A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!
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- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Three, four, better lock your door.
Five, six, grab your crucifix.
Seven, eight, gonna stay up late.
Nine, ten, never sleep again.
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Such a great movie with some amazingly creative ways to scare us long after the movie was over! Nancy was so badass lol!
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Some of the sequels are good. I particularly like the third one. But a good follow-up to this would be Wes Craven's New Nightmare. It's the only sequel directed by Craven and has many of the stars of the first film playing themselves. It's a very meta film.
Laughing at the teacher!
Please in the future react to the rest of the nightmare on elm street movies ❤️✌️
The teacher was “Lin Shaye” you’ve probably seen her in “insidious franchise” and “there’s something about mary” alot of comedies and current day horror shes also the sister of “Bob Shaye” is the creator of “New Line Cinema” he makes a cameo in every other “nightmare on elm street sequel”
One of my favorite movies
The joke behind 15 year old Nancy looking in the mirror and saying "God, I look like I'm 20" is because she actually was when she made this movie.
That's right
The 1980s was big on hiring 20-30 yr olds to play high school kids.
@@39Hundred Hollywood still does that. Reminds me of that joke in Scary Movie when Greg says they'd cast people in their late 20's to early 30's to play them.
Actually Heather Langenkamp was 18 or 19, not 20
@@eliroth9978 According to her IMDb page, she was born in 1964. Elm Street came out in 1984. Secondly, one of the trivia facts on her IMDb page specifically talks about her age when she did this movie.
I met Robert Englund once at Comic-Con, the guy really takes his time with the fan and he got an insane great sense of humor ! I remember, i had difficulty with a cheap pen to write my name for an autograph, slowing the waiting line, and he just said: " Bring me my next victim !!". It was crazy hilarious !! The one and only Freddy Kruger !! :P
He always struck me as a class act. Nice to have confirmation!
Yeah, he's always struck me, out-of-character, as a class act, and genuinely nice guy.
Me too
omg i loved your story. I wish i was able to meet him. Freedy is my favorite movie monster. He has much more personality then the others, like Michael and Jason for example, (in my opinion of course).
I love his feelings about Freddy's Revenge, too. Which was the only Nightmare movie that scared me.
Fun Fact: Wes Craven was struggling to come up with a Weapon for Freddy that hadn't already beem done to death- then he saw his cat Clawing his Couch. That's when he got the idea for the glove.
I think it's more likely he remembered the killer from Mario Bava's 'Blood & Black Lace'.
Actually I thought it was because the whole concept of the dream world was a very primal thing, and he wanted the weapon to invoke the same kind of deep-rooted generational fears that dreams exploit. And he decided that the first weapon humans would have feared is the tooth and claw. Like bears and lions and so forth.
@@jeremyrfritz There's also the main villain from the martial arts actioner film "Sister Street Fighter" who uses a claw glove.
Wes Craven took the headshots of everyone who auditioned for Glenn home and showed them to his daughter. Both she and her friend pointed at Johnny Depp. Craven looked at them and said, "Are you serious? He looks like he needs a bath!", and they said, "He's beautiful."
Very unlikely since his daughter was not even teenage at the time. His daughter saw them, but not a boyfriend.
@@MrParkerman6 are you high?
@@MrParkerman6 wtf are u on about mate
@@MrParkerman6 who is talking about boyfriend? he showed it to her and her friend, as in female friend..... you gotta learn to read more carefully
@@MrParkerman6 My 14-year-old daughter was in from New York with a friend. I took the headshots of the actors I was considering for the role of Heather’s boyfriend, Glen. I put them out on the kitchen table, and asked the girls, “Who would you pick?” They immediately pointed at Johnny. I said, “Are you serious?” He looked like he needed a bath. They both said, “He’s beautiful.”
No matter how many time I see this movie, I ALWAYS laugh at the final scene when Freddie pulls the mom through the window of the front door, and it’s so obviously a blow up doll. 😂
I’m still laughing too. As a kid me and my best friend laughed to tears.
New Line Cinema is known as "The House That Freddy Built" because of this movie.
Yup. It's true. Without this movie there would be no Dumb and Dumber, no Lord of the Rings, no Friday, no Conjuring, No Shazam, no Austin Powers, no Rush Hour, no Wedding Crashers, no IT.
