This article contains mild The New Mutants spoilers.
The New Mutants is an odd duck. The writing was on the wall back in 2017 when 20th Century Fox first pushed the film off its original 2018 release window. Apparently the delay was the result of the studio wanting to make it more of a horror movie via reshoots… reshoots that then never happened.
Even so, those horror elements are still on bonkers display in Josh Boone’s final cut of the film, now available on Blu-ray and VOD. Even without knowing Boone was vocal that the Nightmare on Elm Street movies were cornerstone influences, it’s clear his mutant mayhem wants to live on the same block.
To be sure, these aspects are more muted than they should be, which is the result of the film’s biggest problem: tonal inconsistency. New Mutants veers wildly between young adult drama, youthful hijinks, and...
The New Mutants is an odd duck. The writing was on the wall back in 2017 when 20th Century Fox first pushed the film off its original 2018 release window. Apparently the delay was the result of the studio wanting to make it more of a horror movie via reshoots… reshoots that then never happened.
Even so, those horror elements are still on bonkers display in Josh Boone’s final cut of the film, now available on Blu-ray and VOD. Even without knowing Boone was vocal that the Nightmare on Elm Street movies were cornerstone influences, it’s clear his mutant mayhem wants to live on the same block.
To be sure, these aspects are more muted than they should be, which is the result of the film’s biggest problem: tonal inconsistency. New Mutants veers wildly between young adult drama, youthful hijinks, and...
- 11/18/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
36 years ago today, horror history was made. Wes Craven’s masterwork A Nightmare On Elm Street hit cinemas on November 9th in 1984. And even nearly 40 years later (!), it remains one of the finest entries in the slasher genre, revitalizing it at the time and still standing as a hugely influential movie to horror filmmakers today.
Nightmare follows teenager Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) who, along with her friends, becomes the target for malevolent spirit Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured former school janitor who’s killing the teens from within their dreams. Johnny Depp famously co-stars in his breakout movie role as Nancy’s ill-fated boyfriend, Glen.
Many of the hallmarks of the franchise – Krueger’s wisecracking humor and the extension of his name from Fred to Freddy – would come later, but there’s no denying that the original is still the best. Though Craven would contribute to the screenplay for Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,...
Nightmare follows teenager Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) who, along with her friends, becomes the target for malevolent spirit Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured former school janitor who’s killing the teens from within their dreams. Johnny Depp famously co-stars in his breakout movie role as Nancy’s ill-fated boyfriend, Glen.
Many of the hallmarks of the franchise – Krueger’s wisecracking humor and the extension of his name from Fred to Freddy – would come later, but there’s no denying that the original is still the best. Though Craven would contribute to the screenplay for Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
While it’s maybe not a question that many fans of A Nightmare on Elm Street have been asking since the movie’s 1984 release, the reason why Freddy Krueger is so drawn to Nancy Thompson has now been explained by a new theory.
According to a post picked up by ScreenRant, and one that we looked at last summer as well, Freddy may actually be Nancy’s father. As a result, the theory claims that this relationship is the reason why Freddy is fixated on Heather Langenkamp’s character, and possibly why she’s able to defeat him, at least temporarily.
Based on this interpretation, Freddy’s not only targeting the children of the people who burnt him alive, but also particularly going after Nancy’s mother for hiding their relationship. Some of the evidence for this secret include the seemingly more personal ways that Freddy tortures Nancy, compared to...
According to a post picked up by ScreenRant, and one that we looked at last summer as well, Freddy may actually be Nancy’s father. As a result, the theory claims that this relationship is the reason why Freddy is fixated on Heather Langenkamp’s character, and possibly why she’s able to defeat him, at least temporarily.
Based on this interpretation, Freddy’s not only targeting the children of the people who burnt him alive, but also particularly going after Nancy’s mother for hiding their relationship. Some of the evidence for this secret include the seemingly more personal ways that Freddy tortures Nancy, compared to...
- 5/14/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
by Jason Adams
Marge Thompson is such a weirdo. Less than ten years after her Oscar nomination for Robert Altman's classic Nashville the singer turned actress Ronee Blakley was playing the Mom in a slasher flick. Some might disparage that turn of events -- say she was "reduced to" playing the Mom in a slasher flick. I am not one of those people. Especially when you see the gloriously strange performance that Blakley turned in. There's nothing unmemorable about the final girl Nancy Thompson's momma -- she'll haunt your dreams!
A Nightmare on Elm Street is about the sins of the parents being visited, rather traumatically, upon their children, a symbiotic theme that Craven would come to visit time and again with his horror films...
