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A Nightmare on Elm Street Retrospective

With news of the upcoming Halloween Returns (2016) ignoring Rob Zombie’s reboot in favour of the series’ initial continuity (or at least part of it), I find myself filled with renewed hope that Robert Englund might

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 3.5

Freddy Vs Jason (2003)

Forget Alien Vs Predator (2004) and its hateful sequel. This is how you make a proper monster mash. A full decade in the making,…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 5.0

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Full disclosure: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare is one of my all-time favourites. Two years before Scream (1996) would usher slashers into the postmodern era,…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 4.0

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

Scary movies went through an odd phase in the late eighties. With horror cinema teetering on the edge of mainstream, producers became so eager…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 3.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors served as my introduction to the franchise. I was just a boy at the time, too…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 3.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

Fans of the series often criticise A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge for sticking out like a sore thumb, but I…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 5.0

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

I owe my love of horror to A Nightmare on Elm Street. Often credited for introducing the fantastic to slasher cinema, Wes Craven’s 1984…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 2.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

The question isn’t if the new A Nightmare on Elm Street lives up to the original. Of course, it doesn’t. At the time of…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 5.0

Inception (2010)

All right, Christopher Nolan, consider my mind blown. I’m picking up pieces of my skull as I’m writing this, certain I’d never seen anything…

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