That's DEFINITELY applicable to my mom constantly trying to talk me out of being trans because she's more concerned about what other people will think than what's actually good for me
@@felight5700 oh mood? I also love how the one time I saw a psychologist about it, they essentially told me that my parents concerns over how I'm perceived are equally or more valid than my own about being denied
The subtext in the Nightmare series is definitely one of the reasons I find it holding up so well. You didn't really touch on it here, but part 2 has A LOT to say about coming out and the LGBT community in the 80s. Its great!
The crossover of the subtext of Freddy as "the thing parents don't want teens to know" and the subtext of part 2 very much work together, especially as the protagonist fears becoming Freddy himself.
I binged the series the past couple days, and 2 is an extremely gay movie. The scene with the coach can be read two vastly different ways too. That part has really stuck with me
Same but I'm a parent now. My child couldn't sleep because they kept hearing owls. We dismissed it because there just wasn't a chance there were owls there. But my child was scared more than I had ever seen. Weeks later the neighbour tells me there's a nest of pidgeons at their side of the roof. My child was right all along, one could hear birds in that room and I just dismissed it. Trying to comfort them from a fear I was unable to see or recognise. What if it wasn't birds?
@@phaedrus4931 also true story and I've got to live with that. I need to take my children's nightmares seriously without scaring them by taking them too serious. It's a weird rope to balance on.
When I was in high school there was a kid that would just randomly call out "Robert England!' anytime, anywhere. I sincerely hope that guy is still doing that and is doing well.
Actually, he's got *quite a few* good movies to draw from out of those 50 films he's in AND he's technically not a part of this conversation because this topic's specifically about *slashers only* and well, Pinhead aka "The Hell Priest" isn't technically a "slasher" so yeah.... *Now* the "truth has TRULY been spoken" lol.
I did a drag performance as freddy a year ago and I was still trying to articulate why I find the series so compelling when i'm not really into slashers and in general and you did it! I did a bit of research into the homoerotic, gay subtext (although barely its arguably text) of nightmare 2 and I'd love to see a video on that I'm tempted to make it myself
FOR THE ALGORITHM!! I stopped myself from having scary dreams when I was little thanks to Freddy. He was chasing me through my house and outside and I just got sick of the bullshit. Had a lot of scary dreams as a kid and it got to be too much. So I stopped, turned around, and lifted my right hand up with a flourish, brandishing the stabby fingers that he only recently had on himself. Then I chased his ass around and almost never had scary dreams afterward. That was deeply satisfying.
Honestly you’re my new favorite horror channel, you’re so funny, witty, and give a lot of good commentary. Your channel is a unique one, and a breath of fresh air for the horror community on UA-cam. Keep up the great work!
I watched nightmare on elm when I was four, right around the time I figured out I was trans. In my dreams Freddy helped me be a girl. Freddy was/is my bff!
Honestly I’m not that into horror movies but every single one of these videos has such an interesting discussion to me that I look forward to every one you make. 👍
Nightmare on Elm Street scared the shit out of me as a kid. The Hellraiser movies are, imo, equally awesome, but more in an absurd/hilarious way. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall when they pitched interdimensional bdsm as a movie concept.
I mean the first Hellraiser movie is an adaptation of Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart, with Barker himself playing a heavy role in it's creation. At the time the pitch was likely less about the inter dimensional bdsm per se and more as a competitor to Steven King film adaptations and just assuming that like King, Barker knew what he was doing.
Freddy's backstory is one of cinema's darkest, and he was an absolutely terrifying character as written by Wes Craven. His unique visual presentation was certainly part of his appeal, but only the singular charisma of Robert Englund could have made this character into a beloved cultural icon.
'Children fear their parents are more concerned about how they are perceived then how they feel.' You've just summed up half the trauma of my childhood, and I'm not even gay.
How dare you insult Jason, my absurd boy who kills people with sleeping bags. Why must a slasher movie be good? Is it not enough to see Jason in the stars, smashing someone's freeze dried head? (Very good video tho, this explanation of the meaning actually makes me more interested in the nightmare on elm Street films than I was when I watched them)
Your childhood terror of Freddie is the same as mine. My cousin told me the plot of the movie and I spent years unable to sleep being terrified of getting into bed.
