CRAVEN KICK: THE FREDDY KRUEGER REMIXES
Brian De Palma always said that he considers Hithcock a genre. Which is something I tend to agree with. The world of borrowing, influences and straight out Rip Offs in movies is a wide and varied pace. And Wes Craven made such an indelible mark on Horror with his creation of Freddy Krueger, it changed how Slasher's, Creature Features and Horror movies in general. As part of my Craven Kick I wanted to look at the impact that A Nightmare on Elm Street had on the decade after it. The next four movies I am looking at are examples of how movies in a ten year period looked through the prism or Shadow of Freddy Krueger. What the following movies are trying to do is display two running realities at the same time. And what I find watching these four movie is different forms of Freddy, espeically in the squeal - be weird if he wasn't, keep showing up. DREAMSCAPRE, DIR JOESPH RUBEN, 1984 I'm starting with...