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A Nightmare on Elm Street, a review by Dragonfire

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A Nightmare on Elm Street From modern horror master Wes Craven ('Scream', 'Scream 2') comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her high-school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm. Featuring Johnny Depp in his first starring role and mind-bending special effects, this horror classic gave birth to one of the most infamous undead villains in cinematic history...Freddy Krueger.

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This is the first time in a few years that I've watched this one.  It works well as a horror movie.  The movie does get violent at times and there is a lot of blood gushing in a few scenes.  Freddy works well as the killer.  There is something scary and disturbing about the idea that someone could get into your dreams and kill you.  There is decent suspense to what is going on at times.  The movie does have a decent plot, though a few things could have been handled a bit better.  Nancy and Glen are decent characters.  Something about Nancy's mother bothers me whenever I watch the movie.  I don't know exactly what it is, but something bugs me.  Many sequels have been made, as well as a reboot from a few years ago.  I have seen bits of some of the other movies.  I haven't decided if I am going to watch any more of them this year or not.

I do think this is a very good horror movie.  When the movie first came out, the idea of Freddy was pretty original...of course now, Freddy is known by just about everyone.



I did post a longer review on Epinions a few years ago.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

(From Marie's 2013 Halloween/Horror Marathon on October 15th, 2013)

Lover Come Back, a review by Tom

Lover Come Back (1961/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Delbert Mann Writing: Stanley Shapiro (Writer), Paul Henning (Writer) Length: 103 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1, French: Dolby Digital 1, German: Dolby Digital 1, Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
Rock Hudson as Jerry Webster/Doctor Linus Tyler
Doris Day as Carol Templeton
Tony Randall as Peter Ramsey
Edie Adams as Rebel Davis
Jack Oakie as J. Paxton Miller

Plot:
ROCK HUDSON, DORIS DAY and TONY RANDALL light up the screen with laughter aplenty in this romantic comedy that features Day and Hudson as two Madison Avenue advertising rivals.

Awards:
Nominated:

Academy Award (1961)		Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning)
AFI (1961)		100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
Golden Globe (1961)		Actor in a Supporting Role (Tony Randall)

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers

After the recent talk about Doris Day movies, I decided to watch the second movie of my three-movie set today. The other I already have seen a while ago was "Pillow Talk".
I enjoyed this movie. I am not sure, if it was on purpose of the writers, but it adds a whole new level to almost anything that Rock Hudson's character says, if you know that Rock Hudson was a closeted gay man.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 9th, 2013)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

2.06 The Mask (1996-01-18)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Nancy Merritt Bell (Story By), Michael McKinley (Story By), Jeff King (Story By), Jeff King (Screenwriter)
Director: David Warry-Smith
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Daniel Kash (Detective Louis Gardino), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Lee Purcell (Louise St. Laurent), Rodney A. Grant (Eric), Denise Virieux (Michelle Duchamps), Nathaniel Arcand (David Kitikmeot), Deborah Tennant (Daphne Kelly), Lindsay Merrithew (John Robinson), Chris Earle (Rental Clerk), Curtis Jonnie (Albert), Ellen Sylvester (Victoria), Tracy Bomberry (Patty), Nancy Bomberry (Sara), Sam Moses (Mr. Mustafi), Helen Richmond (Ms. Krezjapalov)

A boring episode with hardly any fun in it.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on August 12th, 2009)