Edward Scissorhands showed us hedgetrimming could be a lucrative trade! However anybody who's ever cared for a knife knows how difficult it is keeping them properly sharpened, I can't imagine doing so for a handful of knives... @Anarchist Giratina: There's this guy named @Thought Slime who speaks about eyeballs frequently, and *The Eyeball Zone* too, though he never remembers it (I think he's possessed by Lord Oculon or something). Curious that you would mention such a phenomenon... 🤔👀
Probably not so good, the force wouldn't have anywhere to distribute through. We do have things somewhat *like* finger knives though, such as the bagh nakh, pata, and katars of the indian subcontinent.
I've been getting a lot more into horror movies because of this channel! Recently watched candyman and the first two scream movies for the first time. Excited for more!
Scaredy Cats: "You know it's funny, normally I find child murder to be an unlikeable quality in a character. YEP! That's the intro I've decided to go with" Me: *likes video 1 minute in*
I got into slashers with A Nightmare on Elm Street. A friend bought a DVD boxed set like fifteen years ago and I fell immediately in love. Getting started with that franchise definitely makes it a lot harder to care about any of the others, though. No other slasher villain can compete with Freddy's charisma, and there was always a lot more going on in the movie than an excuse to be mean to teens.
Damn. I think this might actually be my favorite video so far? I mean, I've watched all of them, but this one hits close to home for me because I grew up with the movies, dealt with my own childhood trauma, and have been gaslighted by adult family members for most of my life. No worries; I have a much better support network and a therapist now. But it's wild that this used to be something I watched with my family all the time as a kid and how it can relate to what I went through /while I was watching it/. I also remember having a dream that Freddy was attacking my family and I pushed him into a fire place. After that dream I wasn't scared of him anymore. I just find that memory interested, especially after watching this video again.
I remember being super triggered by the original bc I had terrible parents. It was, at that time, the scariest movie I had ever seen. Rly enjoying the channel, Scaredy-Matt. Keep it up
I read something yesterday that talked about how the family in Texas Chainsaw Massacre is supposed to be a commentary on people clinging to the outdated idea of the nuclear family in the landscape of late stage capitalism.......but i do have to say that leatherface is, in fact, baby
Hey scaredy Matt, there's a youtube channel called renegade cut. He's got a great video on 80's and 90's gay panic and nightmare on elm street. Might be something you're interested in if you didn't already know about him.
When I saw this movie I already knew it was queer-coded, but even disregarding it it fealt cheap as hell that the bad guy was actually just a bad guy who is now just spookier bad guy. Parents lynching someone to protect the children was just way too on the nose. Only later I stumbled across the fact that similiar narratives pretty much define slasher-films: godly punishment for missbehaving teens.
Just wanted to tell you, how much I appreciate your scaredystuff. I do love your political videos, but this second channel is more than just relaxing from all the class-fight stress with goofy horror movies - it is thoughtful and clever and funny and (who would have guessed) politically wide awake (the kind of awakeness that keeps Freddy out). Thank you very much!
reminds my of gr00ming gangs: they target lost children. Children that can't talk to their parents or anyone else. If they would just speak to someone, the whole think would fall in on itself. But the adults have made such a toxic atmosphere that the children would never do it. And the gr00mers know it. They see that you are a sh*ty parent and your kid is easy pray.
For me, at that age, the character that scared me the most wasn't Freddie, it was Gremlins. I love the movies now but as a kid the idea of a vicious monster that wants to get me just because it's fun was terrifying. Then add in that they stop everyday, mundane things from being able to help you and that their only weakness is light (something you don't have while sleeping) and they were the scariest thing for my little brain.
That's funny because I loved Gremlins at an early age. What scared me was skeletons that still had hair, and meat on their bones.....like the Crypt Keeper, or the mummies in Indiana Jones movies.
8:26 - Why do your videos not have 1M views? Criminal. My daughter and I stumbled upon your videos last night. Thank you secret man in a room watching videos on my phone and selling that info to advertisers so that Amazons algorithms could recommend your videos.
I did the same thing imagining the heart-beat in my ear was footsteps. I imagined a giant skeleton marching in the snow outside because those skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts always creeped me out.
OH MY GOD I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARD MY PULSE IN MY EARS I always had a mental image of a massive field of pine trees blowing in the wind, though. Dunno how that came about, but I have ENDLESS memories of sitting in a bathroom alone, or in bed at night, watching trees blow to a pulsing beat in my mind. Now that I say it out loud I realize it makes zero sense for trees to pulse rhythmically, but ya know, whatever.
Concept: Elm Street as an analog horror series. It could be one part found footage ARG, one part Freddy fucking with the tapes to be creepy and unsettling and one part POV shots of the nightmare scenes (which, in this case, would also be the result of Freddy fredding up the tapes), really leaning into the surreal element of the franchise and creating scenes that make no sense, but somehow all the sense.
Our collective fear of indulgence and self-care taken to extremes by hyper-capitalist celebrity and diet cultures. Or some people just don't like pasta, idk
How, woah, Pinhead has like 4 good movies. They're 1, 2, 4, and 8 for the record. Okay, 8's not that good, but it's way better than 5-7, and I liked it well enough.
Idk man. After 2 it completely sullied what Pinhead was meant to represent. If you like them great, more power to you, but I personally hate what they did with his character
This is a slightly douchey comment to leave, I'm aware, but y'all should check out the Hellraiser COMICS. They go way into the whole Hell-controlled-by-a-giant polygonal-god-of-Order thing, and sometimes the artwork is legitimately gorgeous.
Back when I was in Highschool the girl I was dating happened to live on our city's Elm St, so as a joke for her Halloween party I decided to come dressed as Freddy. She wasn't much of a horror buff and didn't get the joke until I explained what I was going for. Her mother, who was in Highschool when the Nightmare on Elm St movies were coming out immediately got the joke though, and said I looked ridiculous too.
One of my friends was asking why Freddy was such a cultural icon, because I was subjecting them to the Freddy pop album for Halloween Vibes. She was confused about why a literal child murderer was such a beloved character. My explanation was that while within the fictional universe of the stories Freddy is the villain, for us in the real world, Freddy is on our side. Freddy represents what the establishment wants to repress, dresses up in bright colors, makes puns and goes WOKKA WOKKA and refuses to go unnoticed. We love Freddy because he demands to be acknowledged, and because he delights in the confrontation of trauma instead of hiding, shamefully, in the dark. So it’s fine if Freddy Krueger torments Nancy, the dream warriors, and all those other teens, because they’re fictional. We aren’t, and neither is our trauma, and through his malicious fictional shenanigans, Freddy is saying, “hey, kid.I see you. You are valid. Your trauma is real. You have done battle with dragons and been burned, and I know how it feels to be burned. But look, watch, see how they defeat me at the end. Not to push me away forever, I can’t ever be fully repressed, but watch. They will earn a good nights rest, if only for a night. It can be done. You can do it to.” And that’s why there’s a cover of Wooly Bully featuring Robert Englund as Freddy roaring”WOOLY BULLY HOHO HOOOOOO” between verses
I've not see any of these movies, mainly because I suffer from extreme night terrors and delusions, and I think this series would greatly impact that in a negative way. But one day, I want to be well enough to watch them. Until then, Scaredy Cats.
Your deadpan comedy is such a fucking blessing, there are way too many dry horror reviewers, or those who try hard and just feel like watching cringe ass nostalgia critic lmao
When I first watched these movies growing up they hit way too close to home for me. I hated these movies. And whatever, I'll say it, I didn't get them or why they hurt so bad to watch. I'm good now, though, so thanks for explaining them! Time to rewatch em!
Honestly, "Freddy v Jason Dawn of Justice" is a pretty good title for BvS, considering that version of Batman and Superman have probably murdered as many people between them as Freddy or Jason have.
Without even seeing this video, mama, dead meat has given verifiable proof and facts that Freddy does not even kill that many people in his movies. This man is a plebe, not a king. The tea is piping hot. Hope it doesn't leave a stain on the carpet.
