Wes Craven's New Nightmare Review - Episode 115

When Wes Craven contemplated returning to the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise for the third film in the series, he pitched an idea for a story where Freddy Krueger crossed over to invade the real world where he would begin haunting the actors from the movies. The studio declined that version of the film but Craven never forgot his idea. Six years later after it appeared the “Nightmare” series was all but dead and buried, Craven returned with a similar pitch while promising to return Freddy to his roots as a darker and scarier entity rather than the cartoonish version that had appeared in many of the sequels. The final script involved actors playing fictional versions of themselves including Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund and John Saxon all returning with Craven even putting himself in the film as Freddy Krueger returns to haunt them all again…In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to make sure the TV is unplugged and Rex stays at the foot of the bed as we review the 1994 film “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare”…Music courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell