My Thoughts:I agree with you, not a great film, but fun. But, I actually found the dog werewolf scene to be rather funny; something not really expected until the last few seconds before it's revealed.
I definitely wouldn't say this is the best Werewolf movie I ever seen... but I did enjoy it. I don't know what the theatrical version was like... but this one has a nice amount of gore in it. I tell you though... I did not think much of the werewolf dog scene. To me it just felt out of place. Other then that... the movie itself was fairly good. The DVD looks and sounds great.... and there is a few nice extras on this release.
He demonstrated none of the skill he would bring to later films. Even in the early scenes, I was simply disgusted and actually bored. There was no art in this; I think half of any good film is restraint. Not because of what is socially acceptable (quite the contrary), but because the mind can only take so much of one element before it says "of course it's only a movie and a crap one at that!".I don't hate it anywhere near as passionately as you are, I think more along the lines as Sailor. However, if I remember the Interview on the DVD correctly, Wes Craven would be one of the first to agree with the above quoted comments... He actually seemed to distance himself from the film quite a bit, saying that, as Sailor mentioned, he was hired to provide something of shock value, and so he did.
As a side note, often when watching special features on horror film DVDs or reading about them to other participants say, that the directors are very nice people and not even remotely as sick (actually not at all) as their movies might suggest. In similar agreement many actors seem to say, that the most fun to be had is on a horror movie set.
If you never seen this movie before... I definitely recommend checking it out!I never even heard about this one... And I thought I at least knew which films Wes had made.
If you never seen this movie before... I definitely recommend checking it out!I never even heard about this one... And I thought I at least knew which films Wes had made.
I'll chack it out and maybe add it to my Wish List.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
I found the trailer for Summer of Fear online... you can check it out HERE (http://www.kellerentertainment.com/show_trailer.cfm?show_id=12) ;DThanks, looks interesting. Being made by one of my faves Wes, it might be a nice way to add some witchcraft to my collection.
Yeah... definitely a good one to add a little witchcraft to your collection. :)I found the trailer for Summer of Fear online... you can check it out HERE (http://www.kellerentertainment.com/show_trailer.cfm?show_id=12) ;DThanks, looks interesting. Being made by one of my faves Wes, it might be a nice way to add some witchcraft to my collection.
Thumbs up for A Nightmare on Elm Street! One of my few triple-dips :-[ First the original(?) release, then the Box Set and I then also bought the Infinifilm, as it is supposed to be superior to the Box Set version.See Kathy... what more do you need to know then that! ;D
Yeah... definitely a good one to add a little witchcraft to your collection. :)I found the trailer for Summer of Fear online... you can check it out HERE (http://www.kellerentertainment.com/show_trailer.cfm?show_id=12) ;DThanks, looks interesting. Being made by one of my faves Wes, it might be a nice way to add some witchcraft to my collection.QuoteThumbs up for A Nightmare on Elm Street! One of my few triple-dips :-[ First the original(?) release, then the Box Set and I then also bought the Infinifilm, as it is supposed to be superior to the Box Set version.See Kathy... what more do you need to know then that! ;D
The Encyclopedia is very awesome... but no... you want to save it for last... it is the bonus disc for all the Nightmare on Elm Street movies so it will contain spoilers for all the movies.
That being said... I love how the disc is set up... where you actually play a game with your dvd player's remote... exploring Freddy Krueger's house. :)