New Nightmare
Wes Craven
1994
A meta-horror masterpiece that takes the already-convoluted mythology of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series and adds another layer of confusing self-awareness, with the cast playing themselves and a demon Freddy Krueger who somehow invades the real world, leading to a series of totally not cheesy or cringe-worthy scenes that will leave you wondering why Hollywood didn't make more movies where fictional characters come to life and torment the actors who play them. Pure genius.
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+ "New Nightmare" is a brilliant exploration of the power of the collective unconscious, as it blurs the line between reality and fiction, and demonstrates the terrifying potential of our deepest fears and archetypes to manifest in the world around us.
- While "New Nightmare" certainly offers an interesting exploration of the collective unconscious, its heavy-handed approach and lack of subtlety ultimately detract from its overall impact and leave the viewer feeling more confused than enlightened.
Now some haikus and midjourney art…
Welcome metaverse
Dream demon but not Freddy
Must capture by film
Story of story
Power of words and fiction
A kind of magic
New kid on the block
Sins of mother continued
Swallow your child whole
Craven redemption
This is mine, I reclaim it
Like, put me in coach
Publish, lose control
Headlines and toxicity
Careful what you make
When intention lost
Heroes must arise to fight
A course correction
Nine Points of View
The Optimist
After the disaster that was Freddy’s Dead, I am thankful this film grabs some solo redemption for Robert Englund’s Freddy.
The Mystic
Reality is what you make it.
The Hyperbolist
Greatest transition from reality to fiction and back again ever! Chef’s kiss.
The Dualist
Good movie, somehow conjoining a by-the-numbers horror story and metatextual analysis way before it was the norm.
The Trickster
If only more movies had meta-sequels… Matrix Revolutions walks in. I’m not mad at it.
The Skeptic
How was it so easy to beat Freddy on his home turf at the end of this? What happens to all of his dream powers?
The Rationalist
Can you imagine staring at a mouth that is about to eat you, slowly the room goes dark as you are encompassed?
The Empath
Is there a recovery program for child actors who starred in horror movies? Supposedly the kid in this got told by his Dad that his parents were divorcing in order to get better responses on set. WTF.
The Overthinker
Film makers massage themselves thoroughly before testing the genre in a direction that would ultimately be cemented by Scream in subsequent years.
Estimated Budget - $8,000,000
Estimated Box Office: $19,700,000
The RATIO: 3.17
My
Rating:
6
And the perspective above was…
Carl Jung
