on something too.
The setting in the town of Springwood
looked good and dark too and a cool
effect on a house transforming into the
Thompson's former house that is now
Freddy's lair in which this is my favourite special effects to watch.
I really laughed with a guy on a TV set
about what your mind does to drugs by
frying an egg in a pan and then Freddy whacks him in the
head with the pan and telling the audience of what he really sees is just some eggs. This was a great add on to the story showing good comedic timing before he plans to kill his next dreaming victim.
We see a nice effective colorful moment
with Freddy asking if Spencer wants to get high
which was hilarious. What was more
hilarious was when he is sleepwalking acting like a video game
character and Freddy himself shows
terrific reactions playing him in a video
game as we see the game in the same style as Super Mario Bros. in which during this period that game was still very popular as well we see a video game character of Freddy along with this maniac using his pwerful razor glove to keep playing the same like we had one of those using our Nintendo Entertainment System.
Nicely done moment with John about to land in a parachute as well as spotting a strong moment to when he's sleeping on him fallin out of the roof of a van to the ground confronting Krueger as well as him acting cute and telling him his child is a girl and that he isn't his son which was memorable quotes and scene to anyone who saw this as well as a perfect shot on him bringing a bunch of spikes for him to land on as well as a good effective moment on John's body waking up and the gruesome results that happened to him as this was perfectly done.
We see a nice dark and disturbing
discussion between Tracy and her father. This scene was a
nightmare of a molestation moment which
was put well together. It looked good and dark as well as her figthing back as this was done in perfect taste.
There's a nice little scene between Freddy and Tracy battling it out when she tries to show him no mercy.
Perfect moment when Doc faces Freddy and he tells him what people tried to do in which this was supposed to hint the endings on some of the sequels but it confuses you big time since it never explains in the beginning as to how Freddy returns since we all know that this is a story by itself and a case of corny writing too.
In the story we spot a perfect flashback dream
sequence making in a
pre-Krueger killer days with his his family as it looked
disturbing with his discussion towards Maggie as a child
of what went on there and spotting this innocent poor little girl crying. Also perfect moments that are also disturbing with what he does to a school gerbil with kids taunting him. Plus good close up shots on him as a teen cutting himself and getting used to pain as well as his abusive alcoholic foster father trying to whack him with a strap which looked perfectly dark to watch and seeing that he can take the pain which is a nice moment to watch as to how he became powerful as a dream demon. Then there's moments when he is burned alive in his boiler room and cheesy special effects of comuterised demons making a deal with him as this was fun to watch.
What looked really good was when Maggie
nearly shows sympathy with Freddy as he seemed convincing that he
tried to show his love for her as
daughter and father after she brings him out of his dream and he doesn't look scarred which seemed impressive to watch as if he's normal again. Then good shots on him climbing on a ceiling looking scarred again as well as her battling against him and she throws sharp weapons at him as this was also enjoyable but things seem a little too obvious for a happy ending that he is for sure gonna die. But again it's sometimes frusterating when endings almost seem happy but then it leaves a door oipen for another sequel and one isn't made.
Bottom line is that when I watched this for
the first time the same time
Jason Goes to Hell was briefly
in theatre's as that one beared no
relationship to the Friday series and was
a movie for the fans. Well this one was
just a fan movie itself and doesn't
follow after what happened in the recent Nightmare
sequel. This film was fairly well done with a
great performance by the cast, well
directed and good effects along with nice
settings too but the story isn't the same
and it is too comedic as well as stuff being a bit slow and hokey.
The acting is in
good shape like in the rest of the films. Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) is funnier than
ever yet he can show
pure evil to his character. He wears many hats into his character being perfectly goofy like playing a Nintendo game for example. Plus knew on how to act like a shit disturber too when making loud noises while torturing someone using a super hearing aid in which he really knew on how to act like an evil brat.
Lisa Zane (Maggie Burroughs) was wonderful playing
his daughter in the film and performs
with such pizzaz to her role. She shows off a nice patient and sharp attitude into her part of the story and knew on how to get into her characteristics big time. Had the right looks to portray a counsellor. Also shows a good emotional behavior which stands out terrifically as well as showing perfect raging aggressions when she does her final battle proving that she can be a one tough cookie especially while throwing sharp objects at full force.
Lezlie Deane (Tracy) played an excellent
tough rebellious tomboy like teen in the
film and knew how to pull off her role. She really rolls in with the punches big time by everything that she does here as well as knowing on how to act highly aggrerssive and showing no mercy. She really knew on how to be this way big time and studied her part inside out. Had the perfect looks for all of this.
Yaphet Kotto (Doc) brought alot in to the film as one of the counsellors in which he stands out very strong within his speaking and was right on top of stuff whenever he needed to be this way as well. Shows terrific energy especially with his punches and other stuff against the Freddy character. Was for sure someone who you'd want to keep alive all the way through.
Shon Greenblat (John Doe) knew how to make
his role realistic as a basket case with
amnesia and does a powerful job at it. Was great acting insane or stressed as well as out of control during many of the situations as well as doing a good job by being troubled too. Had the right rough looks as someone running away from his past. Does good acting
weak from pain before dying at the end of his performance when he tries
to tell someone thr truth about who is Freddy's child.
Breckin Meyer (Spencer) stood out very
well playing a potheaded ignorant teen
that loves to play video games as his
role fit the story very well. Does a good job by acting perfectly stubborn as well as goofy. Also acts perfect being a nitwit when he's high on doipe. He really got into this greatly. Plus shows alot of good hyperactive behavior while being in a videogame.
