Are These The Most Underappreciated Wes Craven Movies?

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  • @bound2thefloor1
    @bound2thefloor1 Місяць тому +13

    I had to the chance to meet Carpenter, Barker, Hooper, Cunningham, Savini, Corman, and so many more directors of my favorite horror films.....Wes was always at the top of my list. I never got a chance to meet him. When he passed that was a real bummer.

  • @BCCSquidward
    @BCCSquidward Місяць тому +13

    Always enjoy appreciation for Wes Craven's New Nightmare. I've always loved how meta it is. And it's funny that the demon in the movie takes the form of icons of evil, cause I like to think this thing took the form of Darth Vader before lol.

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 Місяць тому +14

    Some of my favorite underrated Wes Craven movies are RED EYE and People Under the Stairs.

    • @hashtagfilm
      @hashtagfilm Місяць тому

      I rank both of them in my favorites of his. Absolutely love them.

  • @antoiner3820
    @antoiner3820 Місяць тому +16

    I never liked the disrespect that Wes Craven always seems to get at times. About he doesn't belong in the same category as some of his peers. You have to be really a fan to appreciate his work. But if you're a casual of course you're going to think it sucks that's what i come to realize.

    • @boomstickcritique902
      @boomstickcritique902 Місяць тому +1

      I haven't seen any disrespect toward Craven. Maybe some hardcore John Carpenter fans might say something because of nerd contests between Fandom but he's mostly respected by horror fans. If anything Tobe Hooper is a bad director who got lucky once or twice and because of that he got labeled a Master of Horror. Same thing for Mick Garris he's a nice guy but Master of Horror please lol.

    • @antoiner3820
      @antoiner3820 Місяць тому

      @boomstickcritique902 you probably haven't but I most certainly have. If I didn't I wouldn't have brought it up. I've seen it a lot,where people saying that craven doesn't belong with in the same class with Carpenter,Romero and Cronenberg and even recently Sam Raimi. It's always mostly a nightmare on elm Street the first one and the original scream are his best movies and the rest are trash. It's always someone saying that.

    • @boomstickcritique902
      @boomstickcritique902 Місяць тому

      @antoiner3820 Just sounds like silly fan boy arguments to me but in terms of those directors Craven is better and more consistent then Romero Sam Rami has made to few horror flicks for a real comparasion. Cronenberg in his heyday was better then both Craven and Carpenter later years Cronenberg mostly sucks now.

  • @Juno-ue9vs
    @Juno-ue9vs Місяць тому +6

    Wes Craven Shocker is a criminally underrated masterpiece and I still don't understand the hate it still gets, I know it's not scary but It is a fun badass movie with a killer rock soundtrack to hear and the casts are great too especially Mitch Pileggi as Horace Pinker was phenomenal in the movie, and I will say it one of the Wes Craven most underrated movie that still kickass to this day.

  • @MikeD974
    @MikeD974 Місяць тому +5

    New Nightmare is my favorite one in the franchise

  • @geeshep4836
    @geeshep4836 Місяць тому +7

    The Last House on The Left, The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent And The Rainbow, The People Under The Stairs And Wes Craven's New Nightmare I Have All Five Of These Movies On DVD They're All Classics. P.S. Happy 30th Anniversary New Nightmare (1994-2024).

    • @boomstickcritique902
      @boomstickcritique902 Місяць тому

      New Nightmare is a masterpiece film just not a Masterpiece Freddy film it works better as it's own meta horror flick then a Nightmare movie and that's why I like it. The franchise formula was tired at that point. Last House is a good exploitation film Hills have Eyes was great and one of his best People under the Stairs was also awesome. Red Eye was a good solid thriller Serpent and the Rainbow was also awesome Shocker is a dumb campy B movie but it's good fun 80s cheese. My Soul to Take is a bad movie the concepts had potential if the script was simplified and just focused on the lead kid absorbing the souls of the other kids while a cool serial killer was after them and all the kids represented different alternate personalities it would have worked. If they had just focused directly on these aspects only and not made ths flick weird for the sake of being weird it would have worked.