@@chipchippahson Or the Ninja Turtles films.
@@Madbandit77 Yup for sure.
@@chipchippahson also no Se7en, Boogie Nights, etc
When it comes to slasher villains, Freddy was the one who scared me the most as a kid. I mean, you can run away from Jason or Michael Myers, but you have to sleep. And then Freddy comes in
agree, always felt Freddy was the worse of them. Just like you said, everyone has to sleep sooner or later.
Exactly..I have always said this..you are going to sleep at some point so you have to deal with him.. with Micheal it's a matter of GET IN A CAR AND DRIVE AWAY OR IN THE CASE OF JASON, DONT FREAKING GO TO CRYSTAL LAKE BUT YOU CANT GET AWAY FROM FREDDY.
You have to sleep, but you don't have to dream, yu fruitcake. You only dream if you R.E.M. (rapid eye movement). Alcohol stops R.E.M. So in real life you could avoid freddy just by getting drunk before you sleep.
I always thought Michael Myers was the scariest. He was just a real dude who was crazy and started killing people. He could be a real life person. Also the fact he never spoke made it all the more creepy.
@@MrParkerman6 yeah I'm sure that Craven thought about sleep cycles when creating Freddy
"Is she dreaming???". That's always the question with these movies. You'll never know...
There's an extended scene that's been on RUclips where Nancy's mom is telling her the story of Freddy she mentions that Nancy and the other kids once had older brothers or sisters and they were some of Freddy's victims which is why the parents rally together to kill Freddy. So Freddy's coming back to finish the job and get revenge.
Omg yes I wondered why it wasn't shown
@@GameOn71213 That’s a deleted scene.
i never knew this movie had deleted scenes!
@@RandyReviews1990 Do a search here on RUclips, there's a few of them.
@@GameOn71213 Maybe it was too dark. I wish they would've kept it in.
9:08 The teacher is familiar because that's the incomparable Lin Shaye, veteran character actor who has been in innumerable roles over the years, but the one you're probably thinking of is her character Elise Rainier in the _Insidious_ franchise. She was also hilarious as the landlady in _Kingpin,_ with Randy Quaid and Woody Harrelson.
And There's Something About Mary.
Kingpin is worth a review
She’s in most of the Farrelly Brothers movies.
Isnt she jam’s mom in Detroit rock city, like the catholic mom who hates kids
She was also the strict mom in Detroit Rock City
That scene, where he stretched his arms out in the alley while he was going after Tina, was the first ever thing to give me nightmares when I was younger.
I never actually found Freddy himself scary...the scene I found creepiest was the vision of Tina in the body bag Nancy sees when she dozes off in class. It's not just a disturbing image, but it's in the middle of the day in a public place, which is not when you expect scary scenes to come up in a movie.
That scene was the one that terrified me as a kid. I could not watch that scene with those long arms.
Tina and Nancy were the earliest massive childhood crushes oh man the memories.
I long for the days of knees not hurting.
It's a shame that people these days don't give Freddy that much credit. His powers are scarier than Jason, Mike Myers or Leatherface IMO.
Exactly. You can't mention horror without Freddy. That's how you know he's better if people don't give him credit, because most people can't handle his sadistic behavior. But to me that's how you know it works, to me he's the best slasher out of everybody and his style paved the way for horror by bringing humor and entertainment while being scary. After Freddy, everybody started putting it in their horror movies.
It's the sequels. It's hard to be scared of someone you find funny. That's why I didn't mind the remake. They ditched the comedian schtick and were trying to make him scary again.
@@Waldorf-2020 I'd agree. While plenty of the Halloween and Friday movies get ridiculous (and sometimes outright terrible), most of the Nightmare sequels are just "WTF?"
That said, I think aside from Halloween 1979, the first Nightmare is the highest quality movie of all the franchises, with TCM rounding out top 3. Friday, overall, is the weakest but most consistent.
Exactly Freddy was always the most interesting. Jason didn’t really get fun until he became undead. You have to get through 5 films to get to that point. Although, the final chapter is pretty good.
@@ahoyforsenchou7288 I agree completely.
Nancy’s dad, John Saxon, was good friends with Bruce Lee and was in Enter The Dragon
John Saxon passed on July 25th, 2020.