Marge Thompson is such a weirdo. Less than ten years after her Oscar nomination for Robert Altman's classic Nashville the singer turned actress Ronee Blakley was playing the Mom in a slasher flick. Some might disparage that turn of events -- say she was "reduced to" playing the Mom in a slasher flick. I am not one of those people. Especially when you see the gloriously strange performance that Blakley turned in. There's nothing unmemorable about the final girl Nancy Thompson's momma -- she'll haunt your dreams!
A Nightmare on Elm Street is about the sins of the parents being visited, rather traumatically, upon their children, a symbiotic theme that Craven would come to visit time and again with his horror films...
- 1/27/2020
- by JA
- FilmExperience
The most common recurring hero in the Friday the 13th franchise, Tommy Jarvis appeared three times in the series, and was played by three different actors. It now turns out that the producers of the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot planned to bring Jarvis back again, at least in early drafts, before deciding that the character would complicate their new take on the property. And given the long-running legal issues over the Friday franchise, it’s unlikely we’ll see Tommy in an official on-screen capacity for some time, making his absence from the reboot understandable but disappointing in hindsight.
The 2009 Friday the 13th was produced by Platinum Dunes, part of a wave of slasher reboots during the period. According to an interview from the time, executives Brad Fuller and Andrew Form wanted to bring back Jarvis, but ultimately decided that introducing the character and building up his relationship with Jason...
The 2009 Friday the 13th was produced by Platinum Dunes, part of a wave of slasher reboots during the period. According to an interview from the time, executives Brad Fuller and Andrew Form wanted to bring back Jarvis, but ultimately decided that introducing the character and building up his relationship with Jason...
- 1/26/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Freddy Krueger, the vicious, dream-slashing villain from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, has more than earned his spot among the horror genre’s most brutal icons. Even before he reached the peak of his paranormal powers, Krueger was a vicious child killer, one who managed to squirm out of a jail sentence because of a technicality. This, as fans of the original film know, led the parents to take matters into their own hands.
It’s not as if Wes Craven’s pinnacle 1984 film hadn’t already made the character into one of the most horrific of all time. But as it turns out, the director’s original vision made Krueger’s origin much, much worse.
Those details can be viewed in the deleted scene up above. As you’ll notice, most of it actually did find a place in the movie, as we see heroine Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp...
It’s not as if Wes Craven’s pinnacle 1984 film hadn’t already made the character into one of the most horrific of all time. But as it turns out, the director’s original vision made Krueger’s origin much, much worse.
Those details can be viewed in the deleted scene up above. As you’ll notice, most of it actually did find a place in the movie, as we see heroine Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp...
- 11/8/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
Its stage has hosted performances from some of the most iconic and talented figures in rock and roll history, and on September 8th, one of the horror genre's biggest rock stars, Robert Englund, will take the stage at the Whisky A Go-Go to perform a live reading of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors along with fellow co-star Heather Langenkamp and members of the Dream Warriors themselves: Ira Heiden, Rodney Eastman, Bradley Gregg, and Penelope Sudrow.
A fundraiser for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, the live stage reading of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors will take place on Sunday, September 8th at 1:00pm. In addition to the aforementioned performers, special guests will also include other Nightmare on Elm Street alumni, including Brooke Bundy, Amanda Wyss, Tuesday Knight, Brooke Theiss, Steven Caffrey, Bill Allen, Byron Thames, and director Chuck Russell.
This sounds like a truly...
A fundraiser for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, the live stage reading of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors will take place on Sunday, September 8th at 1:00pm. In addition to the aforementioned performers, special guests will also include other Nightmare on Elm Street alumni, including Brooke Bundy, Amanda Wyss, Tuesday Knight, Brooke Theiss, Steven Caffrey, Bill Allen, Byron Thames, and director Chuck Russell.
This sounds like a truly...
- 8/27/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
As the actress who played Nancy Thompson in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series launched by Wes Craven in 1984, Heather Langenkamp is already horror royalty. But when she looks to the future, she’s interested in moving away from the slasher films that made her famous. The current franchise she’s most enamored by is […] The post A Nightmare On Elm Street’s Heather Langenkamp Wants to Join The Conjuring Universe appeared first on Dread Central.
- 7/4/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
When it comes to the most legendary of scream queens in the horror genre, few are more iconic than Heather Langenkamp. To A Nightmare on Elm Street aficionados the world over, she’s best known as Nancy Thompson, having starred in three pictures making up the fan favorite saga.
