Powerful

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare bears a refined premise that is just so sly and inventive! This is exactly what the Nightmare franchise needed in order to get its claws back on track! What carries this entire movie on a high-level wasn't only just Craven's genius idea to have the actors play themselves in a reality-based environment, but was also Heather Langenkamp, who gives by far the best performance in this entire series. The only major flaws I had with this rendition was the abundance of references to the original which got pushy at times, and the substantial amount of dream sequences which sometimes gave the film too much reliance. Despite this, New Nightmare stands to be my favorite sequel out of this entire franchise and marks one of Craven's greatest achievements! (Verdict: B)

If you don't like the direction the goofier sequels of the franchise took, that's one thing, but that doesn't make this a good movie. The Nightmare on Elm Street series became famous for its incredibly creative nightmare death scenes and great effects for their time. This throws all that out the window and gives us a Freddy that's all bark and no bite. New Nightmare isn't scary, it's not anywhere near as clever as it would like you to think it is, and if you look past all the meta- contextual stuff, all you really have here is another generic slasher movie that features very little actual slashing. Hope you like really annoying child actors too, because this has a huge helping of that. Hard to believe that this was the same kid that did such a great performance in Pet Sematery, because he's just painful to watch here with his constant screeching and whining.

Heather Langenkamp is happily living in L.A. with husband Chase Porter and their young son Dylan despite the earthquakes. Her fame in the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' has resurfaced as the 10th anniversary approaches. She keeps getting prank calls and signs of Freddy. Producer Robert Shaye wants her to rejoin the franchise to star in Wes Craven's New Nightmare. Dylan is getting more disturbed by a mystery man and Chase is working on a new Freddy glove. Freddy kills Chase who fell asleep while driving. Julie (Tracy Middendorf) is the babysitter.Wes Craven brings in various Nightmare alumni including Robert Englund, and John Saxon as themselves. This is not actually a Nightmare movie until the second half. The first half is really a meta-horror. It brings the Nightmare universe into the real world. It is quite effective. It's also great to have Langenkamp back and she hasn't changed. This is a great way to put a bow on the original movies. The hospital is nice. I really love the scene where John Saxon turns. Wes shows that he continues to build on the horror genre.

This movie was horrible. I cannot understand why so many people actually like this movie. It amazes me how this movie has a 77% on rottentomatoes. I watched this a couple days ago and I could not believe what I was watching.The whole idea of making a movie based on Heather Langenkamp's point of view as an actress, NOT as her character, was so fvcking stupid.The acting was HORRIBLE. When Heather went into a hospital to see her son and the black doctor saw her arm having very deep scratches, the black doctor was like "what happened to your arm?" as if it was nothing. There was almost no emotion at all. Dylan's babysitter and the other doctors were also sh1tty actresses. It was just painful to watch. Heather's acting wasn't much better.The fact that this movie was trying to be like the first Nightmare on Elm Street film by re-casting John Saxon and making Heather wear the same white PJs that she wore in the first Nightmare movie in this god-awful film was just dumb.Freddy's makeup looked like SH1T! Jesus Christ, I could not stand the sight of it. It looked horrible! It looked so rubbery and fake! Freddy's makeup in the older films was much better looking.The part where Heather was looking for her son in the hospital but she found out Dylan walked out of the hospital and was MILES away from the hospital ON FOOT was hilariously stupid. How did no one notice him walking outside from the hospital all by himself?! Freddy killed very few people in this film and the death scenes weren't even good. They were just boring to watch.This movie was so retarded that it hurts me to write this. I cannot believe the legendary Wes Craven actually made this pile of sh1t!