I saw this movie before Enter the dragon, it was so weird to see him there. I watched Enter the dragon with my dad when i was a kid and he told me that John was actually a very good martial artist, it made this movie even better in a way.
I didnt know that he died until now, that's really sad. :(
He is also a Golf buddy of James Garner.
The atmosphere and score are things I've always loved about this, but it's the characters, lore and performances that make it. Heather Langenkamp was my first crush back in the day. Robert Englund was sensational as Freddy Krueger. Heather and the rest of the cast were great too.
The premise of a dream-stalking killer makes Freddy more unsettling to me than most other movie 'monsters' because you'd have the biggest chance to encounter him if monsters were real. If you want to avoid a shark attack, stay out of the water. If you want to avoid other monsters, don't go near where they are known to reside. Avoidance is all but impossible with Freddy Krueger because eventually everyone has to sleep.
While 2 is interesting you really need to follow this up with Part 3, it’s a direct sequel with a lot of the originals coming back. My absolute favorite of the series. I still remember seeing the original in the theatre when I was 14 yrs old. I’ll never forget it.
Personally, I think if 2 was skip, there wouldn't be anything lost
@@b-moviezombie4946 I agree, it’s really a 1 off, separate from all the others.
2 has one or two interesting sequences but you’re right it’s probably the one you can really miss along with 4. 3 is really good. I would say the ones that are worth a watch are 1, 3, 6, and New Nightmare.
@CJH I got mixed up with the numbering. I don’t hate any of them. I’m just saying the weakest ones are 2, 4, and 5.
Yesss, was thinking the same thing, they HAVE to do Part 3.
Robert England is the one thing that makes the entire series wonderful. Some of the entries almost lose it but you keep watching for Englund. I don’t think he’ll ever be equaled.
The ONE thing? Heather Langenkamp and Lisa Wilcox are big parts in that equation as well.
@@corvus1970 But Heather Langenkamp and Lisa Wilcox aren't constant throughout the series. England is the only actor that steadily returns. I like the two female “leads” in this series a lot, but they’re not always there. Personally, I think they should’ve kept Nancy alive. She should’ve been Freddys eternal nemesis.
@@jkhristian9603 In the comics she actually was his forever rival. Check them out sometime it's really good. I agree too, No one can substitute Robert. He is irreplaceable.
Freddy is the type of evil that draws power from our fear. So Turing your back on him is a metaphor for not being afraid and giving him no power over you.
“I feel like I have seen this teacher before in current scary movies”
Lin Shaye, she was the psychic Elise in The Insidious Franchise.
She’s also the younger sister of Robert Shaye who’s the founder of New Line Cinema which distributed A Nightmare on Elm Street and many other great films
I have to say, there are SO many reaction videos out there and you guys are my absolute favorite! I found you by accident and you both are terrific!! You're both smart, sincere and fun to watch! Keep it coming guys! Big fan!! Jeff
22:22
When Nancy says break the door down in Exactly 20 minutes- there is exactly 20 minutes until A Nightmare on Elm St. is over.
I genuinely look forward to the content coming from this channel. I love how you both have such wonderful enthusiasm and genuine interest in the things you watch; plus you guys are very observant. I never really cared about reaction videos until I found TBR Schmitt. Don't know why, I'm simply addicted. A+.
Same here, the only channel with good commentary and very insightful discussions afterwards, a lot of channels just be using buzz words the whole time
I love them! This is definitely the best reacting channel. They appreciate the aspect of filmmaking, they compliment the movies and shows with good cinematography, acting, storytelling, both of them are smart, they predict stuff and that’s a plus for me. I’m good at predicting the twist, plot and there’s reactors that basic storytelling goes over their head and overreact. They don’t talk unnecessary stuff like other reactors, they focus on the dialogue and don’t feel the need to make stupid jokes too. They are genuine with their reactions and doesn’t only react to stuff for money or views, they actually care about what they react. Best reacting channel, very underrated.
And Samantha is adorable!!
@@_AlejandroVega1 I don't want to promote other channels on here, because I really like Schmitt and Samantha and they deserve more exposure, but there's a channel with two british guys in their 20s who have a similar realistic reaction style and constructive discussions bc. they are really into filmmaking. And a channel of a Belgian girl, whose genuine reactions I really like.
@@MikeB12800 She is. She also became much more confident when it comes to analysing the movie and stuff like that as time went on.
The teacher is Lin Shaye. She's been a noticeable character actress for decades, having been in many, many horror movies, as well as raunchy comedies like There's Something About Mary and Kingpin. I always spot her whenever I watch a movie she's in.
"Kingpin", "There's Something About Mary", "Insidious" and the re-remake of "The Grudge" to name a few
Her brother is Robert Shaye, president of New Line Cinema, who financed & distributed the film.
@@nathanboyd3179 had no idea! So glad I know that now
Yeah insidious is probably what he's seen her in recently.
@@alchemist.73.74 yeah it’s really cool that Insidious was basically HER franchise
Heather Langenkamp (Nancy) didn't go on to act in all that many films, but she and her husband eventually started a practical effects makeup company that's worked on such films as Cabin in the Woods and the Dawn of the Dead remake. She's apparently set to have a starring role in a new Mike Flanagan Netflix series called The Midnight Club.
22:60 There's a fan theory that Nancy has been asleep since the phone incident and that's why the 20 minute time frame for the traps doesn't make sense. You also have what happens to Nancy's mother being pulled into the bed being another signal that she's still dreaming.
Nope. He was pulled into the real world and that's why she was able to hurt him. There is no real way to hurt him in the dreamworld. The mom thing was him pulling her back into the dreamworld with him.
9:13 that's Lin Shaye, her brother is the founder of New Line Cinema which is the production studio that released A Nightmare on Elm Street. And YES, you probably seen her everywhere, her 30+ yr career, she literally has had roles in SO MANY horror movies today. Any horror franchise you think of, she has played a part in it.
Insidius?
@@tove7836 Yes, she is the psychic in the Insidious movies.
And Robert Shaye was the ticket taker in Freddy's Dead, a bartender at a S&M bar in Freddy's Revenge, he also played himself in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (NOES 7) and he was the school principal in Freddy Vs Jason.
I think her career is what used to be defined as a "character actress". Many people recognize her but could not tell you her name. She was been in over a hundred movies and lots and lots of tv shows as well as stage performances.
Tina’s death scene will always be the one that haunts me the most. Watching this as a kid was brutal and amazing all at once. The shot of her on the ceiling reaching for Rod but knowing no one could help her, absolutely horrific and shocking. What a way to introduce your antagonist!
Ever watched phantasm 1979?
I think the director a nightmare on elm street was inspired by Phantasm 1979 ending. Look it up very similar.
@@chereborn2525 No I’ve never heard of it. I’m going to look it up tho. Thanks!
Finally someone doing a reaction to this movie notices Johnny Depp. I can understand younger people not realizing but it's still funny me being older that they don't realize. lol
I wonder if it would have tripped for them if he hadn't seen it in the credits beforehand.
And he's also the sixth one.
@@Trygvar13 "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?" *CLANG!*
I loved this series since I was 9 yo. Of course, I had terrible nightmares of Freddy chasing me. One night I kinda realized I was dreaming and stopped running away from him. He catched up with me but never hurted me. So I confirm you can take away his power that way :-)
If you ever wanna get into some of the sequels, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is the best one imo. It's a really good continuation!
100%. i was coming down to see if anyone was going to mention it. i think it rivals the original, and the dokken song dream warriors is pretty cool. i think the original, 3: dream warriors, and 4: the dream master are all pretty good. freddy's dead: the final nightmare and wes craven's new nightmare are alright, and 2: freddy's revenge and 5: the dream child are my least favorites.
@@hoopsmccann639 The only good thing about Elm Street 2 is that it had the darkest version of Freddy.
"So I'm just never sleeping again". Yep, this is what this movie did to all us back in the day.
I'm tempted to say that this has hands down the scariest concept out of any horror film ever made.
After 7 days without sleeping , you will start having hallucinations and possibly psychotic breaks. Also , and this also happens to insomniacs , you will start to have "micro sleeps".
And if you don't sleep after months you are gonna be brain dead and fall in to a coma.
The movie mess me up when I was 6 in 1994. I had hallucination believing that a I spotted a dead hand in my old toy box. Freddy used to gave me nightmares didn't overcome the problem till I was 10.