If you’ve been keeping up with news pertaining to Langenkamp, then you probably heard about how she’d like to participate in another Freddy flick. But since that particular franchise is collecting dust at the moment, the possibility of that doesn’t seem too likely.
Believe it or not, there’s one highly lucrative series she’d like to join, citing The Conjuring while speaking with ComicBook.com:
“I think some of the New Line films that they’re putting out, like the Annabelle and all the universes from the Conjuring universes, I do really like a lot of those movies,...
If you’ve been keeping up with news pertaining to Langenkamp, then you probably heard about how she’d like to participate in another Freddy flick. But since that particular franchise is collecting dust at the moment, the possibility of that doesn’t seem too likely.
Believe it or not, there’s one highly lucrative series she’d like to join, citing The Conjuring while speaking with ComicBook.com:
“I think some of the New Line films that they’re putting out, like the Annabelle and all the universes from the Conjuring universes, I do really like a lot of those movies,...
- 7/2/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Despite releasing over three decades ago, the Internet is still ripe with theories based around A Nightmare on Elm Street. The latest and maybe most intriguing involves the idea that protagonist Nancy Thompson could actually be related to reality-bending serial killer Freddy Krueger. Though it may seem far-fetched, there is enough evidence available to at least consider the possibility.
The notorious Springwood Slasher is a child murderer who was burned alive by the town after escaping the law. He later returns to torment and ultimately kill his own murderers’ children by invading their dreams every night. One of these poor victims is Nancy, whose friends each fall victim to the disfigured psychopath while they sleep.
Eventually, she’s told of Krueger’s backstory by her alcoholic mother. Mrs. Thompson has had a hard time dealing with her lethal actions all those years ago and even seems to have a special...
The notorious Springwood Slasher is a child murderer who was burned alive by the town after escaping the law. He later returns to torment and ultimately kill his own murderers’ children by invading their dreams every night. One of these poor victims is Nancy, whose friends each fall victim to the disfigured psychopath while they sleep.
Eventually, she’s told of Krueger’s backstory by her alcoholic mother. Mrs. Thompson has had a hard time dealing with her lethal actions all those years ago and even seems to have a special...
- 6/25/2019
- by Evan Lewis
- We Got This Covered
[To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the cult classic Heathers, we're celebrating all week long with "Heathers of Horror" special features highlighting our favorite horror performances by women with the same name as the iconic clique from the 1989 dark comedy! Check here to catch up on all of our "Heathers Week" special features!]
As a kid, one of my very earliest heroes was the one and only Heather Langenkamp. Since I grew up being able to watch all kinds of horror movies from a very early age, there were many different female characters that I had always thought were really cool and badass, but to me, Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson in both A Nightmare on Elm Street and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (and then eventually playing herself in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare) was in a league entirely her own. Nancy—and ultimately Heather herself—was someone I very much related to, and it was her intelligence,...
As a kid, one of my very earliest heroes was the one and only Heather Langenkamp. Since I grew up being able to watch all kinds of horror movies from a very early age, there were many different female characters that I had always thought were really cool and badass, but to me, Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson in both A Nightmare on Elm Street and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (and then eventually playing herself in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare) was in a league entirely her own. Nancy—and ultimately Heather herself—was someone I very much related to, and it was her intelligence,...
- 4/18/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Heather Langenkamp became one of the 1980s’ most beloved “final girls” following a couple of battle royales with “the bastard son of 100 maniacs”. As Nancy Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street and A Nightmare on Elm 3: Dream Warriors, she came mightily close to besting Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund) and she […] The post Heather Langenkamp Shares Rare “Relic” from Original A Nightmare On Elm Street appeared first on Dread Central.
- 3/15/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Nancy Thompson from A Nightmare on Elm Street is often remembered as one of the great ‘final girls’ of slasher cinema, but it’s a label that actress Heather Langenkamp doesn’t much care for.
The star who survived her encounter with Freddy Krueger in the 1984 franchise-starter recently suggested that the gender-specific term was sexist and condescending.
“I don’t think we should call her a ‘final girl’ anymore,” Langenkamp shared with the L.A. Times. “Because one, I want a boy to be able to play a part like this, and they’re never going to call him a ‘final boy’ — they just call him a hero. Just call a hero a hero, regardless of gender.”
The term ‘final girl’ was first popularized through the critical analysis of gender-based tropes in horror cinema, with the phrase being used in reference to the last character standing after all the rest had fallen.