My friends and I watched some of the Elm St movies when we were like 10 or 11, and one night I had a nightmare where I was being chased by a T-rex (as you do). In a moment of lucidity, I stopped, turned around, and said, "Wait, this is a dream, you can't hurt me!" Then the T-rex was like, "Wanna bet?" and transformed into Freddy Krueger. The moral of this story is Freddy's got something up his sleeve for every situation.
"Sometimes parents are more concerned about how their children are perceived, not how their children feel." OOOWWWWWWWWW
'tis true, 'tis true, 'tis very true...
If only I could bottle that statement up, and somehow force my mom to understand it...
That's DEFINITELY applicable to my mom constantly trying to talk me out of being trans because she's more concerned about what other people will think than what's actually good for me
Yeah, classism sucks.
@@felight5700 oh mood? I also love how the one time I saw a psychologist about it, they essentially told me that my parents concerns over how I'm perceived are equally or more valid than my own about being denied
Freddie Spaghetti was the original gluten scare.
The character-cast of _Arrested Development_ will be so relieved to hear that.
@Atomic Banana 🤣👍🏼 🤣🤣That's Hilarious!🤣
Is Freddy Spaghetti voiced by John DiMaggio???
@@DukeEllis i was just about to ask that (3 months later).
As a sufferer of Celiac disease, I must agree.
The subtext in the Nightmare series is definitely one of the reasons I find it holding up so well. You didn't really touch on it here, but part 2 has A LOT to say about coming out and the LGBT community in the 80s. Its great!
I haven't seen the movies in 20 years - I'ma give'm a rewatch now!
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@@AmberAmber I havent watched it yet, but theres a recent documentary called "Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street" that dives into the topic
@@mattiesavannahpahl9934 Awesome!!
The crossover of the subtext of Freddy as "the thing parents don't want teens to know" and the subtext of part 2 very much work together, especially as the protagonist fears becoming Freddy himself.
I binged the series the past couple days, and 2 is an extremely gay movie. The scene with the coach can be read two vastly different ways too. That part has really stuck with me
that bit about parents refusing to talk to their kids on their own terms hit hard. damn.
Yup. I shared the video for exactly that segment.
Same but I'm a parent now. My child couldn't sleep because they kept hearing owls. We dismissed it because there just wasn't a chance there were owls there. But my child was scared more than I had ever seen.
Weeks later the neighbour tells me there's a nest of pidgeons at their side of the roof. My child was right all along, one could hear birds in that room and I just dismissed it. Trying to comfort them from a fear I was unable to see or recognise.
What if it wasn't birds?
@@ahouyearno Now THAT'S a scary story.
@@phaedrus4931 also true story and I've got to live with that. I need to take my children's nightmares seriously without scaring them by taking them too serious. It's a weird rope to balance on.
Exactly what resonated with me: the infinite scope of a parent's fear for their child. What if?
When I was in high school there was a kid that would just randomly call out "Robert England!' anytime, anywhere. I sincerely hope that guy is still doing that and is doing well.
"Pinhead? He's only got two good movies from the like 50 he's in"
Truth has been spoken
Actually, he's got *quite a few* good movies to draw from out of those 50 films he's in AND he's technically not a part of this conversation because this topic's specifically about *slashers only* and well, Pinhead aka "The Hell Priest" isn't technically a "slasher" so yeah.... *Now* the "truth has TRULY been spoken" lol.
I've never seen a Freddy movie, but I've watched every single Scaredy Cats
Also me
Drop Dead Fred, 10/10 would recommend.
I did a drag performance as freddy a year ago and I was still trying to articulate why I find the series so compelling when i'm not really into slashers and in general and you did it! I did a bit of research into the homoerotic, gay subtext (although barely its arguably text) of nightmare 2 and I'd love to see a video on that I'm tempted to make it myself
Renegade Cut made a good video about it
FOR THE ALGORITHM!!
I stopped myself from having scary dreams when I was little thanks to Freddy. He was chasing me through my house and outside and I just got sick of the bullshit. Had a lot of scary dreams as a kid and it got to be too much. So I stopped, turned around, and lifted my right hand up with a flourish, brandishing the stabby fingers that he only recently had on himself. Then I chased his ass around and almost never had scary dreams afterward.