3rd evolution of the slasher movie...First one, the style and tropes in Halloween...2nd, the gore and setting in Friday the 13th...this one, the personnality of the slasher and his influence on the rules of the genre ! Freddy is so unique and interresting, he's not just a mute killing machine like Micheal Myers or a unstoppable zombie like Jason Voorheese, he's got a style, creepy vibe of child killer and and unique personality and power ! Best slasher killer of the 80's no question !! Robert Englund was born for that role !!
I remember watching this late at night when my parents were in bed when I was 8 years old. It still holds up near 30 years later. A true classic. I reccomend skipping the sequels and going straight to New Nightmare after this
New Nightmare is EPIC!!!!
3 is better than New Nightmare, so you’d be missing out on the best sequel if you went right to New Nightmare (which is the next best sequel).
This shows quality filmmaking, for example, the scene where Nancy is asleep and Freddy pushes through the wall, all practical just using a sheet of white spandex and lighting, or long arm Freddy, fishing rods and electric cables attached to the glove. I argue lower budgets spark creativity.
This first one was a classic. I really liked part 3 too.
Me too, though killing Nancy in part 3 was a mistake. They did, however, redeem themselves in the final movie where the actress who plays Nancy kills Freddy when he leaps from the movie world to the real world.
I like the one with the martial art. What was it? Dream Warrior?
@@danskyl7279 The martial artist guy was in part 4: The Dream Master, I love that one lol
1, 3, 4 and New Nightmare are my favorites
New Nightmare is fantastic too. The only one I don't like is Part 5 since Freddy's Dead is fun in a turn-off-your-brain sort of way.
16:55 the actor who plays the doctor is the same guy who voices Roger Rabbit. And I won't lie, when I saw this movie again after learning that fact I couldn't help imagining him talking in Roger's voice
I’m 41 and still have nightmares about Freddy sometimes! I think it’s the fact that you can’t escape from him.
Freddy comes into dreams by his victims knowing about him and being afraid of him. This is what gives Freddy energy to manifest himself in his victim's dreams. This is fleshed out more in the sequels. This is why most people don't have Freddy trying to kill them in their dreams.
He's really only after elm street kids. Every one of his victims in every movie have been either elm street/neighborhood kids or friends of those kids. Killing the friends takes their support group away.
This one is absolutely the best of the nightmare films. It introduces freddy, has real nightmare-ish sequences, has brutal kills and best of all, no corny one liners.
Wow Samantha, you're the first of all the reaction videos I've seen to realise the meaning of Rod scaring the others with the little garden rake - he'd had Freddy visiting in his dreams too! 🙌
The story about the "blood fountain" effect for Depp's death is really interesting. I'd recommend people look it up. It's not as simple as an upside down room.
Today it would be as simple as CGI.
The room used for Glens' and Tina's moms' room was also used in the movie Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo, which was being filmed around the same time. The actress who plays Glen's mother also has a few scenes in Breakin' 2. She passed away on Aug 20, 2020
1984. My brother came back from college and told me we're going to see this and that it will scare me. We've seen so many horror movies together that he could tell that even though I liked them they weren't really scaring me like they used to. I didn't believe him. He was right. I was jumping out of my seat often and had some dreams after. Also, I was a freshman in high school and after that weekend everyone was saying "whatever you do, don't fall asleep!"
I'm glad your reacting to Freddy, he is literally my favorite slasher out of everybody because he's different, entertaining, and has his own style. I totally recommend watching the sequels, if your a horror fan, you'll know that it's worth it. Also it shows Freddy's creativity going up on higher levels. I mean he showed his creativity in this one, with Tina's death, turning the bathtub into a river, tongue kissing through the phone, and blending Johnny Depp, but in the sequels, it gets better. Trust me😎🔥
9:12 that's Lin Shaye, her brother is Bob Shaye, the founder of New Line Cinema which is the production studio that released A Nightmare on Elm Street! She was the psychic medium in the Insidious franchise!
Fun fact: she was Woody Harrelsons's landlady in Kingpin.
Glad you liked the movie. The actor playing the mom is Ronee Blakley. She gave an Oscar nominated performance in Robert Altman's film Nashville (1975)
“It literally says No Students Allowed.”
“The dad sucks!”