The star who survived her encounter with Freddy Krueger in the 1984 franchise-starter recently suggested that the gender-specific term was sexist and condescending.
“I don’t think we should call her a ‘final girl’ anymore,” Langenkamp shared with the L.A. Times. “Because one, I want a boy to be able to play a part like this, and they’re never going to call him a ‘final boy’ — they just call him a hero. Just call a hero a hero, regardless of gender.”
The term ‘final girl’ was first popularized through the critical analysis of gender-based tropes in horror cinema, with the phrase being used in reference to the last character standing after all the rest had fallen.
- 11/2/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Following the monstrous success of Halloween, we may see the return of the ’80s scream queen. And Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp would be open to being a part of that wave, confirming that she would gladly reprise her role as Nancy Thompson in another Nightmare on Elm Street sequel. Heather Langenkamp originated the role of Nancy Thompson in 1984’s A […]
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The post ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Star Heather Langenkamp Would “Love” to Do Another Sequel appeared first on /Film.
- 10/31/2018
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
With Halloween bringing in some serious box-office bucks, I'd imagine that some studios are weighing the possibility of developing their own horror revivals with a few of the original stars tossed in for good measure. Heather Langenkamp played Nancy Thompson in A Nightmare On Elm Street as well as A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and Wes Craven's New Nightmare…...
- 10/30/2018
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Jessica Chastain is a big believer in horror movies.
She’s even gone so far as to claim that Hollywood’s scariest genre has some of the best female characters around, so it’s small wonder why Chastain became one of the first actors to climb aboard It: Chapter Two.
In doing so, she’s reunited with Mama director Andy Muschietti, and it doesn’t take a soothsayer to realize that Jessica Chastain has clinched the role of Beverly Marsh, the character originally portrayed by the young Sophia Lillis for Chapter One. And now that filming on the sequel has officially commenced, the actress has shared a candid promo pic in which Lillis hands over the baton red balloon to her adult counterpart.
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She’s even gone so far as to claim that Hollywood’s scariest genre has some of the best female characters around, so it’s small wonder why Chastain became one of the first actors to climb aboard It: Chapter Two.
In doing so, she’s reunited with Mama director Andy Muschietti, and it doesn’t take a soothsayer to realize that Jessica Chastain has clinched the role of Beverly Marsh, the character originally portrayed by the young Sophia Lillis for Chapter One. And now that filming on the sequel has officially commenced, the actress has shared a candid promo pic in which Lillis hands over the baton red balloon to her adult counterpart.
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- 7/18/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Though Hollywood’s horror genre has played host to a great number of scream queens (or ‘final girls’, if we’re sticking to the unofficial term) over the years, they all owe a debt to Laurie Strode.
So whereas Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) gripped viewers with her desperate fight for survival in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) experienced A Nightmare on Elm Street, there’s always been something special about Jamie Lee Curtis, whose Laurie Strode crossed paths with Michael Myers (Aka The Shape) and lived to tell the tale.
That was in 1978. But now, as we approach Halloween‘s 40th anniversary, director David Gordon Green is about to introduce a new generation of scream queens in Judy Greer (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Andi Matichak, who have signed on to play Karen and Allyson Strode, respectively.
The latter will be the granddaughter of Laurie Strode,...
So whereas Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) gripped viewers with her desperate fight for survival in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) experienced A Nightmare on Elm Street, there’s always been something special about Jamie Lee Curtis, whose Laurie Strode crossed paths with Michael Myers (Aka The Shape) and lived to tell the tale.
That was in 1978. But now, as we approach Halloween‘s 40th anniversary, director David Gordon Green is about to introduce a new generation of scream queens in Judy Greer (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Andi Matichak, who have signed on to play Karen and Allyson Strode, respectively.
The latter will be the granddaughter of Laurie Strode,...
- 2/15/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
"Are you a FredHead?" An early teaser trailer has debuted for a fascinating little documentary about horror fans who loved the A Nightmare on Elm Street series, the one with knife-glove-wearing Freddy Krueger as its nasty villain. It's called FredHeads: The Documentary and examines the culture and community that has built up around the Elm Street series and Freddy. This doc is being directed by Paige Troxell, who also previously made the fan film Don't Fall Asleep telling the story of Nancy Thompson after the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The film is still being completed and is seeking funding on Indiegogo, so if you like this trailer, help them out to make sure it gets finished (hopefully in 2018). This bit of footage in the teaser is cool, and I'm hoping they get the money they need. This is a perfect film to debut at Fantastic Fest. Here's...
- 1/8/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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