That was deeply satisfying.
Truly wonderful the mind of a child is.
I wish I could do this. I have this recurring dream suffering in high school. It's crazy I have at least twice a week in a high school dream.
@@Cum007 Your brain could be trying to tell you something, especially if it's scary!
Honestly you’re my new favorite horror channel, you’re so funny, witty, and give a lot of good commentary. Your channel is a unique one, and a breath of fresh air for the horror community on UA-cam. Keep up the great work!
I agree with this
I audibly gasped when you said you lost an entire video to file corruption.
9:00 "Most of us can remember how confusing and frustrating transitioning...." Yes, yes. "... from a teen to a young adult was"...Oh, okay.
It's 2022 and I just found old Mildo. I'm systematically going through every video and liking them all. Perfect use of my time!
I really enjoyed this one. I've always thought Nightmare on Elm Street was kind of cheesy, but you pointed out a lot of interesting subtext.
I watched nightmare on elm when I was four, right around the time I figured out I was trans. In my dreams Freddy helped me be a girl. Freddy was/is my bff!
freak
I think that's pretty awesome. Freddy helped me in a dream one time too. He's the nicest child molester I've ever known.
@@kylehandlon1641 In the words of Elvira: "I wish you unpleasant dreams"
Live your best life comrade
@@kylehandlon1641, how did you even wind up here?
Honestly I’m not that into horror movies but every single one of these videos has such an interesting discussion to me that I look forward to every one you make. 👍
Same!
Nightmare on Elm Street scared the shit out of me as a kid. The Hellraiser movies are, imo, equally awesome, but more in an absurd/hilarious way. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall when they pitched interdimensional bdsm as a movie concept.
I mean the first Hellraiser movie is an adaptation of Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart, with Barker himself playing a heavy role in it's creation. At the time the pitch was likely less about the inter dimensional bdsm per se and more as a competitor to Steven King film adaptations and just assuming that like King, Barker knew what he was doing.
Freddy: Save...PAMELA!
Jason:
Freddy's backstory is one of cinema's darkest, and he was an absolutely terrifying character as written by Wes Craven. His unique visual presentation was certainly part of his appeal, but only the singular charisma of Robert Englund could have made this character into a beloved cultural icon.
'Children fear their parents are more concerned about how they are perceived then how they feel.' You've just summed up half the trauma of my childhood, and I'm not even gay.
For now, I fully support your anti-child murder policy.
Brave.
@@Dorian_sapiens Well, you know, unless new information comes in that changes my mind.
@Plushypony 94 Thank you. I'm pretty proud of it.
Say what you will, but my Skyrim modlist ain't changing.
I'd like to introduce you to some kids. But you won't be happy afterwards.
I used to imagine my heartbeat was footsteps coming up the hall too.
How dare you insult Jason, my absurd boy who kills people with sleeping bags.
Why must a slasher movie be good? Is it not enough to see Jason in the stars, smashing someone's freeze dried head?
(Very good video tho, this explanation of the meaning actually makes me more interested in the nightmare on elm Street films than I was when I watched them)
Your childhood terror of Freddie is the same as mine. My cousin told me the plot of the movie and I spent years unable to sleep being terrified of getting into bed.
I didn't realize I was repressing Spaghetti, but that explains why I have a fast metabolism.
A video about blues legend Freddy King on this horror-themed youtube channel? I'm intrigued!
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XO 😊😊
beat me to it!
Comrade, have we all been misled??
I'm starting to love seeing a new alert for this channel.
The way you sadly tell us to watch the other videos is my favorite thing by you on this or any other channel.
I'm now wondering how practical finger knives would actually be as weapons.
Imagine forgetting you have them on and reaching to rub your eyes or pick your nose.
@@SpoopySquid well, if that happens you could always of and pick up some new eyes... in the *EYEBALL ZONE*
Edward Scissorhands showed us hedgetrimming could be a lucrative trade!
However anybody who's ever cared for a knife knows how difficult it is keeping them properly sharpened, I can't imagine doing so for a handful of knives...
@Anarchist Giratina: There's this guy named @Thought Slime who speaks about eyeballs frequently, and *The Eyeball Zone* too, though he never remembers it (I think he's possessed by Lord Oculon or something).
Curious that you would mention such a phenomenon...
🤔👀
Probably not so good, the force wouldn't have anywhere to distribute through. We do have things somewhat *like* finger knives though, such as the bagh nakh, pata, and katars of the indian subcontinent.
This is the most adorable slasher movie dissection I have ever seen.
I've never watched Nightmare on Elm Street, I don't even watch horror movies since developing CPTSD, but this is still one of my comfort videos.
Just had such a flashback when you told the story of the heartbeat/footsteps. Sent me back 40 years.
Thanks Scaredy Matt.
I've been getting a lot more into horror movies because of this channel! Recently watched candyman and the first two scream movies for the first time. Excited for more!
Scaredy Cats: "You know it's funny, normally I find child murder to be an unlikeable quality in a character. YEP! That's the intro I've decided to go with"
Me: *likes video 1 minute in*
I will definitely be checking out a part of our scare-etage
I really thought you were going to say something about "creepypasta" when you mentioned Freddy Spaghetti.
I think this has turned into my favorite UA-cam channel. Thank you for the content and please keep it up :)
I got into slashers with A Nightmare on Elm Street. A friend bought a DVD boxed set like fifteen years ago and I fell immediately in love. Getting started with that franchise definitely makes it a lot harder to care about any of the others, though. No other slasher villain can compete with Freddy's charisma, and there was always a lot more going on in the movie than an excuse to be mean to teens.
Wow that's a spicy meetball
Damn. I think this might actually be my favorite video so far? I mean, I've watched all of them, but this one hits close to home for me because I grew up with the movies, dealt with my own childhood trauma, and have been gaslighted by adult family members for most of my life. No worries; I have a much better support network and a therapist now. But it's wild that this used to be something I watched with my family all the time as a kid and how it can relate to what I went through /while I was watching it/.
I also remember having a dream that Freddy was attacking my family and I pushed him into a fire place. After that dream I wasn't scared of him anymore. I just find that memory interested, especially after watching this video again.
I remember being super triggered by the original bc I had terrible parents. It was, at that time, the scariest movie I had ever seen. Rly enjoying the channel, Scaredy-Matt. Keep it up
I read something yesterday that talked about how the family in Texas Chainsaw Massacre is supposed to be a commentary on people clinging to the outdated idea of the nuclear family in the landscape of late stage capitalism.......but i do have to say that leatherface is, in fact, baby
I was on the fence about this channel until you explained the symbolism of Freddy Spaghetti. Very insightful 😂
Suburbia is a terrifying place. Great video !
Hey scaredy Matt, there's a youtube channel called renegade cut. He's got a great video on 80's and 90's gay panic and nightmare on elm street. Might be something you're interested in if you didn't already know about him.
I'm having a shitty painful time with the tail end of a pregnancy and this was a much needed distraction. Thanks so much!
7:40 That's the basis of "IT."
I've always been very disinterested in Freddy movies despite loving horror, but this has gotten me to give em a chance. Thanks slimer
When I saw this movie I already knew it was queer-coded, but even disregarding it it fealt cheap as hell that the bad guy was actually just a bad guy who is now just spookier bad guy.
Parents lynching someone to protect the children was just way too on the nose. Only later I stumbled across the fact that similiar narratives pretty much define slasher-films: godly punishment for missbehaving teens.
I really appreciate your intelligence and how you weave things together. People think I'm smart and maybe I am but I'm not smart like you.
I learn so many life lessons just by casually watching Thought Slime and Scaredy Cats.
3500 ups, 17 downs. That's how good your videos are.
I was in hysterics at the end of this, my god, that was brilliance.
Just wanted to tell you, how much I appreciate your scaredystuff. I do love your political videos, but this second channel is more than just relaxing from all the class-fight stress with goofy horror movies - it is thoughtful and clever and funny and (who would have guessed) politically wide awake (the kind of awakeness that keeps Freddy out). Thank you very much!