I love you two.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I don't see anyone doing reaction videos to this movie but this movie changed my life it's called Harold and Maude I recommended it highly and the soundtrack is all Cat Stevens who I love.
My cousins in California, went to school with Amanda Wyss (Tina Gray). She visited Hawaii and I got to hang out with her. She had just started her acting career back in 1978. She was also in Fast Times At Ridgemont High and many movies and TV shows.
I was 24 when this came out....living with my sis in an apartment. Started watching this alone one night, and couldn't NOT watch. Even after the movie was over, I wouldn't MOVE off my couch. I was still there when my sis got home, curled up with my feet off the floor! We had a laundry room that was outside across our patio, and I had started clothes in the washer and dryer before the movie. I refused to open the sliding glass doors and go get them until the next morning.
Nancy does survive and reprises her role in the 3rd film. The ending scene of this movie was just a fake out dream scene that the studio made Wes Craven put into the film even tho he didn't want to
Nancy kicking ass, that's why she's one of the best horror protagonist.
And she's awesome in New Nightmare too even though she's playing herself most of the movie
I just... needed to add to the love for this channel. Your commentary, editing, insight, everything. I have a few other reaction channels I dig and I wanna give props to (Popcorn in Bed, Mr. Video, Ashleigh Burton), but yeah, you two always bring the A-game. PLEASE keep it coming.
When you said ‘ you’ll need a bucket and mop’, I laughed out loud knowing what the cop says right after, I’m glad you caught it.
Jackie Earl Haley auditioned with his buddy Johnny Depp for a role in this film, he’s a fabulous actor , wasn’t cast in this film but he ended playing Freddie Kruger in the 2010 remake of this film
ICONIC film, I was seven when I saw this and was traumatised but it's become my go-to series. Robert Englund's portrayal as Freddy has become a part of our culture and of course, Wes Craven, the king of horror, miss him, wish he was still alive, would have been interesting to see if he could bring Freddy back one more time.
Freddy was inspired by two people in Wes Craven's life, a bully by the name of Fred and a guy who he saw standing outside his out when he was little, the guy had a trench coat and just stared Wes out. Freddy's last name was named after a character in the Last House on the Left I believe. Wes got the inspiration for the film after reading a series of articles in which a young boy died in his sleep. The mythology of Freddy is amazing and worth looking into, Freddy also made New Line Cinema what it is today, being the first major hit for the studio, originally the studio was just a distributor of reefer madness so yea it's pretty epic and New Line is still called the house that Freddy built.
One of the best horror movies of all time. RIP Wes, the horror world misses you.
Wes Craven based Freddy's look on a homeless man him and his brother saw staring up at their window from the street when they were younger. And the "you die in real life if Freddy kills you in your dreams" concept came from a story he read in the paper about a young boy who refused to go to sleep and did anything to stay awake even sneaking a coffee machine into his room. Eventually he fell asleep and his parents thought everything was fine until they heard a horrible scream. They ran up to his room and found him dead.
TBR Schmitt "I love warm milk!"
That doesn't surprise me and it made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that! :)
This is my favorite horror film of all time. I was only 6, yes 6 when this came on HBO, back in the days of the brown cable box. Thank you both for appreciating this classic.
I enjoy watching your reactions to my favorite horror movies. My wife refuses to watch any scary stuff with me so y’all are excellent substitutes! Keep up up the good work with one of my guilty pleasures!
This film tied with The Shining in a poll on facebook for best horror film of the 80's...I definitely agree!
Congratulations on 50k!!! 😊 I was there when both of you had just 30k. You two deserve it!
What a classic!! Much more scary and gory than most remember
Saw the movie with the bus (2nd movie?) when I was very young. The sequels are hit and miss but Freddy is always enjoyable in them
If you want to see great sequels to this, I'd say go to the best one IMO and my personal favorite, Part 3 Dream Warriors. Part 2 is unfairly criticized and is a good stand alone movie, but doesn’t contain any of the rules from the original and is different from everything else in the franchise. Also watch New Nightmare since it’s more of a meta movie and once again has Heather Langenkamp as Nancy like the third but not for the 2nd and 4-6.
She's actually playing a version of herself rather than Nancy, though:)
15:29 - I took this bit as that Nancy dreamt that Glen came over and she told him to watch her as she slept. He was never there
I watched these films as a kid back in the 80's and 90's and absolutely loved them.
