I was the opposite, preferred the Hunt. The Menu was very good though.
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An Elm Street reboot IS in the works. Obviously, their biggest challenge will be replacing Englund. I read somewhere that they tried to do it as they did not want to pay Englund what he wanted for the second film. After testing a few replacements, they decided to just go with Englund.
Considering what you said about gay undertones, I saw this sad news yesterday.Elm Street 1 is a classic. Very dark and terrifying. Introduced one of cinema and pop culture’s greatest bogey men. Craven is a genius and the young cast and veteran actors really do wonders with the material.
2 is just a hash. Banged out sequel that did nothing much. A couple of good scares but a bit of a mess. Closet gay undertones are pretty interesting now - risqué for a 1985 era horror flick. Still… I have a soft spot for it as we had it on vhs and it got a lot of views (along with 1) at slumber parties.
3 is great. You’re right about it being in a hospital setting. The tone was very much lightened as during production, there was a fair bit of hullabaloo in the media about teen suicide. Excellent cast and elements of horror, humour and magical realism really blended well.
Elm St 4 is a hoot but more of a comedy horror as the series hit its popularity. Was made during a writers strike so is fairly disjointed in places. A shame Arquette didn’t return and the carry over cast were dudded imho. Renny Harlin and Lisa Wilcox did well imho.
5 got hammered on a number of fronts as the gore had to be toned down and the SFX budget was non existent. Story had a billion rewrites. There were fears over the baby sub-plot too. It could’ve potentially been a classic but ultimately was a rush job.
6 Freddie’s Dead - this is a strange one. At times I think it’s decent enough; at others it’s tripe. Depends on my mood. Kind of veered away from what 1, 3-5 had set as the standard. Couple of decent kills but lame in parts. Bit like 2…depends on my mood.
There was an extensive doco ‘Never Sleep Again’ that interviewed literally everyone involved in acting and production bar ‘stars’ Johnny Depp, Patricia Arquette and (lol) Breckin Meyer.
In itself, it’s a loving, comprehensive look at New Line Cinema and the entire series including New Nightmare and Freddy vs Jason (not the remake). And each film is given equal time. Brilliant and fun to watch.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy - Wikipedia
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Rewatch the shower scene in elm st 2. It’s another actor and he acts like Frankenstein’s Monster - very stilted. They realised they’d messed up and paid England his dues to film the rest of 2.
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It's a brilliant film. My favourite from last year. Michelle Yeoh is iconic.
It seems to be a movie people either love or hate. I don't think I've heard anything in between. Im torn between seeing or not seeing it as Im an Elvis fan but HATE Baz Luhrmann movies with a passion. The only one of his I thought was ok was "Strictly Ballroom".
I have very few actors in my "Never Again" list....Steven Seagal is there for example. The ONLY director in my "Never Again" list is Baz Luhrmann. Im giving it a pass.
I really liked it and I'm in the I don't usually like Luhrmann's movies camp. But I guess I went into knowing what it would be so prepped myself for it.
Mate described is "Chucky on the rag" and haven't come up with anything better yet
