- A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of eight slasher films, a television show, novels, and comic books.
- The franchise is based on the fictional character of Freddy Krueger, introduced in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who stalks and kills teenagers in their dreams; if Freddy kills the teenager in the dream world then they are ultimately killed in the real world.
'Wes Craven's New Nightmare' (1994)
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a 1994 horror-fantasy metafilm
- Although the seventh instalment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, New Nightmare is not part of the series
- The plot focuses on Freddy invading the real world and haunting the actors and crew responsible for the Nightmare on Elm Street films.
References to other horror films.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street is also referenced in the high school janitor. Fred, played by Craven, wears an outfit resembling Freddy Krueger's.
- At one point Billy sneaks into Sidney's room through her window, startling her, in a way that quotes Glen sneaking into Nancy's room in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
- Halloween is referenced many times throughout the film. When Casey's parents come home and see that something is wrong, her father says to her mother, "Drive down to the Mackenzies', which a quote from Halloween is.
- Billy's surname, Loomis, is the same as that of Donald Pleasence's character in Halloween, which in turn was the name of Marion Crane's lover in Psycho.
- As Stu and Billy reveal themselves to Sidney as the killers, they stand head to head, echoing a famous still photo from the film The Thing with Two Heads (1972).
- When is dragged across the lawn by her murderer it strongly resembles a scene from Dementia 13.
- The blood pooling at Gale's feet by the news van is reminiscent of a scene in Night of the Living Dead where blood pools on the floor by Barbra's feet.
- Many films are briefly mentioned during a scene in which Billy and Stu visit Randy at work at a video store. Films Randy mentions include Candy man, The Howling, Prom Night, Everybody's All-American. Frankenstein is showing on the monitors.
- Sidney mentions The Town That Dreaded Sundown while she, Dewey and Tatum are buying food for the party.
- Joseph Whipp, who plays Sheriff Burke in Scream, also plays the sheriff in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
- Frances Lee McCain, playing Mrs. Riley, also played the part of Billy's mother, Lynn Peltzer, in 1984's Gremlins.
Scream
- Scream is a 1996 film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson.
- The film revitalized the slasher film genre in the mid 1990s
- Scream became a major commercial success upon its release, and was one of the highest grossing films of 1996.
- As a result it spawned two sequels, Scream 2 and Scream 3.
- A fourth film was announced by The Weinstein Company in July 2008.
Scream Two
- Scream 2 (1997) is a horror thriller film, the second part of the Scream trilogy.
- As with the other films in the trilogy, Scream 2 combines straight-forward scares with dialogue that satirizes conventions of slasher films.
Scream Three
- Scream 3 is a 2000 film - the third instalment in the successful Scream series of satirical horror films.
- It was originally meant to be last instalment of the Scream series, but in 2008, Scream 4 was officially announced by Dimension Films.
- This is the only part of the Scream trilogy not to be written by Kevin Williamson
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