You two are A Wonderful Couple, thanks for the Reactions🙏
The thing that made this movie scary for me was not Freddie -- it was the idea that your DREAMS could kill you and the fear of falling asleep. One cannot avoid sleep for too long. This was lost in the sequels and it became all about Freddie. And they became more and more campy.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers had a similar influence
It has been about Freddy since the beginning. Freddy is what makes the dreams deadly
Actually sleep and dreams are very important in the third movie.
The teacher is the actress that plays Elise in all 4 Insidious movies. She was also in both Ouija movies.
4:47 It's like Ghostface says at the start of the first Scream "You should never say "who's there?" Don't you watch scary movies? It's a death wish. You might as well come out here to investigate a strange noise or something."
Another movie with “in the dream realm action” is Dreamscape with Dennis Quaid.
I actually like Dreamscape just as much. Tommy Lee is a great character , and the actor did an amazing job
I like watching movies with you guys. I had a friend who I wanted to show my favorite classic horror movies, including this one, and he would just shit all over them the whole run time. After a while I thought I was alone in liking these movies, but I'm happy to see that people like them and they still hold up. You always bring such positive energy into every film/show you walk into.
When Nancy goes all Home Alone on Freddy at the end 😅The hammer in the door part always makes me laugh
Yes ! The scene with Nancy in class, the teacher plays Elaine in Insidious ❤️❤️
I would highly suggest you watch part 3 the dream warriors, it’s a direct follow up to this movie and is the best sequel of the bunch, I wouldn’t bother with the other ones.
Lucid dreaming is incredible. I only ever achieved it once and my subconscious was fighting me trying to convince me it was not a dream. I figured out I was dreaming while in the back seat of a car with my brothers and I proved it by gliding/phasing my hand through the seat. Did it with ease the first time. When my brother said do it again, it was not doing it the same way and was harder. As soon as I was fighting the dream, I was suddenly in a different setting. Its amazing how your brain treats you in a dream.
I have lucid dreams once in a while. If I fall asleep while watching TV or listening to music, I begin to hear the TV or music in my dream. Hearing it soon makes me realize that I’m just dreaming. Then, I can do things like fly, move through walls like a ghost, have sex lol. Basically anything I want.
@@39Hundred I have only purposely done it successfully once a year ago. Gotta try again.
Nancy just diving right on top of Freddy to pull him out of the dream is so amazing! Fearless!
I think what separates _Nightmare on Elm Street_ from other horror franchises is that the dream realm gave each filmmaker the opportunity to do something visually compelling and different. Chuck Russell, Renny Harlin, Stephen Hopkins and Rachel Talalay became heavily in demand for big budget action films after doing their Freddy.
The teacher was in critters as the police station receptionist
Critters is well worth a watch! =)
Lin Shaye has appeared in many films such as "Insidious", "There's Something About Mary", "Kingpin" etc. :)
@@SpaceFirebird i have only seen her in critters tbh...not seen them other films :)
I made the mistake of watching this on HBO when I was 12. I was very sensitive and easily scared so I knew I shouldn't be watching it, but I started it anyway. I only made it through the scene of Tina's death, and was traumatized! Had trouble sleeping for weeks afterwards. Finally worked up the nerve to watch the whole movie when I was well into my twenties. Now I can appreciate it without being too scared, but it took me a while to get there! Don't know what other Wes Craven movies you have on your watch list, but I highly recommend The Serpent and the Rainbow.
Me too, made the same mistake watching the Freddy movies. Was too young and couldn't sleep even with the lights on
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Nancy had already explained to Tina earlier in the film right after The girl's jumped rope that Tina's dream reminded her of that song- which is meant to keep The Boogey Man Away I.E. Freddy.
My interpretation of the ending is that from the moment Nancy steps out into the daylight, were in the dream of her mom
I was 16 when this came out theatrically and I worked as an usher/projectionist. The night before it opened after hours I watched it in the theater completely alone in the building. It’s still the most frightened I have ever been when watching a movie.👍😂
Wow you're a real coward huh?
@@joeschmoe6908 I’m certainly not as brave as you, it takes great courage to insult strangers online, what a studly man you must be.