Ricky Dean Logan (Carlos) had a terrific hyperactive atttiude and came across as someone whom is convincingly annoying too. Was good by getting into your face as well as showing some hyped up frustrations after looking at a map. Also does well reacting to being in torture after a hearing aid is locked to his ear and freaking out just rolling with the punches big time. Defientely does great screaming through a TV screen to someone else not to fall asleep as this was his most memorable performance.
Roseanne (Childless Woman) has a perfect cameo was over the
top hilarious in her role as an eccentric
mother who lost her kids to Freddy in
Springwood just acting too creepily friendly with her speaking and then freaking out too. She always showed great timing with her comedy.
Johnny Depp (Guy on TV) was funny in his
cameo about the dangers of
drugs it was nice to see him return to
this film as the first one was what
started his career. He was overly funny while doing this demonstration as it made me laugh my ass off and one of the best people in a cameo too.
My favourite cameo was my favourite
musician shock rocker Alice Cooper
(Freddy's Foster Father) stood out as a nasty alcoholic abusive
foster parent and can play a great psychotic one
too with his growly voice but his blocking was a wee bit off when he whacks Freddy himself with a strap. Too bad he was uncredited.
An ear is sliced
off.
A head explodes
Blood pours out of a broken TV
A teen is stabbed by a tray of spikes
Freddy cuts his fingers off
Freddy explodes
Brian May
brilliantly composed the music for this
one using great classical music and
sometimes used the piano playing from
the original movie as well. The music
works out very well. Some nice chiming sounds as well as a good riff playing for the opening credits as it's catchy. Also we hear some low budget creepy synthesizer music which sounds okay too. We have some odd suspenseful playing during the near end of the story when Freddy is about to be put out of his misery which was mildly catchy. This is not the same
fellow who played in the classic rock
band Queen.
A perfect soundtrack score for the film in which we have the best punk rockin tune by Iggy Pop with "Why Was I Born (Freddy's Dead)" as we hear perfect high wailing guitar riffs for the opening credits which was perfect as well as this song playing in the closging credits as well along with some great whiney vocalising too.
A great classic
rockin track by Iron Butterfly with the
classic tune "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" for when Freddy is on TV with the colourised effects as this really fits in with the synthesizer and heavy guitar playing and the shaky volcalising as it's a perfect song to get high on which Freddy himself is trying to lure a teenage pothead into his nightmare. Couldn't find anything better.
[Freddy
is dressed as The Wicked Witch of the
West and is riding a broom]
Freddy Krueger: I'll get you, my
pretty! And your little soul, too!
John
Doe: 4567 bottles of beer on the
wall, 4567 bottles of beer, if one of
those bottles should happen to fall, what
a case of i...
[is hit with a pillow]
Angry Boy: Hell, I'll break a
bottle over your head if you don't shut
the fuck up!
John Doe: [glares] ... 4566
bottles of beer on the wall...
Oprah
Noodlemantra: All right, once
again... This is your brain.
[Cracks egg]
Oprah Noodlemantra: This is your
brain ON DRUGS. Any Questions?
[Freddy hits him with the frying pan]
Freddy Krueger: Yeah! What are YOU
on? Looks like a frying pan and some eggs
to me!
Spencer's
Father: Be like me.
[Fells Spencer]
Spencer's Father: Be like me; be
like me.
Freddy Krueger: Father knows best.
[after grabbing the tennis racket and
while hitting him with it]
Spencer: I'm not like you! I don't
wanna be like you!
Freddy
Krueger: [playing a video game and
watching a character get hit] Now I'm
playing with power!
John
Doe: I know why you let me go.
Freddy Krueger: Ohh... Do you
think I'M YOUR DADDY? Mm-mmm! Wrong!
Freddy
Krueger: Time to start all over
again.
Maggie Burroughs: But this isn't
Springwood.
Freddy Krueger: [Laughs]
Every town has an Elm Street!
Tracy's
Father: No honey for daddy?
[Morphs into Freddy Krueger]
Freddy Krueger: What's with kids
today, huh? Noo respect.
Freddy
Krueger: Kung fu THIS, bitch.
Tracy: This is my dream, and I do
what I want.
Freddy Krueger: Might be your
dream, but it's my RULES!
Freddy
Krueger: Sticks and stones may break
my bones... but nothin' will ever kill
me. Well, let's see now. First, they
tried burning me.
[slices off thumb]
Freddy Krueger: Then, they tried
burying me.
[slices off index finger]
Freddy Krueger: But this... this
is my favorite.
Freddy Krueger: [gives a finger
gesture] They even tried holy water!
Freddy Krueger: [slices off
middle finger, drops hand out of frame
and holds it up again with all fingers
intact] But I just keep on tickin'.
Classmates:
[chanting] son of a hundred
maniacs, son of a hundred maniacs, son of
a hundred maniacs...
Freddy's
Father: You been a waste since the
day I took you in... now it's time to
take your medicine.
[whips Freddy with a belt]
Young Freddy: [laughs as the
belt strikes him] Thank you, sir. May
I have another?
[his father whips him four more times,
but before he can do it the fifth time,
Freddy grabs the belt]
Young Freddy: You wanna know the
secret of pain? If you just stop feeling
it, you can start using it.
[holds up a bloody razor blade]
Katherine
Krueger: [shoves a stick of
dynamite into Freddy's chest]
[kisses Freddy on the cheek]
Katherine Krueger: Happy Father's
Day.
[runs out of the room]
Freddy Krueger: [looks at the
screen] Kids.
[Freddy explodes]
[last
lines]
Maggie Burroughs: Freddy's dead. |