Are you telling me you don't have ghost children singing your theme song wherever you go?
reminds my of gr00ming gangs: they target lost children. Children that can't talk to their parents or anyone else. If they would just speak to someone, the whole think would fall in on itself. But the adults have made such a toxic atmosphere that the children would never do it. And the gr00mers know it. They see that you are a sh*ty parent and your kid is easy pray.
Got dang this hit hard....
For me, at that age, the character that scared me the most wasn't Freddie, it was Gremlins.
I love the movies now but as a kid the idea of a vicious monster that wants to get me just because it's fun was terrifying. Then add in that they stop everyday, mundane things from being able to help you and that their only weakness is light (something you don't have while sleeping) and they were the scariest thing for my little brain.
That's funny because I loved Gremlins at an early age. What scared me was skeletons that still had hair, and meat on their bones.....like the Crypt Keeper, or the mummies in Indiana Jones movies.
Throat Slide, are you okay? Do you need a hug?
8:26 - Why do your videos not have 1M views? Criminal. My daughter and I stumbled upon your videos last night. Thank you secret man in a room watching videos on my phone and selling that info to advertisers so that Amazons algorithms could recommend your videos.
I was more scared of the Groundskeeper Willie version
I did the same thing imagining the heart-beat in my ear was footsteps. I imagined a giant skeleton marching in the snow outside because those skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts always creeped me out.
OH MY GOD I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARD MY PULSE IN MY EARS
I always had a mental image of a massive field of pine trees blowing in the wind, though. Dunno how that came about, but I have ENDLESS memories of sitting in a bathroom alone, or in bed at night, watching trees blow to a pulsing beat in my mind. Now that I say it out loud I realize it makes zero sense for trees to pulse rhythmically, but ya know, whatever.
Spaghetti isn't real, it can't hurt you.
Freddy may be the king of all the slashers but Halloween is the king of the slasher movies.
I've always wanted to see Joe Dante direct a Freddy movie, because that would be magic.
Concept: Elm Street as an analog horror series.
It could be one part found footage ARG, one part Freddy fucking with the tapes to be creepy and unsettling and one part POV shots of the nightmare scenes (which, in this case, would also be the result of Freddy fredding up the tapes), really leaning into the surreal element of the franchise and creating scenes that make no sense, but somehow all the sense.
Freddy Spaghetti is a metaphor for... anti-Italian sentiments? Sorry, I’ve got nothing.
It's about the evils of gluten intolerance. Very pro-spaghetti, surprisingly.
Our collective fear of indulgence and self-care taken to extremes by hyper-capitalist celebrity and diet cultures.
Or some people just don't like pasta, idk
Wearing a sack on your head is a perfectly normal thing to do!!!!!!
How, woah, Pinhead has like 4 good movies. They're 1, 2, 4, and 8 for the record.
Okay, 8's not that good, but it's way better than 5-7, and I liked it well enough.
So that gives us hope on Hellraiser 16 being good as well.
Idk man. After 2 it completely sullied what Pinhead was meant to represent. If you like them great, more power to you, but I personally hate what they did with his character
Ben Pasko I dunno. I saw Hellraiser 2 and it fucking sucked.
I can't help but notice Hellraiser 3 went unmentioned...
This is a slightly douchey comment to leave, I'm aware, but y'all should check out the Hellraiser COMICS. They go way into the whole Hell-controlled-by-a-giant polygonal-god-of-Order thing, and sometimes the artwork is legitimately gorgeous.
I thought the ear footsteps were marching ants.
me too! i thought there was a colony in my brain
Brinkley Sharpe thanks in advance for my waking dreams of ants in my ears
Back when I was in Highschool the girl I was dating happened to live on our city's Elm St, so as a joke for her Halloween party I decided to come dressed as Freddy. She wasn't much of a horror buff and didn't get the joke until I explained what I was going for. Her mother, who was in Highschool when the Nightmare on Elm St movies were coming out immediately got the joke though, and said I looked ridiculous too.
Is your day job as a therapist? Cause you got major game in asking us to face our demons and learn to live with them.
