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Staring:
Robert Englund,
Lisa Zane,
Heather Langenkamp,
Mark Patton,
Kim Myers
Director:
Chuck Russell, Jack Sholder, Rachel Talalay, Renny Harlin, Stephen Hopkins
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $60.98
Our Price: $26.55
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780626966
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0780626966
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Discs: 8
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-09-21
Running Time: 764
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1989-08-11 |
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Description
For two generations Freddy Krueger has scared the dickens out of movie goers. Now the most-dreamed-about name in horror history can be seen from beginning to end in this must-have collection.
Amazon.com
In the trinity of modern horror films, there's the father (Michael Myers of Halloween), the son (Jason of Friday the13th fame, a knockoff), and the unholy spirit, Freddy Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street films. The spectral man who haunted the nightmares of unsuspecting teenagers with deadly consequences, Freddy (as played by Robert Englund) was a truly frightening bogeyman and icon for the '80s. Unlike the hockey-masked Jason, who dispatched horny teenagers with mechanical and monotonous ease (he never talked, never took off his mask), Freddy was a truly creative and diabolical villain, with a sadistic and blackly funny personality. The hallmarks of the Nightmare on Elm Street series were imaginatively gruesome suspense pieces, set in the overactive imaginations of the teen victims. The first film of the series, Wes Craven's truly intelligent and scary film, was so hugely successful it begat not one, not two, but six more sequels, each pretty much diluting the originality and horror of its predecesor. (Horror fans will fondly remember Drew Barrymore's assertion in Scream that the first Nightmare film was great but all the rest sucked.) Still, there's fun to be had in the remaining films in the series, seeing as a number of aspiring filmmakers cut their teeth on the continuing saga of Freddy. Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) and Chuck Russell (The Mask) worked on the third installment, Dream Warriors (starring a young Patricia Arquette), and Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2) came to prominence with the ingeniously macabre fourth film, The Dream Master, coscripted by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential). Craven and original star Heather Langenkamp did return for the last film, New Nightmare, which presaged the tongue-in-cheek postmodernism of the Scream films and resharpened Freddy's ability to scare. --Mark Englehart
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 Great collection, 2010-06-05
This was a great collection in very great shape I would buy from this person again.
Nightmare on Elm Street (7pc) (Ws), 2010-06-18
I brought this for hubby. But I enjoy watching them too. It so weird how he gets his victums and how he kills them in their dreams but they die in real life, which is kinda crazy. But all in all the movies of Freddy are real good.
used but better than the new version, 2010-06-21
I'm glad Amazon's other sellers still had this boxset still around.I bought a slightly used one with the corners slightly dinged.the dvd's were in great shape and were playable.It had the nightmare encyclopedia and two 3d glasses still in the case.I am very pleased w/ my purchase and I'm glad I made the effort to find the older boxset.
Awesome collection!, 2010-06-06
If you like the Nightmare series, this is the collection to have! It has the 80s fill but the sound and the picture are really clear! Great value too!!!
New Line Cinema screws up the "Nightmare" box set for money., 2010-05-30
First and foremost, I'm an avid "Nightmare" fan... My review of 3 stars is NOT my review of the movies themselves. This is a review of the NEW "Nightmare" box-set which existed in a previous, superior form. Just to cover the movies, however, here's how I rate them:
1.) "A Nightmare On Elm Street" - - 5 stars. An untouchable horror classic.
2.) "A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge" - - 3.5 stars, and underrated by most reviewers if you ask me.
3.) "A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" - - 4 stars.
4.) "A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master" - - 4 stars.
5.) "A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" - - 3 stars, and a bit of a disappointment for this series.
6.) "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" - - 3.5 stars.
7.) "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" - - 4.5 stars, another horror classic from Wes Craven.
8.) "Freddy vs. Jason" - 2.5 stars. Clearly the worst installment in the series (unless you count the 2010 remake of the original, which is awful.) Freddy is not a comedian, he's a killer. Also the most atrocious acting and scriptwriting in the entire series.
Ok, now that we've got that out of the way, here's my problems with the NEW box set. I of course bought the original box set (released before "Freddy vs. Jason"), and although I felt the set should've had more extra features, at least it had SOME, as opposed to this new re-issue, which strips the old special features from the box set as well as all special features from the "Freddy vs. Jason" original DVD. Another issue - none of these films have been remastered from the original DVD releases. You might think that because New Line Cinema remastered the original a few years ago that you will get the remastered version in this set. You would be wrong, because you don't get the remastered version, you get the same version that was in the original box set. Frustrating. Another issue - I do have to say that Jackie Earle Haley's "Freddy" being featured on the cover is idiotic. Big deal or not, it doesn't make any g*dd**n sense. We have eight films in this set, all of which feature Robert Englund as "Freddy", but to someone who hasn't seen the new remake, the cover has a stranger on it and is confusing (not to me, I've seen the remake {it sucks, badly} and recognized Haley instantly). Not to mention that Haley cannot TOUCH Englund's portrayal of the classic horror character. Haley being featured on the cover is disgraceful to Englund and his many glorious years performing as "Freddy". Yes, I do think it's kind of a big deal.
If you've got the money to spend I would recommend buying the ORIGINAL box set (which comes in a much cooler box), the remastered 2-disc version of the original "Nightmare On Elm Street", and a separate copy of "Freddy vs. Jason", which is also a 2-disc set. I will definitely stick with my original box set and "Freddy vs. Jason" DVDs, due to the lack of extra features and no remastering. Come on, New Line Cinema, you could have done so much more with this brilliant series of films.
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