41st Anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street

 

                          

            I've sadly didn't celebrate its fortieth anniversary of this only good Freddy Kruger film which is its first appearance but I'm just going to state the fact that all the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels are not worth watching because it's the same feeling I have with Jason Voorhees when I say that Jason X is his excellent movie and the other films would just not worth the watch and then we can go to the greatest slasher comedy, Freddy vs. Jason. Look the point of what I'm making in the Freddy franchise is A Nightmare on Elm Street directed by a real filmmaker in Wes Craven so, deep down that's the only reason why the first Nightmare on Elm Street is the best horror movie out of the Elm Street films.

            Four teenagers fall prey to Freddy Kruger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on teenagers in their dreams -- which, in turn, kills them in the real world. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that the dark secret kept by her and her friends’ parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glenn (young Johnny Depp) solve the puzzle before it's too late? 

            The development of the script is very interesting and a lot of it comes from Wes Craven's childhood and a series of articles talking about late victims who are terrified to go to sleep one of the victims actually had a coffee maker next to their bed as well as avoiding taking subscribed pills to help sleep and while dead the corner who did autopsy states that nothing bad happened to the victim and Craven saw these in LA Times and collected them for a source of inspiration. Another source of inspiration for the creation of Freddy Kruger actually came from Craven's childhood when he was asleep later woken by a stranger in the exact clothes that Kruger wears and all of a sudden just looks dead eye into Craven's soul and once Craven looked away, the mysterious stranger was never seen again, for which later would become the inspiration for Freddy Kruger, although instead of wearing masks and using weapons as well as not saying anything, Craven took another approach and wanted Kruger to talk so he made him look as if he was burnt alive and use a glove of surgical knives or claws as a way to separate the typical weapon cliche. Another interesting aspect of the movie being green lit, was that this was New Line Cinema's first ever movie project long before Lord of the Rings made massive bucks Freddy Kruger was the one fictional serial killer that built a movie studio, which I would find it hilarious if Kruger stumbles upon Middle Earth and complains about them stealing his spotlight but that's a whole other crossover.  Even though this film was made forty years ago with a limited budget of 1.1 million dollars the film alone still works with great aspects as well as terrifying visuals and granted this film was made with a limited budget with some scare's out of date but some of the camera angles as well as some great shots still work for me especially in the scene where Kruger slices off two of his fingers and is just laughing hysterically is so creepy and terrifying you can't help but feel creeped out by him. As great of a performance Robert Englund does in the movie, I at times feel bad and that he was type cast for the rest of his life after the film’s success but then again he did bring it upon himself by making more sequels when he could of find other works but at the same time Anthony Perkins was type casted after his performance in Psycho so, in all fairness it's a typical span although Perkins did have other good films Englund just had one movie but deep down Freddy vs. Jason is hilarious so, maybe two good films I could always be wrong. Now, I don't think any horror movies now pose any excitement for me as a movie watcher and personally there are times where I wish horror movies would go back to the basics of creepy and more suspenseful elements but I guess I'm more old fashioned though it doesn't hurt to come out with a movie that doesn't show much and leaves the suspense as the scary aspect for filmmaking. For the month of October, A Nightmare on Elm Street is still on either HBO Max or Hulu so if you’re a big fan of Wes Craven's past works then I would highly recommend watching A Nightmare on Elm Street for a gillion reasons it was the first dream weaving experience long before Chris Nolan came along with Inception, and this is just me when I say this but I still believe that everyone is killed off by Freddy in the end of the movie although you may have different opinions I still say that everyone was killed off by end of the movie. But then again, it's all about nightmares so we all could be wrong or be a good debate talk when you finished watching the movie. 

          

Alien 3

 

            Well, everyone we are officially in the month of October; that's right everybody as you've probably gotten all your Halloween candy out since the middle week of September and maybe you've got your slutty Halloween costume bought by the beginning of August and now come on you must admit you dirty sluts. So, I decided since October is the month of Halloween, by watching certain Alien movies I haven't seen or talked about in years. And don't get me wrong, I love the Alien movies, even Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. And for certain I'm going to take a crack at the latest Alien show by Noah Hawley most infamous for Fargo. Though I've never taken the proper time to watch both Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection too of the Alien films that no one remembers and as of this month of the year I decided I'm going to watch these movies and so far, Alien 3 isn't that bad.

             Set years after the events of Aliens. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the only survivor when she crashes land on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet’s maximum-security prison. Once again, Ripley must face skepticism and the alien as it hunts down the prisoners and guards. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind, Ripley leads the men into battle against the terrifying creature.

              I can imagine Alien 3 wasn't the most exciting or perfect as the last two films, granted I don't know, but from the first time watching the third installment I got to admit this wasn't all bad of a movie in fact I enjoyed it considering it was an hour and fifty-minute movie. In all fairness the film before it got the green light, was still in a bad case of creative writing differences in fact there was a grand total of six writers developing the third installment so, yeah, this film was not going off that good of a start. Though watching the film all the way through there actually was some really good ideas as well as some great concepts like, the idea of this film being set in a maximum security prison with all Brits and one African American in the entire movie which I guess is strangely funny but in all reality feels a little convenient but hey, it's the early nineties. I will say when watching this film for the first time, there's a lot of recognizable actors that you sort of remember although YOU, will most certainly not remember these actors like I do, give you a great example Paul McGann who played the Eight Doctor in Doctor Who: The Movie, ANYONE REMEMBER DR. WHO: THE MOVIE? No? Well then, I probably rest my case on that example. But hey, I'm sure all of you remember Charles Dance who infamously portrayed Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones and played a master vampire in Dracula: Untold, I mean he was the only good thing about that whole movie. And so, with this movie when I saw those two actors’ names I was surprised and had that minor shock of "OH HOLY CRAP, it's that guy" you know the kind of reaction we would all have when seeing a movie like this. I will say the movie has some moments of good concepts and interesting ideas and I well, I sort of liked the fact that they go back to just one Alien but then through the course of the movie especially some of the wide shots of the Xenomorph, you slowly realize the Alien is fake or computer generated, which was a disappointing factor about the film which sure they were working with a 50 million dollar budget, but at least make the Alien at least more believable because those shots of the Alien were just no good, in fact it was almost like a high school project for film class and that was the disappointing factor which took me out of the film. Granted this isn't the most epic Alien movie considering they're just relying on one Alien for which they're just recycling story elements from the first film I mean which is okay-ish, but really you get great cinematography from Alex Thompson and first time director in David Fincher who, surprisingly does a good job considering this is a first time big project, but in the end would later come out with more nineties classics with Seven and Fight Club so, deep down Fincher gets a good deal out of finishing Alien 3. With a great list of actors including Sigourney Weaver who of course does a great job with a pretty good story as well as working with what she had to provide and either way I don't think this is the worst Alien movie I've seen granted I've relived Alien vs. Predator but deep down it was a fun movie to watch as well as a good suspenseful movie to start off in the month of October.