One of my friends was asking why Freddy was such a cultural icon, because I was subjecting them to the Freddy pop album for Halloween Vibes. She was confused about why a literal child murderer was such a beloved character.
My explanation was that while within the fictional universe of the stories Freddy is the villain, for us in the real world, Freddy is on our side. Freddy represents what the establishment wants to repress, dresses up in bright colors, makes puns and goes WOKKA WOKKA and refuses to go unnoticed. We love Freddy because he demands to be acknowledged, and because he delights in the confrontation of trauma instead of hiding, shamefully, in the dark.
So it’s fine if Freddy Krueger torments Nancy, the dream warriors, and all those other teens, because they’re fictional. We aren’t, and neither is our trauma, and through his malicious fictional shenanigans, Freddy is saying, “hey, kid.I see you. You are valid. Your trauma is real. You have done battle with dragons and been burned, and I know how it feels to be burned. But look, watch, see how they defeat me at the end. Not to push me away forever, I can’t ever be fully repressed, but watch. They will earn a good nights rest, if only for a night. It can be done. You can do it to.”
And that’s why there’s a cover of Wooly Bully featuring Robert Englund as Freddy roaring”WOOLY BULLY HOHO HOOOOOO” between verses
I hope you do a video on Halloween 3 👀
to be clear as a kid i was... definitely afraid to die
I've not see any of these movies, mainly because I suffer from extreme night terrors and delusions, and I think this series would greatly impact that in a negative way. But one day, I want to be well enough to watch them.
Until then, Scaredy Cats.
Freddy spaghetti represents our fear of italians(?)
The first is the best horror movie ever in my opinion
Your deadpan comedy is such a fucking blessing, there are way too many dry horror reviewers, or those who try hard and just feel like watching cringe ass nostalgia critic lmao
i’m still going to have to pick pinhead as my #1 because i think he’s ~sexy~, but... Freddie does own
Never seen a Nightmare on Elm Street movie, but now I have an intense desire to watch all of them.
Don't watch them all. 1,3 and 7 is all you need.
Damn, and hear I thought I was the only one who remembered that Monster Mash cartoon.
Freddy spaghetti let you down so hard there in the end.
Freddy Krueger, not to be confused with Freddie Cougar, a sixty years old dancer at the Whoopsy Daisy in Cincinnati.
Hearing my pulse in my pillow scared the eff out of me too!
"Who are you callin' pinhead?" - Patrick Star
Oh slime “you little meatball”, great video but “you forgot the power glove”.
My mom has celiac disease. Freddy spaghetti would be a nightmare.
Holy heck and a half. I had completley forgot about Freddie the spaghetti, and that stupid movie. I watched it all the time as a kid.
Errr... mmm... uuuuuuh... what did I want to say again?
When I first watched these movies growing up they hit way too close to home for me. I hated these movies. And whatever, I'll say it, I didn't get them or why they hurt so bad to watch. I'm good now, though, so thanks for explaining them! Time to rewatch em!
I like Freddy but i've always preferred Micheal Myers. He's got the intelligence and mystery going for him.
Honestly, "Freddy v Jason Dawn of Justice" is a pretty good title for BvS, considering that version of Batman and Superman have probably murdered as many people between them as Freddy or Jason have.
Hey. You leave my boyfriend Jason out of this.
Freddy Krueger is the Bugs Bunny of the slasher world. This is not a bad thing.
Without even seeing this video, mama, dead meat has given verifiable proof and facts that Freddy does not even kill that many people in his movies. This man is a plebe, not a king. The tea is piping hot. Hope it doesn't leave a stain on the carpet.
Freddie Spaghetti is the true monster here. The heck you doin' speaking power to his name!?
My friends and I watched some of the Elm St movies when we were like 10 or 11, and one night I had a nightmare where I was being chased by a T-rex (as you do). In a moment of lucidity, I stopped, turned around, and said, "Wait, this is a dream, you can't hurt me!" Then the T-rex was like, "Wanna bet?" and transformed into Freddy Krueger. The moral of this story is Freddy's got something up his sleeve for every situation.
I wrote this from beyond the grave, obviously
The child murder just reminds me of five nights at Freddy's, which kids also love, So.