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  • @ReelRejects
    @ReelRejects  2 місяці тому +30

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    • @user-ks8jt8xw1k
      @user-ks8jt8xw1k 2 місяці тому +1

      🔔

    • @user-ks8jt8xw1k
      @user-ks8jt8xw1k 2 місяці тому +3

      5 6 grab a crucifix

    • @cgross411
      @cgross411 2 місяці тому +1

      Let’s have a moment with the beginning reaction by listening to DJ Roxy and Weird Girl rapping about Freddy. 😂😂😂

    • @randall-thehorrorwriter
      @randall-thehorrorwriter 2 місяці тому +2

      The Jail scene the young man was high as hell and was realizing while filming he was throwing his life in the garbage. He talks about how he watches the scene now and is so ashamed of himself. He got clean and turned his life around so sometimes the road may be rocky but if you keep forward long enough the path will get smoother.

    • @dansgaming2064
      @dansgaming2064 2 місяці тому +2

      29:46 There was going to be another storyline where Nancy's mom tells Nancy how Freddy killed Nancy's sibling and because Nancy was so young, she never remembered.

  • @BluDemonOzzy
    @BluDemonOzzy 2 місяці тому +145

    After all these years, the practical effect of him pushing against the wall above her bed while she sleeps; is still one of the most iconic shots in horror cinema.

    • @The-Underbaker
      @The-Underbaker 23 дні тому +5

      Yep, and it's vastly superior to the CGI version in the remake!

  • @rynefox7366
    @rynefox7366 2 місяці тому +225

    I love how Johnny Depp embraces his Elm Street roots.
    He makes a cameo in 6 and years after Wes Craven’s New Nightmare came out, Depp said he would’ve been happy to be in the film but was never asked. Wes Craven never asked him because he thought Depp was too big and famous and would outright reject the idea haha.

    • @twist58
      @twist58 2 місяці тому +33

      I heard about that. Depp’s career as an actor was already skyrocketing in the 90s, so Wes believed he might say no. Depp said otherwise. And out of all the Nightmare sequels that released after the 1984 original, 1994’s New Nightmare was my personal favorite. It opened the door for Scream.

    • @Lakeshow82
      @Lakeshow82 2 місяці тому +27

      Shout out to Johnny Depp for that. I don't get these Actors and Actresses who shit all over their early roles it's part of your journey.

    • @everyonelovesmajima
      @everyonelovesmajima 2 місяці тому +8

      He talked about this movie on Inside the Actors Studio and said it wasn't "a bad gig," but when he did the cameo in Freddy's Dead but had his name taken off of it. Wes Craven probably didn't even know he was in Freddy's Dead.

    • @treblelatrice926
      @treblelatrice926 2 місяці тому +4

      I love Johnny Depp's acting through the years

    • @e-train765
      @e-train765 26 днів тому

      He made a cameo in 6!? Shit I gotta watch that again now

  • @jimtatro6550
    @jimtatro6550 2 місяці тому +152

    I was 17 years old and worked in a theater as a projectionist/usher when this movie came out. I watched it after hours in an empty theater by myself the night before it came out. Still one of the most frightening experiences of my life.😂

    • @RS-fy9hb
      @RS-fy9hb 2 місяці тому +5

      Sounds horrifying xD.

    • @emilywilhite5807
      @emilywilhite5807 2 місяці тому +11

      Awesome memory.

    • @clevelandcbi
      @clevelandcbi Місяць тому +4

      You've got serious guts, my friend. Hats off to you.

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 2 місяці тому +166

    One of the greatest horror movies with one of the most iconic villains. The whole "die in your dreams, die for real" concept is terrifying. And Robert Englund's performance makes Freddy Krueger such icon.

    • @Wardfolio
      @Wardfolio 2 місяці тому +5

      Wes Craven actually got the idea from a real thing happening to some Cambodian people, back then, that were predicting they were going to die if they went to sleep, and it actually happening. It was creepy.

    • @treblelatrice926
      @treblelatrice926 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Wardfolio...yikes 😮

    • @harveylee51
      @harveylee51 Місяць тому +1

      @@Wardfolio i know i saw a Behind the Scenes doc on it , Wes Craven has mentioned that and one story in particular of a Cambodian boy who was sure he would die if he fell asleep and he had hid a coffee maker in his room with an extension cord in the closet [he used this for a scene with Nancy ]
      Another element of that was a chilling image from his childhood of a badly scarred homeless man he saw outside his window who just death stared him one evening .👀
      So he came up with this character that is an icon of Horror and truly frightening
      Wes Craven is a master of Horror and an icon himself
      RIP to the master W .C
      Great reaction from both Roxy and Tara . i look forward to more .

  • @Partinaire
    @Partinaire 2 місяці тому +135

    There's a deleted scene where Nancy's mom explains that Nancy and all her friends had older siblings that were murdered by Freddy and thats why they all got together and killed him.

