MovieChat Forums > A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) Discussion > The Original Film + New Nightmare only F...

The Original Film + New Nightmare only Freddy flicks worth watching

posted 13 years ago by stevenmarcato
9 replies | jump to latest

Part 1 is one of my favorite films however parts 2, 4, 5, 6, and the 2010 remake are among the worst movies within any franchise in any genre in the history of motion pictures. Part 3 isn't good but not nearly as bad as the previously mentioned sequels and 2010 horrible remake.

The only other film in the Freddy Krueger franchise worth watching is of course the other film that is written and directed by Wes Craven.

This is probably the worst of the entire series. It's gut wrenching how bad this movie is. Freddy's Dead, the next installment, and the 2010 remake are probably tied with part 5 as the worst 3 films of the series. Freddy's Dead and 2010 remake are only slightly more watchable than part 5.

[–] toking65000 13 years ago

You've stated this OPINION on practically every NOES board. We get it, you ONLY like part 1 and New Nightmare.

Just because we lose today's battle doesn't mean we've lost tommorow's war.

[–] robsea32 12 years ago

Yeah no kidding, why spam every Nightmare board to say the same thing?

[–] dlee7283 12 years ago

As someone who was a Friday the 13th fan I didnt get to see NOES until I was an adult so in my opinion...

1- One was the best for most people, but Freddy hadn't really developed the character enough for me to say its my fav as an outsider.
2. Freddy is VERY scary in this one, the film is better as a side story instead of part of "cannon".
3 was the best if you hadn't seen the first one originally. I just thought the cast and the story was really good and has aged really well.
4. 4 had some really creative death scenes and did make Freddy
scarier than he was in part 3. I am still kinda "so" "so" on it however
5. I think it was just a continuation of a story about the character Lisa that I didn't really care about after 4 was over with. Not horrible, just unneeded in the series.
6. If it hadn't been called "Freddy's Dead" I think people would have liked it more. Freddie's death scene was lame but I liked the Freddy/Daughter dynamic and flashbacks. The movie would have worked better in Part 5's slot
7- This movie wasn't scary or chilling like Craven wanted and all I kept saying is "isn't that the kid from Pet Semetary".

My list....
3
1
tie between 2 and 4
6
7
5

[–] Iwishyouwell 11 years ago

You're on crack if you think Wes Craven's New Nightmare, one of the most well made, sophisticated, intelligent horror pictures in the slasher genre, is one of the worst in the Nightmare series (or any horror series for that matter).

[–] Minus_The_Beer 12 years ago

Yeah, I remember my first beer...

[–] 11 years ago

[deleted]

[–] hexedd 11 years ago

stevenmarcato: As I've said on a few other threads, I totally agree with you. This movie is, as you said, "gut wrenching" in how terrible it is. I have watched it several times, HOPING to find something I like in it since I'm a fan of the series as a whole, but this actually gets worse with every viewing. I laugh at half of it and cringe at the other half. The acting is bad, the dialogue is bad, Freddy is turned into a campy clown, and there is zero tension or scariness to it at all. And to top it all off, the effects are atrociously bad to the point of being funny. It looks like a film that a bunch of college kids made in film class, not a film in a franchise that had some of the highest grossing sales of any horror films during the 80s. It is shameful and pitiful that this film took more than 50k to make, because I've seen film projects posted on YouTube that are far superior. It says that the budget was 8 million; that is just mind-boggling. What exactly did they spend it on? Everyone involved with this film should have disowned it, and they all should have been run out of the film industry for subjecting us to this.

[–] phillipsdan83 10 years ago

Aww, FRIDAY THE 13th PART VIII, JASON TAKES MANHATTAN makes this look like CITIZEN KANE!

[–] 10 years ago

[deleted]