5/8/2023 0 Comments Coherence trailerThe ever-reliable John Saxon does great work as Nancy’s father. One thing I appreciate about the original movie is how Freddy toyed with his victims an element that was largely lost as the series progressed and a formula was established with sequels. He always uses victims’ fears against them in their nightmares, but in his first go he took pleasure in taunting them by cutting off his own fingers, allowing his face to be ripped off, and showing his clunky extendo-arms. Anything goes in the dream world, so Craven was able to lean into the weirdness. The screening elicited a few unintentional laughs - Nancy’s mother’s seemingly never ending supply of hidden alcohol chief among them - but on the whole it’s less dated than its slasher contemporaries. Halloween may be the better movie (it’s my personal favorite film), but I would argue that Elm Street plays more effectively to a modern audience.Ģ:05 A.M. – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) #Coherence movie trailer movie# I’m pleased that Freddy’s Revenge seems to be receiving a reappraisal among horror fans after many years of being maligned, similar to Halloween III: Season of the Witch. The unintended humor stemming from its homoerotic subtext (if you can even call it that) made it a lot of fun to watch with an audience, but now it’s celebrated for those queer themes, and its other positives are no longer overlooked. Some fans bemoan that the film changes Freddy’s modus operandi from its predecessor, but I appreciate its attempts to do something different with the material. The body-horror angle is a delightful twist on the mythology, even if it’s never addressed in future installments, with gnarly transformation effects by Mark Shostrom.
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