    • @dj_daem0n
      @dj_daem0n 2 місяці тому +32

      If you ever have the opportunity, there was a Nightmare On Elm Street TV series called FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES. The intro is a two parter that covers the trial and murder of Freddy Krueger as written by Wes Craven. Then it veers off into a story of the Sheriff's twin daughters (Nancy's dad was Deputy at the time) as Freddy's first kill.

    • @CieraMatlock
      @CieraMatlock Місяць тому

      OMG I HAD NO IDEA!! That gives me a whole different POV about this movie now. Thats crazzzyyy😭

  • @adamclifton29
    @adamclifton29 2 місяці тому +92

    The ending where Freddy comes back and takes the mother was because New Line Cinema wanted sequels to this movie. They saw the film dailies and knew they had a hit on their hands. Wes Craven intended this to be all about Nancy realizing she created a monster in her dreams and she confronted it and woke up. The end was the studio interference

  • @The.brocephus
    @The.brocephus 2 місяці тому +94

    Fun fact: Freddy is only in this movie for 7 minutes! Crazy.

    • @dwaynejohnson5062
      @dwaynejohnson5062 Місяць тому +2

      Is that for the whole film? Or is it the end part?

    • @surplexshadow1470
      @surplexshadow1470 Місяць тому +6

      That’s suprising tbh

    • @The.brocephus
      @The.brocephus Місяць тому +5

      @@dwaynejohnson5062the entire movie.

    • @clevelandcbi
      @clevelandcbi Місяць тому +6

      He's the human killer version of the shark in Jaws. Awesome scores to both help set up the tension.

    • @TravelsTTG
      @TravelsTTG Місяць тому +3

      Ol Robert Ungland HahahHa

  • @twist58
    @twist58 2 місяці тому +92

    1984 was quite a year for certain movies that released at that time. Each of them now gaining a 40th anniversary release this year:
    - A Nightmare On Elm Street
    - Beverly Hills Cop
    - Footloose
    - Ghostbusters
    - Gremlins
    - Indiana Jones 2
    - The Karate Kid
    - Splash
    - The Terminator

    • @gonzoyork1908
      @gonzoyork1908 2 місяці тому +6

      That’s so cool.

    • @Druss47
      @Druss47 2 місяці тому +4

      Don't forget "Conan The Destroyer"

    • @Druss47
      @Druss47 2 місяці тому +5

      And "The Last Starfighter"

  • @RonnieStewartJr
    @RonnieStewartJr 2 місяці тому +62

    I really like the dynamic between these two. They don’t joke around too much, but they don’t take everything too seriously. Great commentary.

    • @Sab_MJsMama
      @Sab_MJsMama 2 місяці тому +6

      They joked around PLENTY before they started the reaction. It almost turned me off actually. But they seem to be well versed in the industry. They've have been redeemed in my eyes ;)

  • @a2thenita172
    @a2thenita172 2 місяці тому +32

    New Line Cinema was known as "The House that Freddy Built" because the success of this movie basically saved the studio and led to so much merchandise, sequels, and tv shows.

  • @GhostKyng
    @GhostKyng 2 місяці тому +157

    I love the first one!!!!! This movie made me forget all about my fear of Chucky
    Fun facts i learned recently:
    • The scene where Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is attacked by Freddy in her bathtub was shot using a bottomless tub, which was put in a bathroom set that had been built over a swimming pool. During the underwater sequence, Langenkamp was replaced with stuntwoman Christina Johnson. Langenkamp spent 12 hours in the bath during filming. (Talk about pruning like a mug)
    • In the original script, Freddy was a child molester. However, the decision was made to change him into being a child murderer to avoid accusations of exploiting a series of child molestations in California around the time of production. He was re-written as a child molester in the 2010 remake starring Jackie Earle Haley.
    • Heather Langenkamp beat over 200 actresses for the role of Nancy Thompson, among them Jennifer Grey, Demi Moore, Courteney Cox, Tracey Gold, and Claudia Wells.
    • The original glove was later used in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge and was also seen hanging on the wall of the work shed in Evil Dead II (great movie) This was in response to the use of The Evil Dead (scared me as an adult) on a television screen in this film, and part of a continued banter between directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi. However, when Wes Craven loaned the glove to the A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors set it got lost, and it is rumored to be in possession of Robert Englund's agent.
    • The inspiration for the character of Freddy came from several sources in Wes Craven's childhood. Fred Krueger was a schoolmate of his, with whom he had shared a paper route and who had bullied him for several years. In The Last House on the Left, Craven also used this experience as inspiration, calling the villain Krug. Freddy's burns came from a man with severe burn scars by whom Craven had once been terrified as a child, and Freddy's attire (especially the dirty clothes and hat) was inspired by an alcoholic hobo that Craven saw staring at him through his window one day when he was 10 years old.
    • The film cost roughly $1.8 million to produce, of which only $57,000 was reserved for the ambitious special effects; effects designer Jim Doyle accepted anyway, because he was desperate for work. The movie made its entire budget back in its opening weekend.
    • The very first time Freddy is seen in the movie, he isn't being played by Robert Englund but by special effects man Charles Belardinelli, as Belardinelli was the only one who knew exactly how to cut the glove and insert the blades.
    • One of the main reasons Johnny Depp was chosen was because Wes Craven's daughter thought he was "dreamy," and threatened to run away from home if he wasn't cast in the movie.
    • In the end scene, the top to the convertible came down faster and harder than expected. The expression from the actors and actresses is real.
    • In his room, Glen has a stuffed vulture doll just behind his bed that looks down on him, an omen of his impending fate since vultures are known to feast on dead animals.

    • @packedentertainment2866
      @packedentertainment2866 2 місяці тому +10

      Huh? What are you on about? How could you ever forget about Chucky & why would you need to forget about him? What type of nonsense is that? & if anything … A Nightmare On Elm Street is pretty much based on the horror cult classic Phantasm

    • @BluDemonOzzy
      @BluDemonOzzy 2 місяці тому +5

      ​@@packedentertainment2866 Freddy eats Chucky for breakfast. As cartoony as the movies get (spoiler, no spoiler) It will never be as sad as Seed of Chucky. Chucky is the Krusty The Clown of Horror

    • @DeyCallMeDrama
      @DeyCallMeDrama 2 місяці тому +1

      Chucky didn't come out until 1989 retard...

    • @Sneakers102
      @Sneakers102 2 місяці тому +6

      Copy and Paste Much?

    • @Lakeshow82
      @Lakeshow82 2 місяці тому +6

      The Child's Play franchise is way more consistent than Nightmare on Elm street. Nightmare has a lot of bad movies.

  • @dizzyrisse3115
    @dizzyrisse3115 2 місяці тому +55

    Glenn was always having dreams as well. He makes a face at the sleepover giving it away

    • @foulrot
      @foulrot 2 місяці тому +32

      It's also why he was watching TV and listening to music at the same time, trying to stay awake

    • @thegreenmanofnorwich
      @thegreenmanofnorwich 2 години тому

      And why he jumps so suddenly when his mother wakes him shortly before his death.

  • @MattMensing
    @MattMensing 2 місяці тому +60

    The ending was the studios idea, Wes Craven had a different ending in mind where Nancy wins and Freddy is vanquished, but the studio wanted an ending where Freddy was alive and won so they could make sequels

  • @mimic1984
    @mimic1984 2 місяці тому +41

    I'd be 110% down for y'all to watch all of these horror movies and all of their sequels, even the campier ones! 💜

  • @dunmwarupreachan4567
    @dunmwarupreachan4567 2 місяці тому +8

    I think by the last act of the film. Nancy was experiencing micro naps. Her brain is shutting down periodically in order to reboot itself. So Nancy doesn't realize that she is rapidly going in and out of sleep.

  • @paulymar5996
    @paulymar5996 2 місяці тому +33

    "Maybe you don't think murder is serious."
    God, I love that line.

  • @hanonondricek411
    @hanonondricek411 2 місяці тому +13

    They had a rotating room set used for both Tina on the ceiling and for Glen's bedroom. For Glen's death, they locked the camera, flipped the set and dumped blood through. If you read behind the scenes they actually didn't account for how heavy that volume of blood would be all at once and the rotating room set wasn't locked down completely so the blood tilted the room and flowed to one corner where it escaped the set and started hitting electrics which was very dangerous. If you watch, you can see some of that at the end of the shot where you see the blood from the ceiling looks like it starts to drip diagonally before they had to cut. It was literally a "we have to get this in one take" situation.

  • @V0ltron
    @V0ltron 2 місяці тому +25

    Johnny Depp's first role. Gotta love it! This movie had to have a major impact on his method of acting. How he completely envelops himself into the character.

  • @7rollface
    @7rollface 2 місяці тому +15

    So, fun facts: the nurse at the dream clinic is Wes Craven's daughter. She's the reason Depp was hired. He was written as a jock, so they wanted someone huge, but his daughter and her friends saw the auditions and insisted that Depp was hired because he was the best-looking.
    The doctor at the dream clinic is the voice of Roger Rabbit.
    And Nancy (AKA the best Final Girl ever) was written by Craven to be a role-model for his daughter. Which is probably why she's so awesome.

    • @legallyblonderox8
      @legallyblonderox8 2 місяці тому +1

      No the nurse was his wife at the time Mimi craven

  • @teaze2135555555
    @teaze2135555555 2 місяці тому +20

    That Charlie Murphy "Wrong!" was perfect!👌😂😂

  • @randeecarreno4289
    @randeecarreno4289 2 місяці тому +24

    "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"
    I already know that I'm going to love this reaction. 😊
    So excited that Tara and Roxy are starting on this classic horror movie series. There's a total of 8 movies, and that includes the 2010 reboot.
    3:11 Yes, this is Johnny Depp's very first movie. And his character gets one of the most memorable death scenes in the franchise.
    Fun Fact: The actor who plays the doctor at the dream clinic is Charles Fleischer, who provides the voice for Roger Rabbit in the 1988 movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"(which I highly recommend).
    29:56 On UA-cam, you can find an extended scene of this scene with Nancy and her mom. And in it, he mother revealed that Nancy, Glenn, Tina, and Rod all had a sibling that Freddy had killed.
    39:09 No matter how many times I watch this movie.....big jump scare every time. LOL!!!
    This is one of my favorites in the Nightmare series.
    Up next is "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge".
    Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊

  • @LetsGetitBoah
    @LetsGetitBoah 2 місяці тому +21

    "5, 6,..... do what to your what?" LMFAO Roxy.

  • @borntogazeintonightskies
    @borntogazeintonightskies 2 місяці тому +7

    Glen was having nightmares like the others, he just wasn't vocal about his experiences. Most likely he was in denial about the whole thing.
    When Nancy's telling Tina about the "guy with the dirty red and green sweater", there's a shocked look on his face because he had also seen Freddy.

    • @thegreenmanofnorwich
      @thegreenmanofnorwich 2 години тому

      And when his mother wakes him and he jumps really severely.

  • @annakmeneses
    @annakmeneses 2 місяці тому +69

    Nightmare of Elm Street was inspired by true events. I forgot where in Asia, there was a story of people who were having terrible nightmares and were so scared to fall asleep they stayed awake for as long as they could, but then died in their sleep.

    • @bumblebear5536
      @bumblebear5536 2 місяці тому +16

      Didn't happen in Asia, it happened to people from Asia. It was happening to Hmong immigrants in Los Angeles.

    • @kristopherwood7521
      @kristopherwood7521 2 місяці тому +7

      Craven talked about his inspiration and the cases of kids who wouldn't sleep in the documentary "Never Sleep Again"

    • @kimberlyjeanne9456
      @kimberlyjeanne9456 2 місяці тому +3

      Didn't it have to do people with night terrors bc you can hallucinate from them or something

    • @bumblebear5536
      @bumblebear5536 2 місяці тому +8

      @@kimberlyjeanne9456 no, it came from Hmong immigrants and some others from Laos and Cambodia in LA fighting to stay awake, saying how there was this man/thing that would chase them, and ended up dying when they finally ended up falling asleep

    • @Bancheis
      @Bancheis 2 місяці тому +1

      @@kimberlyjeanne9456 Night terrors can cause you to wake up, and waking dreams can occur during these times. I myself have had multiple dreams where something that I dreamt caused me to wake, only to be confronted by not just hallucinations, but feelings just like you can feel in the dream. For example, one dream I had was where a large dog was charging at me. It jumped at me with its paws on my chest knocking me down to the ground. As it pinned me to the ground, he growled at me and went to bite my face. I woke up with the feeling of sharp nails from the paws digging into my chest, seeing the jaws and teeth of the dog wide open going to bite my head - absolutely while awake. I screamed louder than I ever have in my life, and the image froze and faded away slowly, along with the feeling of the paws.

  • @tomscott113
    @tomscott113 2 місяці тому +11

    Lin Shaye ('Insidious', 'Something About Mary', 'Kingpin') was her teacher. Charles Fleischer (voice of Roger Rabbit) was the sleep doctor. Heather Langenkamp (Nancy) is the psychologist in 'Midnight Club'.
    Skip the second 'Nightmare' movie. The third one is a must! (It features Patricia Arquette.)

    • @emilywilhite5807
      @emilywilhite5807 2 місяці тому

      I totally forgot that was her in something about Mary.

  • @CrownlessKing88
    @CrownlessKing88 2 місяці тому +16

    The “god I look 20 years old” thing was kind of a joke because Heather Langenkamp was 20 at the time I think. Also she still does some stuff here and there. She was just in Midnight Club by Mike Flanagan.

    • @kimberlyjeanne9456
      @kimberlyjeanne9456 2 місяці тому +2

      What's cool is that she and her husband started a VFX studio and have worked on alot of horror movies like Dawn of the Dead remake and Cabin in the Woods

    • @CrownlessKing88
      @CrownlessKing88 2 місяці тому +1

      @@kimberlyjeanne9456 yeah! 😊

  • @botz77
    @botz77 2 місяці тому +12

    I love when he stretches out from the wall. That's a practical effect, and it looks amazing.

    • @keefriff99
      @keefriff99 2 місяці тому +2

      Pretty simple one too from what I understand...they used a stretchy fabric over a cutout in the wall. Of course in the re-make, it was CGI'd.

  • @chrisearly1749
    @chrisearly1749 2 місяці тому +32

    Introducing Robert Unglund 😂
    This reaction totally made my day better!! ❤

    • @itscarriebomb
      @itscarriebomb 2 місяці тому +4

      Right? Who even is Robert Unglund? 🤣🤣🤣

    • @GladtoberanDOM
      @GladtoberanDOM 2 місяці тому +1

      Interesting name but I have heard Stranger Things

    • @c1ph3rpunk
      @c1ph3rpunk 2 місяці тому

      @@GladtoberanDOMwait, you didn’t watch it? 😂😂

  • @PaulDamonThomas
    @PaulDamonThomas 2 місяці тому +6

    Oh! One more comment, lol. About Heather Langenkamp: While she did continue to work (and TRY to keep getting acting gigs), she joined forces with her husband to run their special effects company AFX. And they have worked on a ton of films. In and out of her roles, she has just always seemed to be a fantastic person. The Elm Street Franchise made the mistake to not include Nancy in the sequels, except for whenever Craven was back in the mix.

  • @kahronmcneil1837
    @kahronmcneil1837 2 місяці тому +24

    Wait wait HOLD UP a minute i was expecting Child’s play 2. Either or that means we get 2 horror franchises with my 2 favorite ladies of the channel ❤🎉

  • @BedlamBeersie
    @BedlamBeersie 2 місяці тому +8

    Fun fact: in the scene where Nancy brings Freddy’s hat out of the dream, the doctor who is monitoring her is played by Charles Fleischer, the voice of Roger Rabbit.

  • @SincerelyMe_nfg
    @SincerelyMe_nfg 2 місяці тому +8

    As a huge horror buff it’s so nice to see Wes Craven still getting his flowers. He helped shape horror in so many different ways. He also stepped out of the genre to make Music of the Heart with Meryl Streep and it was a very good movie. I definitely recommend that one. Enjoyed the review and reaction!!

  • @lonelydog97
    @lonelydog97 2 місяці тому +7

    Fun fact that will clear up the confusion about the ending: Wes Craven originally wanted to have a happy ending where Nancy gets her mom and all her friends back, but the producer Robert Shaye wanted an ending that suggested Freddy was still alive so that the door would be left open for a potential sequel. Wes tried to argue that this ending contradicts the whole climax of the movie, but ultimately agreed to go along with what Shaye wanted since he felt like he owed him for getting the film made.

  • @TheVas76
    @TheVas76 2 місяці тому +11

    Johnny's first movie. Also, definitely watch Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and Wes Craven's New Nightmare. Both are directly tied to this and involve Nancy and her dad. Heather is also one of the biggest scream queens in the business.

  • @MultiGreenG
    @MultiGreenG 2 місяці тому +15

    Now we need the whole series reaction and Freddy Vs. Jason.

  • @MindofMike35
    @MindofMike35 2 місяці тому +10

    A little over 10 minutes in, and I already want Tara and Roxy to watch this entire franchise!!!

    • @ryanjacobson2508
      @ryanjacobson2508 2 місяці тому

      Each movie in this series is like 5X worse than the previous one! Parts 4-6 are unwatchable to me.

    • @RandyReviews1990
      @RandyReviews1990 Місяць тому

      @@ryanjacobson2508 ill take 2 over 3!

  • @RedNocturne
    @RedNocturne 2 місяці тому +36

    The studio forced Wes Craven to tack on that ending. He didn’t want it.

    • @stevelanthripp5567
      @stevelanthripp5567 2 місяці тому +8

      Back in the 80's there were a lot of tacked on scare endings.

    • @joeblankenship377
      @joeblankenship377 2 місяці тому +10

      Yeah, the ending always makes me roll my eyes. But in a way, it kinda foreshadows the goofiness to come in the sequels.

    • @stevelanthripp5567
      @stevelanthripp5567 2 місяці тому +4

      @@joeblankenship377 for storytelling it is definitely off, but seeing the gimmicky ending as a kid, it rocked. Everyone talked about it in school. Was it the right choice? I'll say yes and no.

  • @ChristianKrogh-Denmark
    @ChristianKrogh-Denmark 2 місяці тому +6

    20:48. “Why are you bare-foot?”. Because he lives right across from her, and sneaks out of his own bedroom-window at night (when he’s not supposed to) Then he runs over to say “hi” 🤗 It’s just another 80s-movie-thing, lol.
    Thanks for your reactions, ladies. It’s fun to watch along 🥳
    Ps. Just watch “Nightmare 3: Dream Warriors”, and then go straight to “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” 👍 1, 3 and New Nightmare are hands-down EASILY the best!! Funny enough those three films all have Wes Craven involved, and it’s also the three, that had Nancy in them! But in New Nightmare she plays her self, in “real life”. You’ll get it when you see it 🙏

  • @234cartmanrules
    @234cartmanrules 2 місяці тому +8

    So in the first draft of this movie they wanted the parents to explicitly come forth and say he was molesting all of them. Not murdering. But it was the 80s so yea. And that’s why they went with that route in the 2010 reboot

  • @zachneil4404
    @zachneil4404 2 місяці тому +5

    the only theory i ever heard about the ending that made sense is this: that when Nancy turned her back on Freddy it stole his power to hurt her but does not prevent him from continuing to torment her in her dreams.

  • @marcusmcgill4423
    @marcusmcgill4423 Місяць тому +1

    @ReelRejects Heather Langenkamp (Nancy) and her husband became SFX artists. She and her husband did the SFX for films such as "Star Trek Into Darkness", "The Cabin in the Woods", "Dawn of the Dead" (2004).

  • @mimic1984
    @mimic1984 2 місяці тому +10

    You ladies are being introduced to more and more horror movie icons, and I'm all here for it! 🔪 💜

  • @PaulDamonThomas
    @PaulDamonThomas 2 місяці тому +3

    I think the ending is kind of like dreams themselves - we don't really KNOW wtf the deal is. There's no true answer IMHO. I do love Roxy's thought about maybe that scene was within the mother's nightmare as Freddy takes her (seemed like Tara may have been thinking along the same lines too). In all my years enjoying this film with others, I don't think I've ever heard anyone else offer that notion. 😊 It's pretty open for interpretation and I always just took it as a fun, campy, twist ending to leave the audience without a true happy ending. Just something you can't truly answer 100% (but can be fun trying to anyway). The nightmares will never end! 😆

  • @thathorrorguy1748
    @thathorrorguy1748 2 місяці тому +5

    I’m so happy y’all doing this together !!!! Please watch all of them !

  • @PaulDamonThomas
    @PaulDamonThomas 2 місяці тому +2

    Also, the Friday the 17th Floor Franchise is 100% worth watching. You two watching that series of movies will be legendarily awesome! (also known, in some parts of the world, as Friday the 13th).
    btw we all have those lapses in trivial memory and I love seeing you two work through it. And, yes, 17 *IS* close to 13. 😂

  • @stevecalderon1985
    @stevecalderon1985 2 місяці тому +3

    The original Nightmare at Elm Street, Dream Warriors and New Nightmare are the best of that horror franchise. Cool to watch Roxy and Tara’s reactions!!!

  • @poe_eezy
    @poe_eezy 2 місяці тому +6

    Dubbing y'all scream queens! Should’ve done this during your Purge run. The Tara + Roxy dynamic is probably my favorite on this channel

  • @victoranleu7421
    @victoranleu7421 2 місяці тому +3

    Wes hated that particular ending as it wasn’t the one he had intended to have. The producer Bob Shaye wanted an ending that could leave it open ended so he could have a sequel should do the movie do well. In his defense Bob had put everything he had into this project. It’s essentially what launched New Line Cinema. All the people involved with these movies say that New Line Cinema is the house Freddy built. There’s a particularly beautifully done behind the scenes documentary out there named Never Sleep Again but I do suggest watching the rest of the movies before watching it or just watching the part that covers the original film.

  • @Camlane007
    @Camlane007 2 місяці тому +8

    Awesome reaction ladies, What a horror classic and series. Forgot how terrifying freddy actually is im gonna struggle sleeping tonight 😂👌

  • @kendallbrown2904
    @kendallbrown2904 2 місяці тому +9

    The guy that plays Freddy also plays plays a character in season 4 of stranger things.

  • @vlonewolfv
    @vlonewolfv 2 місяці тому +1

    Nancy is just the best final girl. Straight up tackles Freddy and home alone’s her house. Such a great film.

  • @SillyPom
    @SillyPom 2 місяці тому +3

    "Fifteen! fourteen! thirteen! 13th floor is what I said! You can *rewind the tape!"* Ohh Tara. You truly are such a mom, and it is precious. 😊

  • @jamesmorant1406
    @jamesmorant1406 2 місяці тому +3

    It's my favorite horror movie of all time. I love the concept that if someone kills you on your dream, you're dead for real. Also, Freddy Krueger had 7 minutes of screen time

  • @stormiewoods1490
    @stormiewoods1490 2 місяці тому +1

    This movie came out when I was born. To say Robert Englund has scared me my whole life is an understatement. This was such a fun review.

  • @plazacomics9068
    @plazacomics9068 2 місяці тому +1

    If I ever met Roxy and Tara in person I would probably be shaking like a lunatic and introduce myself as “Helloiloveyou”

  • @ramadiii
    @ramadiii 2 місяці тому +2

    When I first started watching this channel last year I thought Tara's ring the bell song was cute, but now after she's come back to us it brings me an infinite amount of joy and I've even started singing along. Don't ever stop being you, Tara! 😍

    • @emilywilhite5807
      @emilywilhite5807 2 місяці тому +1

      I always end up stuck on it for hours after watching a reaction.

    • @ramadiii
      @ramadiii 2 місяці тому

      @@emilywilhite5807 same! It just makes me so psyched! Same with PURGE 😂

  • @romarqable
    @romarqable 2 місяці тому +23

    Robert Englund, who played Freddy, suggests that everything we see in the movie is a nightmare, of what is to come, and it circles back with the girls jump roping when they arrive at school.
    Doesnt quite make sense, but i think its the best explanation.

  • @kristopherwood7521
    @kristopherwood7521 2 місяці тому +1

    Before he was Freddy, Robert Englund was in the TV sci-fi series "V".
    Before that, he worked as a set builder and even helped scatter "autumn" leaves for the outdoor shots for "Halloween".

  • @JohntheLNERP2
    @JohntheLNERP2 2 місяці тому +1

    33:13 that's exactly what they did the room is rotated by a crank while the furniture is nailed down

  • @davidromero6998
    @davidromero6998 2 місяці тому +2

    The Ending is hard to explain but Wes Craven basically said that the ending means that even if she defeats Freddy. He's now apart of her psyche. She'll still always have nightmares about him.

  • @kikalachica
    @kikalachica 2 місяці тому +1

    I NEVER CLICKED SO FAST!!! I LOVE WHEN TARA AND ROXY WATCH SCARY MOVIES 💗💗💗💗

  • @gracienryan131
    @gracienryan131 2 місяці тому +1

    You two are absolute chaos and I love that! I cant wait for ya'll to do the rest of the series cause its a ride for sure.

  • @bensneb360
    @bensneb360 2 місяці тому +16

    Fun Fact: David Warner was originally attached, play Freddy (Wes Craven originally wanted an older actor for the role), but he liked Robert England energetic energy, and he won the part after a scheduling conflict with David Warner

    • @leethomas3654
      @leethomas3654 Місяць тому

      Wrong I asked David this he said he was never asked to be in this movie it’s as always Robert englund

  • @ReelRejects
    @ReelRejects  2 місяці тому +4

    What is your FAVORITE Freddy Movie??

  • @amandaf6101
    @amandaf6101 2 місяці тому +1

    This is such a great reaction. The absolute shock and horror you both continuously went through was thoroughly entertaining. I sometimes forget just how effective this movie is.

  • @BTT16
    @BTT16 Місяць тому +1

    You should most definitely watch the Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Documentary, it is SO GOOD!!! In the behind the scenes of this particular film, they mentioned that when Nancy has her nightgown on to go to sleep, it symbolizes her armor to go to battle with Freddy. Usually we are vulnerable in our pajamas or whatever clothes we sleep in, but Wes Craven wanted to reverse it to make Nancy feel in control.

  • @kevthepoet
    @kevthepoet Місяць тому

    She said "Whadaya think they're doin?" and I immediately thought of Roxy's neighbour... iykyk lol

  • @HK7Roiz
    @HK7Roiz 2 місяці тому +1

    32:27 The amount of times Roxy misses little things because she's constantly watching the other reactor's face is... wow.

    • @roxystriar
      @roxystriar 2 місяці тому

      But I didn’t miss anything. Be chill.

  • @Kim_golden13
    @Kim_golden13 2 місяці тому +1

    This is so cool watching this through their eyes. I've seen it so many times that I forgot how freaking cool it is. The classic bed scene with Johnny is iconic!

  • @williamwoods5592
    @williamwoods5592 2 місяці тому +1

    That young lady who plays Nancy Thompson is Heather Lampencamp.

  • @Guy8417
    @Guy8417 2 місяці тому +1

    The funny thing about Nancy lamenting she looks 20 as a 16 year old is that she was actually 20 when she played Nancy

  • @satineadiamond1
    @satineadiamond1 2 місяці тому +3

    The part where Freddy is in the wall, popping out over the bed was a wall made of pantyhose. That freaked me out when I was a kid. Such a great image.

  • @grownmannn2
    @grownmannn2 Місяць тому +1

    Mom: it’s just a nightmare
    Me: but it’s on elm street!!!!

  • @denizeren2297
    @denizeren2297 Місяць тому

    I Love that after 40 years the blood from the bed scene still gets praise and recognition for its quality. All the advances in cgi and practical effects and this still holds up against them.

  • @TheBoglin
    @TheBoglin 2 місяці тому +3

    Roxy and Tara reacting to another horror movie? Don't threaten me with a good time! 🙌👏
    Yeah this movie is a trip and the ending is just like "Wait what just happened??". If you guys watch the other movies, I'll be here to watch it! 🎉

  • @nerdwatch1017
    @nerdwatch1017 2 місяці тому +5

    One of my favorite movies in the series is Dream Warriors.

  • @nathanslay6342
    @nathanslay6342 2 місяці тому +2

    I LOVE this movie!! Such a great movie to watch! Super entertaining, scary, and great practical horror effects. Plus, a really compelling story! Glad you guys finally watched this classic!

  • @williamwoods5592
    @williamwoods5592 2 місяці тому +1

    The very first time that I saw the movie A Nightmare on Elms Street was on VHS and Home Video. And I did not see it until I was 14 years old. Because it was first released in theaters when I was 7 years old.

  • @kenpullig1652
    @kenpullig1652 2 місяці тому +1

    You’ll probably get this on your research but Nancy is played by Heather Langencamp, who reprised her roll in many Elm Street sequels, and even jumped in on a couple of Hellraiser movies. And, of course, a fan favorite even today at conventions. Might have been hard to catch, but Nancy’s teacher was played by Lin Shaye from the Insidious universe of movies. And Freddy, aptly played by veteran actor Robert Englund, enjoyed fan adoration for decades until it just became to physically taxing to play the character any more. There are some great 80s slasher films to dive into and I hope you try many more.

  • @alexsutton8025
    @alexsutton8025 2 місяці тому +1

    Roxy is looking like Nuclear Man from "Superman IV" with those nails!

  • @r.h.3084
    @r.h.3084 2 місяці тому +1

    This movie had a lot of firsts for both the genre and filmmaking in general. It's really worth taking a few minutes to watch the making of this and some of the interviews. Making Glenn's room was interesting.

  • @ChrisTheAspergerGuy
    @ChrisTheAspergerGuy 2 місяці тому +1

    I interpret the ending as a just a nightmare Nancy has due to the trauma of what she went through, but since Freddy was defeated at that point, it was nothing dangerous. That's what makes the most sense to me, at least. I hope you both watch the rest of them. The sequels are great too.

  • @Catdaddy1968
    @Catdaddy1968 2 місяці тому +1

    Can’t believe that they have not seen this movie with the multiple times it’s been on TV and especially during October when networks do horror movies because of Halloween.

  • @AlanPoeFoSho
    @AlanPoeFoSho 2 місяці тому +2

    Oh man I hope these two get to watch the whole series. I really want to see their reaction to Dream Warriors!

  • @SouleymaneG
    @SouleymaneG 2 місяці тому

    Robert Englund had a role in an episode of the TV series Bones where he played a character based off his Freddy character. I won't go into spoilers of the episode but it goes to show how iconic his role in this franchise is.

  • @MikeB12800
    @MikeB12800 2 місяці тому

    Now I lay me down to sleep is a children's bedtime prayer from the 18th century.

  • @duaneswab3420
    @duaneswab3420 Місяць тому

    Heather Langenkamp followed A Nightmare on Elm Street with an ABC sitcom Just the Ten of Us, along with two other girls from the Nightmare franchise and Matt Shakman, who was the director on Wanda/Vision.

  • @FrankFerret
    @FrankFerret 2 місяці тому

    Loved this. Brought back loads of highschool memories of watching it with friends and arguing about different horror franchises.

  • @adamherndon168
    @adamherndon168 2 місяці тому

    Heather Langenkamp’s most recent role was playing the hospice care founder and one of the main characters on the Netflix show “The Midnight Club”

  • @lakobybrazile2892
    @lakobybrazile2892 2 місяці тому

    Got damn it!!!! Y’all brought me back to UA-cam for a week or 2 with this franchise.

  • @kyo2975
    @kyo2975 2 місяці тому +1

    Ive met Heather Langenkamp at a Mad Monster in 2013 in Phoenix... She is the loveliest person. I asked her EVERY QUESTION I could think of 🤣 i was trying so hard not to fan-boy her to death. She was awesome as hell.

  • @thomasgoude8800
    @thomasgoude8800 2 місяці тому +3

    MY FAVORITE HORROR FRANCHISE! Please please please continue watching these! OMG if Greg and John watch the Friday the 13th franchise and you all watch Freddy vs. Jason together 🔥 Also Robert Englund reprises this role as Freddy in 8 films (besides the reboot). Last name pronounced like England but with “und” at the end. Een-glund. Tina and Glenn’s death were done with a spinning room🙌 Great video y’all!
    P.s. the studio insisted on a scare at the end against Wes Craven’s wishes, I believe because of the success of the Friday the 13th end scare.

  • @br1anv1c0r3
    @br1anv1c0r3 2 місяці тому +1

    Tidbit: Heather Langenkamp in addition to being monikered as a scream queen also become well adept as a Hollywood makeup effects coordinator for movies like Dawn of the Dead (Snyder version) and other movies.

  • @thenerdywave2007
    @thenerdywave2007 2 місяці тому +3

    Great Reaction Roxy and Tara! This movie is a great horror classic! 👍

  • @kolat2329
    @kolat2329 2 місяці тому

    The crazy energy of these two is unmatched 😄😄

  • @ACNelson-officialchannel
    @ACNelson-officialchannel 2 місяці тому +3

    You ladies mentioned wearing the watch with the face on the inside. It's a military/police thing. It cuts down on reflective glare at night, for one. The second thing that it does is allow you to more easily check the time on a precision operation while holding a rifle. 😉 I love watching you two ladies react to films. You're so much fun! Now you have to go through the entire series! ❤

    • @msfeistybabe
      @msfeistybabe 2 місяці тому +1

      I've never been in the military or any type of police unit,but wore my watch on the inside for many years. Mostly because I don't wear dainty women's watches all the time (only a small gold one when dressed up) and instead wear bulkier, but more useful water resistant watches with options... which leaves a large tan line lol.

    • @ACNelson-officialchannel
      @ACNelson-officialchannel 2 місяці тому

      @@msfeistybabe That's the same kind of watches that I always wear, but then again, I'm not a female. 🤣 I'm just saying that's where the practice originated, and then it became a popular way to wear a watch. Most people don't know the "why" behind it. Also, I know that those bigger watches leave one Hell if a tan line, especially on a petite person! 😂😂

  • @jonathanwilhelm2210
    @jonathanwilhelm2210 2 місяці тому +1

    Definitely need to continue these reactions of classic horror movies (maybe theyll do some obscure stuff too)! These two hosts are great together!

  • @welcometofaeland
    @welcometofaeland 2 місяці тому +2

    Awesome vid 🥳 Great commentary!

  • @chaircat
    @chaircat 2 місяці тому

    The prayer she was reciting is a children's bedtime prayer from the 18th century. This movie is always a fun reaction hehe