  • @HenloBoppo
    @HenloBoppo Місяць тому +1

    Shocker rules, saw the VHS cover all the time in rental stores but didn’t watch it til a few years ago. Great pick 👍

  • @hashtagfilm
    @hashtagfilm Місяць тому +1

    My Soul To Take was nowhere near as bad as people cried about. At the end of the day, Wes' "worst" films are still miles ahead of many other horrors out there

  • @DeliveryServiceFan06
    @DeliveryServiceFan06 Місяць тому +1

    He would be 85 years old in 2024 it's nearly been 10 years since his death in 2015 i'm glad his legacy will not be forgotten in time he's one of the most influential horror directors of all time i'm glad everyone including me remember his films also great video on Wes Craven Joblo also Happy Belated 85th Birthday Wes Craven you be remembered for your films including A Nightmare On Elm Street also somebody should make a documentary on Wes Craven and his life as a horror director and the legacy he left behind with Elm Street and Scream somebody should make that documentary now.

  • @DanielGarcia-us7tf
    @DanielGarcia-us7tf Місяць тому +1

    My Soul to Take felt like a mix of Shocker and Scream, but without a true sinister edge to it.

    • @boomstickcritique902
      @boomstickcritique902 Місяць тому +1

      The story needed to be condensed down. If they had removed the random weird scenes like the main character doing some weird stuff with a bird costume and other similar scenes it could have worked. What they should have done is focus directly on the kids all being picked off one by one by an unknown serial killer until the lead character discovers that they are all actually the souls of the split personalities of the killer when he was alive and the killers personality was one of them. If they had just focused on this mystery and made the lead character a regular outsider and not a weird acting kid like he had autism it would have worked. It wouldn't have been a big hit like Scream but it would have worked as a one off slasher flick they tried to hard to make the film mainstream to appeal to teens.

    • @hashtagfilm
      @hashtagfilm Місяць тому

      ​@@boomstickcritique902I love the bird aspect of the film. I just thought it would have extended and played a larger role in the film

  • @thecunninlynguist
    @thecunninlynguist Місяць тому +2

    I think New Nightmare has grown to be appreciated post scream and after Wes' passing. It's prob my 3 fave nightmare. I would've loved at least one more movie with that freddy look. I loved the more organic claw.

    • @boomstickcritique902
      @boomstickcritique902 Місяць тому

      Even before then New Nightmare was nearly always considered top 3 of the series with 1 and 3. It didn't do well in theaters because it was ahead of it's time and audiences still wanted the Freddy show like Freddys Dead and Dream Master.

  • @TheoRae8289
    @TheoRae8289 Місяць тому

    I remember begging my mother to re-rent Shocker yet again when I was a kid. 😂 For the most part I am a die-hard Craven fan, I just fell off because life happens as an adult.

  • @djhinton79
    @djhinton79 Місяць тому +1

    I've never even heard of this movie.

  • @tdsollog
    @tdsollog Місяць тому +2

    I recommend the fan film "Dylan's New Nightmare".

  • @jamesmorant1406
    @jamesmorant1406 Місяць тому

    Wes Craven New Nightmare is the best horror sequel ever doesn't get enough credit

  • @tomdarko7012
    @tomdarko7012 Місяць тому +2

    Why was the intro to this video so fucking somber? Jeez lmao

  • @heyhiwellhellothere5243
    @heyhiwellhellothere5243 Місяць тому

    Love the music in the background

  • @theunforgiven2885
    @theunforgiven2885 Місяць тому

    Same ...Older siblings..love that era...

  • @shanecasebeer1364
    @shanecasebeer1364 Місяць тому

    I just saw a clip of his TV movie Invitation to Hell earlier today. I'd found that movie disappointing as a kid (I wanted violence and gore), but loved 1978s Stranger in Our House with Linda Blair battling yet another supernatural entity before settling into being a roller disco queen.

  • @RoeVenturesLLC
    @RoeVenturesLLC Місяць тому

    12:30 that movie frustrates still entertaining

  • @MarkFuriniArt
    @MarkFuriniArt Місяць тому

    Shocker and New Nightmare are great!

  • @RioBroski
    @RioBroski 28 днів тому

    Great video. I love Wes. Rest in peace.

  • @crystalshaw8744
    @crystalshaw8744 25 днів тому

    3 D is a ploy or a scam for ANY movie, whether it's My Soul to Take or Schindler"s List.

  • @DanielGarcia-us7tf
    @DanielGarcia-us7tf Місяць тому

    The expectations of some fans are too high. Love The People Under the Stairs.

  • @donaldporr9682
    @donaldporr9682 Місяць тому

    When critics say a movie is bad, I do go and see it. And not have I found some great ones.

  • @gypsydildopunks7083
    @gypsydildopunks7083 Місяць тому

    Is this the Fabuloso guy or Febreeze? I foget which cleaning product this voice hawks

  • @cemsengul16
    @cemsengul16 7 днів тому

    Shocker is classic Wes Craven unlike My Soul To Take.

  • @EricJae.
    @EricJae. 23 дні тому

    I seen all the saw sequels in theater. I don’t remember ever hearing about my soul to take or else I would have supported Craven 😞

  • @whovianrusher7145
    @whovianrusher7145 29 днів тому

    I love Nightmare so much

  • @homeaccount5943
    @homeaccount5943 Місяць тому

    I enjoyed Shocker.

  • @davealaya
    @davealaya Місяць тому +2

    MUSIC OF THE HEART BABY
    Seriously, Wes Craven directed Music of the Heart.

  • @Bradford659
    @Bradford659 Місяць тому

    Although it’s not a great movie I can appreciate Swamp Thing. I know it’s not covered in this though.

  • @Gazz-BaaZnitch
    @Gazz-BaaZnitch Місяць тому

    I don’t think the name was right , “my soul to take “ could been less

  • @Ninjeto
    @Ninjeto Місяць тому

    I bet you if wes smoked more weed we wouldve got some fire movies

  • @joshpoke3829
    @joshpoke3829 Місяць тому

    It’s f$&kn terrible that these awesome movies get later praise

  • @laurenlester1418
    @laurenlester1418 28 днів тому

    I guess I’m one of the rare people who actually liked My Soul To Take😬🙃

  • @Bernie_Lomax
    @Bernie_Lomax 16 днів тому

    The cutting of all that hair has just made me feel a little bit older also??

  • @lythnookwemin
    @lythnookwemin Місяць тому

    Okay, I have to ask. Why is your voice off?

  • @justaguy7230
    @justaguy7230 Місяць тому

    My soul to take did suck though. I hate that it was his last movie

    • @trevorvant3449
      @trevorvant3449 Місяць тому +2

      I quite like My Soul to Take for its quirkiness. Scream 4 was Wes' last movie though.

    • @justaguy7230
      @justaguy7230 Місяць тому +1

      @ It was? Oh thank God. Not a scream 4 wasn’t a masterpiece but it was decent. I’ll try to watch my soul to take again someday.

  • @alexmartin3143
    @alexmartin3143 8 днів тому

    Lol… no thanks for the test screening exposé…

  • @edanguiano6096
    @edanguiano6096 Місяць тому

    The only thing Shocker has going for it is being an 80’s Wes Craven movie. It sucks and always has. Mostly bc it was made for the wrong reason; to create a new Freddy (and to make a franchise, which is antithetical to Wes’s feelings about NOES)

  • @nyghtmareinmi
    @nyghtmareinmi Місяць тому

    My ranking
    1. Freddy's Revenge
    2. Freddy's Dead
    3. 2010 remake because the director had the balls to go where no one else would
    4. Dream Master
    5. New Nightmare
    6. Freddy vs Jason
    7. Dream Warriors
    8. Dream Child
    9. The original because it's so slow and boring

    • @gorequillnachovidal
      @gorequillnachovidal Місяць тому +1

      so you have the best at #9. get better taste

    • @nyghtmareinmi
      @nyghtmareinmi Місяць тому

      @@gorequillnachovidal Sorry but the original is so boring. I fell asleep the first time i watched it. Plus it's got a guy who lets women crap on his bed.....I said what I said.

    • @hashtagfilm
      @hashtagfilm Місяць тому +1

      I mean I appreciate different opinions, but this is a wild listing. I personally love Revenge and definitely rank it higher in the franchise, BUT, Freddy's Dead and the remake ranking higher than the original and 3? Now that's a take.

  • @BoobbyHill
    @BoobbyHill 23 дні тому

    Freddy vs Jason is 1000 times better than dream child and Freddy’s dead.