Robert Shaye

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Rating: ★★★★
Sep 5, 2002Dream-Invading Boogey Man
One of the most influential horror films of the 1980s, creating a series of dream horror copycats. Before the campy, makeup effects driven sequels kicked in, Wes Craven's original creates a genuinely unearthly series of nightmare jumps
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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
Rating: ★
Jul 15, 2002Dream-Invading Boogey Man
The first and worst of the A Nightmare on Elm Street sequels. The dream logic becomes incoherent, while the film is twisted out of shape to become a bizarre gay Coming Out parable
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A Nightmare on Elm Street III: The Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street III: The Dream Warriors (1987)
Rating: ★★
Jul 29, 2002Dream-Invading Boogey Man
The point where Robert Englund's Freddy went from a boogeyman into the equivalent of Wile E. Coyote, popping up like a malevolent jack-in-a-box to quip a one-liner and dispatch victims
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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
Rating: ★★½
Oct 19, 2002Dream-Invading Boogey Man
The fifth of the A Nightmare on Elm Street films offers up the same old thing but director Stephen Hopkins enters at an inspired level that transforms the set-pieces with a genuine weirdness
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Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Rating: ★
Nov 1, 2002A Nightmare on Elm Street Sequel
The sixth of the A Nightmare on Elm Street films, sold with the gimmick of a 3D release. New director Rachel Talaly refuses to take the material seriously and turns the show into an absurd cartoon
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When the Bough Breaks (2016)

When the Bough Breaks (2016)
Rating: ★
Feb 5, 2017Psycho Surrogate Mother
A throwback to the 1980s/90s psycho-thriller that came out after Fatal Attraction featuring a surrogate mother who develops a stalkerish fixation on a husband. The crucial difference is that this is played with an all-Black cast but in a way that sends out weirdly uncomfortable racial messages
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