Binge Movie Aftertaste – Nightmare On Elm Street Retrospective w/ Mik Duffy and Matthew Goudreau: A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) and Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Few, if any, slasher villains have made as big an impact on the industry like Freddy Krueger. Initially conceived by an at the time down on his luck English professor turned filmmaker by the name of Wes Craven, Krueger starred in 1984’s A Nightmare On Elm Street, and its impact has made its studio New Line Cinema to be known as the House The Freddy Built. But Craven quickly became disenchanted with his creation, as other filmmakers came in and made their stamp on the franchise with each subsequent sequel making its own impact on horror culture. So how high do we feel the franchise stands when it comes to horror history? Me, Matt, and the returning Mik Duffy take this series of podcasts to answer that very question.
After Alice made her triumphant debut entry within the realm of Elm Street heroines in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, producers knew that they wanted to bring her back and once again have her battle with the series’ razor fingered villain Freddy Krueger. So producer Sara Risher came up with the idea of bringing her pregnancy fears to the plot associated with her and teenagers of the era. The result was A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. A movie that isn’t as much debated amongst fans of the franchise as much as derided. So what would the three of us, especially Mik Duffy who hadn’t seen it until this podcast, think of the result?
We then move on to what was thought of as the final film of the franchise, Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. After dismal box office returns greeted The Dream Child, the writing was on the wall that maybe Freddy’s best days were behind him. So New Line Cinema hired longtime associate Rachel Talalay to take the directing reigns and kill him once and for all. Is the result as striking as the 3D in the movie wants us to believe? Listen below to find out!
A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)
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