New Nightmare (1994)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Wes Craven

Writers (WGA):

Wes Craven (characters)
Wes Craven (written by)

Release Date:

14 October 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Dieses mal nützt es nichts wenn du wach bleibst. (This Time, staying awake won't save You)

Plot:

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

Plot Keywords:

Freddy Krueger | Nightmare | Car | Sleep | Earthquake

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Heather Langenkamp	...	Herself / Nancy Thompson
Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger / Himself
Miko Hughes	...	Dylan Porter
Wes Craven	...	Himself
John Saxon	...	Himself / Lt. Donald Thompson
Robert Shaye	...	Himself
Sara Risher	...	Herself
Marianne Maddalena	...	Herself
David Newsom	...	Chase Porter
Gretchen Oehler	...	Script Supervisor
Jeff Davis	...	Freddy's Hand Double (as Jeffrey John Davis)
Tracy Middendorf	...	Julie
Cully Fredricksen	...	Limo Driver
Matt Winston	...	Charles 'Chuck' Wilson
Bodhi Elfman	...	TV Studio P.A.

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 7: The Real Story (USA) (original script title)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 7: Freddy's Finale (USA) (working title)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 7: The Ascension (USA) (original script title)
The New Nightmare (USA) (working title)
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for explicit horror violence and gore, and for language.

Runtime:

112 min | Australia:107 min (video)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (cut) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Mexico:C | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | UK:15 (original rating) | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2004) | UK:18 (video rating) (1995) | USA:R (certificate #32809) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Before making New Nightmare, Wes Craven watched all of the Elm Street films. By the time he was finished, he claimed that he could not follow the storyline at all. He further regards the sequels to be weak compared to his original masterpiece.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the final scene, Heather flips to the end of the script. In the next shot she's at the beginning of the script, then in the next shot she's back at the end and flips to the front.

Quotes:

Freddy Krueger: Meet your maker.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The House That Freddy Built (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Chase's Blues

Freddy's back and better than ever

Freddy Krueger began as a very scary character who scared the hell out of everyone. As the movies went on, Freddy lost his edge and looked liked a bad stand up comic with horrible one liners.

Freddy seemed dead with the sixth film of the series, but Wes Craven brought him back from his rut and made him someone to fear again. This of course helps prove my theory that a good Nightmare on Elm Street movie cannot be made without Craven.

Two things make this film so good. One, the story is original. The Nightmare movies just kept repeating themselves, with Freddy coming back and going after the people who stopped him before. This rime around, we see Freddy trying to break into the real world, outside the movies. Very original. Two, the movie is not filled with constant gore. This shows how good the movie because any movie filled with gore obviously has a pathetic story and is not worth watching. This movie is and is one of Freddy's best yet.