I’m going to be honest, I liked this more than I thought I would.
Granted, I have a bunch of 1 star reviews here, but there’s also one 3.5 star review which is better than I ever gave the Nightmare on Elm Street series. I mean, it’s overall not a good series. Without Part VI, it’s not good at all, but in the handful of films where the filmmakers had an understanding of what they were doing, the mechanics work well enough while people around it have some fun.
It was started as a ripoff of Halloween, an effort to take advantage of the new slasher genre, and it somehow spawned a dozen films in the franchise while other slashers just languished and died away. I don’t get it.
Anyway, I’ll be reviewing all twelve entries in the franchise ranked. There’s a healthy gap between the first and second, but most of the rest is kind of meh. Though, Part IV has Crispin Glover’s dance moves, and that ain’t nothin’.
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David Vining
I am a fiction writer living in Charleston, SC. I've had a variety of jobs, but nothing compared to what Heinlein had. I don't think that time I got hired to slay the wild and terrifying jack rabbit of Surrey counts since I actually only took out the mild mannered hedgehog of Suffolk. Let's just say that it doesn't go on the resume. Lover (but not, you know...lover) of movies. Married to the single most beautiful woman on Earth with a single son who shall rule after my death. If that didn't deter you, check out my blog or browse some of the books I've written.
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