Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Directed by Wes Craven
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What critics compared Wes Craven's New Nightmare to
There have been many apt comparisons of The Matrix Resurrections to Wes Craven's metatextual New Nightmare, but I was also struck by its similar thematic threads to Joe Berlinger's much maligned (and much misunderstood) Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, a film that acknowledges the existence of its hugely influential predecessor and seeks to interrogate its own societal impact.
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare , the seventh installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, exists outside of the series’ continuity and in a world in which Freddy Krueger is known for being … an iconic movie villain.
Similar to movies such as Wes Craven’s New Nightmare or Star Wars: The Last Jedi , this is a self aware Matrix movie, unafraid to break the mythology into pieces, and build it back together in the artist’s own vision.
It’s hard to explain just why I love The Matrix Resurrections as much as I do, but the best comparison I can make it that this feels like Lana has crafted her own Matrix story by way of New Nightmare here, and considering just how much I adore Wes Craven’s meta sequel with every fiber of my being, then perhaps it should come as no surprise that Resurrections absolutely blew my mind and thrilled me from start to finish.
…it's worth noting that both "Halloween" (with 1998's "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later") and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1994's "Wes Craven's New Nightmare") were in better spots when it came to their seventh go-rounds.
Fans know that Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (the seventh Nightmare On Elm Street film) was essentially a Scream forerunner. A clever, meta, knowing chiller that paved the way for every scary movie made in the last 30 years.
When the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise grew stale, Wes Craven pivoted to the radical and inventive New Nightmare. That is the level of ingenuity sorely lacking here.
He got his start working as an assistant editor in the '80s working on TV, and then moved up to cutting shows like "MacGyver" before hooking up with Wes Craven on "Nightmare Cafe," which led to him cutting "New Nightmare," Craven's attempt at redefining his own Freddy Kruger.
There's a proven track record here and, if we all recall, the last time Craven returned to a franchise he created, we got one of the best films in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, New Nightmare.
To prove smarter than the genre while producing an effective genre product just the same--something Wes Craven couldn't quite pull off with his New Nightmare (though it was a good try).
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Friday the 13th, Halloween, Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street (except for New Nightmare ); if you pop one of these on, you know exactly what’s coming.
Instead, like Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation.