New Nightmare (1994)

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?

Director:

Wes Craven

Writers:

Wes Craven (characters), Wes Craven

Stars:

Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Jeff Davis

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeff Davis	...	Freddy's Hand Double (as Jeffrey John Davis)
Heather Langenkamp	...	Heather Langenkamp
Miko Hughes	...	Dylan
Matt Winston	...	Chuck
Rob LaBelle	...	Terry
David Newsom	...	Chase Porter
Wes Craven	...	Wes Craven
Marianne Maddalena	...	Marianne Maddalena
Gretchen Oehler	...	Script Supervisor
Tracy Middendorf	...	Julie
Cully Fredricksen	...	Limo Driver
Bodhi Elfman	...	TV Studio P.A.
Sam Rubin	...	Sam Rubin
Robert Englund	...	Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger
Claudia Haro	...	New Line Receptionist

Storyline

It's nearing the 10th Anniversary of the film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and one of the stars, Heather Langenkamp is being scared by a voice on a phone, sounding very similar to the film's villain, Freddy Krueger. When Heather's husband is killed in a car accident and is discovered with slash marks on him, Heather starts to wonder something. Especially when she discovers that Wes Craven is writing another 'Nightmare' film. Soon, she realizes that Freddy has now entered the real world, and the only way to defeat him is to become Nancy Thompson once again.

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Plot Keywords:

freddy krueger | nightmare | elm street | earthquake | sleep | 

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Taglines:

One, Two, Freddy's coming for you...

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 7: The Real Story

Filming Locations:

5132 Calvin Ave, Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

£803,340 (UK) (20 January 1995)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min 107 min (video)

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jsu Garcia: (at around 36 mins) can be briefly seen in Chase's funeral scene.

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Goofs

(at around 10 mins) When Freddy phones Heather Langenkamp at her home after Chase leaves, the sounds of hanging up the phone do not match what Heather is doing. Also, Freddy's voice, saying "Freddy's coming for you!", is still heard a split second after the phone is hung up.

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Quotes

Heather Langenkamp: I'm hardly a star.
Limo Driver: What, are you kidding? I love your stuff. The first was the best. Where the girlfriend's cut open and dragged across the ceiling. It was awesome. And when all that blood comes ouf your boyfriend's bed? I thought I'd shit. But they never should've killed off Freddy.

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Crazy Credits

At the very end of the credits, children are singing Freddy's rhyme.

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Connections

Featured in Night Terrors (2006)

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Soundtracks

Losing My Religion
Written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe
Courtesy of Night Garden Music

User Reviews

This should have been part 2

I love horror movies. I love being scared and I love the fact that a movie (something make believe that I, as an intelligent person,knows is just images projected from a screen ) can manipulate my emotions and make me nervous. This is one of those movies. And in the 90's, there have only been two movies that have actually made me nervous in some scenes. And those two movies are by Craven himself---Scream and this one.

When this film first came out, it was ten years and six films after the original. I have seen all the Freddy movies more out of morbid curiosity than out of interest. And maybe a part of me was hoping to catch a glimpse of what made the first so damn scary. And time and time again I was disappointed. But when I read in Fangoria magazine that this new one was going to be directed by Craven, I got very excited. Could it possibly be that this film would go back to it's roots?

Yes, it did.

There is no two ways about it, Craven cares about Freddy. He cares about how he was supposed to be, not what he has turned into in the last decade. Freddy was not even remotely funny in the first one. He was a brutal, maniacal, sadistic, bent on revenge murderer. He wanted to slice Nancy in two and he did that to Tina ( actually sliceher into many pieces ). But in the mindless sequels to come, he became Eddie Murphy. And there was nothing frightening about the sequels. They made money but they weren't true horror films. But this one, well this one goes back to it's roots and is almost as scary as the first one.

This story is about the film character of Freddy becoming real somehow. He has been a part of Lagenkamp, Saxon, Craven and Englund's life for so long that he has somehow become real. And now what was once a simple film character actually haunts the cast of the original. We even get to see Rod ( Tina's boyfriend from the original ) at one of the funerals. And what makes the story scary is that now Freddy has decided to come after Heather's kid.

This film goes back to all the techniques that made the first a classic. There is excellent direction to make us fear what is under the bed. The lighting is classic horror film lighting and the music is perfect. There is however one complaint that I have and that is when Freddy is chasing the kid across the road. He has become larger than life. He is like the Stay Puft marshmallow man from Ghostbusters. And that it seems is much more like the other Nightmares, not Craven's version. And that takes away the delight in watching what was otherwise a perfect horror film.

I said in one of my reviews of a horror film that there are no films in the 90's that are truly scary. However this one is as close to an 80's horror flick as you will get now a days. It is very frightening and it is almost a prequel to Scream. This is one film that should not be missed. It is a tribute to what scary films are supposed to be. If I want to laugh I'll see Chris Rock, but if I want to be scared, Craven is the man!