@@jimtatro6550 Actually believe it or not I'm not particularly brave or studly. And yes I know you're being sarcastic. Have you ever considered that admitting to being frightened (of a movie, not real life) might open you up to mild ridicule? If you took my comment as a serious insult, I'm sorry. Maybe it sounded more serious than I intended, I thought calling someone a coward in this context was a bit over the top and hence would be interpreted as tongue in cheek. My apologies.
@@joeschmoe6908 sorry, rough weekend. No offense taken, hopefully none given.👍
I starting dating the mother of my child back in high school. She loves scary movies. She had Freddy's nursery rhyme painted above her bed in dripping red painting. And that's the story of how you know you're dating the wrong girl, y'all! 😂
Such an innovative and scary concept. Nancy is an underappreciated heroine.
In a very short time we got some of the most iconic movie villains. Darth Vader, Hans Gruber, Roy Batty, Biff Tannen, the Xenomorph, the Predator, the Terminator, Michael Myers, Freddy, Jason (and his mom), Chucky, the Beach Ball Alien, etc.
Magda from Something About Mary. The sleep technician is Roger Rabbit.
Great reaction! The teacher looks familiar because she has been in a ton of stuff. She is the land lady in Kingpin!
Can’t believe how young Johnny Depp is in this movie. His first movie I believe
In the opening credits of this movie it literally says "and introducing Johnny Depp" Were you not paying attention? 🤦♂️
@@ForEternia no D*ckhead…I didn’t see the opening credits
@@jamesmoore4003 Then what video were you watching? There's need to come at me like that boy. Why the attitude ?
@@ForEternia umm….you are the one with the attitude, player. I always forward the video to when the first clip starts to play but this time I forwarded it to when she first sees Freddy. So again….no….I didn’t see the opening credits and it’s been about 30 years since the last time I’ve seen this movie. You were the one with the attitude saying “we’re you not paying attention”? No need for that. I was just making a simple comment and you had to come with your sass.
Running gag of the 80's horror movies...in almost all of them, if a character is name Tina, your pretty much dead for sure ! Only exception, Tina who has telekinetic powers in Friday the 13th par VII...First one, in this movie...
There's a Tina in Halloween 5
No it isn't, cuz there is only a few Tina's in horror films.
The teacher is actress Lynn Shaye. She plays the ghost hunter Elise, in the Insidious movies.
Elm Street was awesome in a huge dark theater! Wish they would re-release it.
"What happens if she puts the glove on?"
Cue A Nightmare on Elm Street 2.
I LOVE the nightmare series and was so thrilled to meet Heather Langenkamp once. Nancy was a stand out "final girl" in horror movies. Nightmare 2 is an outlier film, it doesn't follow the rules established in 1 and it doesn't connect strongly to any of the other films. It's more notorious as a strangely unintentionally allegory of a self-hating gay teenager. The better sequel (to me) is Nightmare 3, which follows up on Nancy years after movie 1 and expands on the origin Freddy and the nature of the dream world. Nightmare 4 and 5 are all right, not great but can be fun depending on your mood. Then there's Wes Craven's New Nightmare, which takes place in the real world and has Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund playing themselves. I won't say more, but it's excellent. So to me, the trilogy is Nightmare 1, Nightmare 3, then New Nightmare as an epilogue. Didn't care for the reboot movie, but FREDDY VS. JASON is fun as Hell.
good job with the spoilers putz. They havent seen any of these movies, why don't you go ahead and tell them every thing that happens.
One of the all time greatest!
The teacher is Lin Shaye, wife of Bob Shaye (founder of New Line Cinema), and is be in a ton of movies.. The Insidious series is what shes known for, but I most remember her as the landlady in KINGPIN ('96).
That first jump scare was hilarious! This is such a classic.
Great reactions! You guys rock!
Enjoyed your take on the film. I suggest you check out an early Peter Jackson film "The Frighteners" starring Michael J Fox. It's super entertaining!
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss... happy you gave this movie its turn. Hope you'll do yourselves the pleasure to watch GHOST (1991), with Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg :)
No one needs that trivial trash.
Not only did Glen tell her about turning your back but so did Marge. She said "but sometimes you have to turn away."
This is one of my favorite reactions from you guys! It was fun to watch, especially with some of the out there moments like the tongue coming out of the phone, haha!