Dr. Wolfula - "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) Review
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Doc covers one of Wes Craven's best horror films which features the first appearance of Craven's most enduring villain: Freddy Krueger.
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"Nightmares are horror movies for the brain, and horror movies are nightmares for our culture"
- Wes Craven
Greetings!
Doctor Wolfula hello doc
I'M NOT YOUR HOST DOCTOR WOLFULA!!
Good opening music Choice
Thank you !!
Happy AHHCTOBER Doc!!
These days, Freddy has to compete with Meth and he's bummed out when people stay up for days...
@@ermacjones4821 Freddie would love the xans all those kids blacked out in the front yard after a party fucking easy moneu
After six days I wouldn’t be tired true fact I did stay up during school and my body would hurt from pe
Nah man ur forgetting about the coke
Walter White would've been even richer on Elm Street
“Tina’s desperately afraid for her life and there’s only one thing to do. SLUMBER PARTTTTTTYYYYY!!!!!!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
One thing I like about Wes Craven with Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream he really makes the killers feel "real". The killer gets tripped up on everyday objects and the planning of the characters. Really helps the killers feel real. At least in my opinion.
Definitely , i always thought that was a great touch too.
Yeah, it's so "real" to have a dream killer.
Can't believe I've been watching this clown for 6 years... what a goat. Much love wolf!
I like doctor wolfula even though i think he thinks that his fans are annoying ive been watching when his channel name was Jack Stickman! Jacques Stickman and i think Doc Wolfula
They did the Freddy coming through the wall effect far better in the original than in the 2010 remake. In the remake it looks more like Spider-Man's Sandman coming through the wall to get Nancy not Freddy Krueger.
Xehanort10 cgi is garbage most of the time
I really enjoy what you do. I wish you much positive longevity.
Honestly I had thought you already reviewed this before. lol
Garada K7 I think Cyd did.
Nope, never been reviewed
I think you mean the 2010 remake
My explanation - When Nancy fell asleep to confront Freddy in the final showdown, she fell into a coma & didn’t wake up.
Admit it, it makes sense
I actually like the mom getting sucked through the window. The stiffness and obvious dummy-ness makes it more bizarre and unsettling
There must be a universe where Dr. Wolfula becomes famous horror movie slasher himself.
Since 1984 I have just assumed Don and Marge were divorced. We are never told that, and Don is told, "I know this is your neighborhood so I thought I better give you a call"
Who would of thought johnny depp would become a super star
*have, "would have."
Well, lots of people who became big stars started out in a similar way. To name but a few: Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Aniston, John Goodman, Renee Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey.
It's Sharp Hand Joe!
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did ya come from Sharp Hand Joe
Nah, it's clearly Nightmare Feddy.
It is about time for this one. This is a classic film in more ways than one.
Favorite UA-camr.
I have school tomorrow but that shit can wait......best youtuber Dr. Wolfula!
Freddy controls dreams....The Dream Police.
They live inside of my head
Better Freddy than Jason... otherwise I would have taken a machete to my face already due to all x-rated shit I dream about.
I've watches this review atleast 10 times but haven't seen the movies . I went to the store earlier today and saw the 8 movie collection for nightmare on elm street and got it. I'll be watching them 1 each night for the next 8 nights and I owe it all to you Doc. Love the channel long time sub keep up the great work
One of my favorite slasher (horror movies)
1. F13
2.NOES
3.Halloween
4.TCM
5. Scream
6. Child Play
7.Hatchet
8. Final Destination
9. I Know what you did last summer
10. My Bloody Valentine
What is tcm what horror movie is that
Is it Texas chainsaw massacre
@@courtneyblanton3820 yea that's what it is Texas chainsaw massacre
Doc getting around to these classics. Nice!
I saw this in the theater last week. Great seeing it on the big screen
Watched this movie in theatres this year along with scream and the shining and it was a great experience, im 18 so i obviously never had a chance before
The movie reviews are my favorite. Love your sense of humor.
I never got the impression that Nancy's parents were still together. Considering that her mother sent her to school and then her dad was all, "WTF you going to school for?"
It's a bit weird when otherwise ordinary people try to get too deep into movie character's back stories. Wes Craven himself, along with most other filmmakers are the folk mostly puzzled by this obsession. Craven's first major release even had the tagline....it's only a movie
They where divorced
That Freddy car needs some upgrades, and Freddy needs to roll that thing out in the hood.
Happy AHHCTOBER everyone!!!
Great video! I can't believe Robert Shaye thought that the fake-out "gotcha" dream ending was better than the original! I've read reports that Craven and Shaye had a strained relationship, and I wonder if A Nightmare on Elm Street is where it started?
Probably. Craven only worked on 3 of the movies this, Dream Warriors, and New Nightmare aka the Nancy trilogy which are the ones people like the most
i like the nightmare on elm street movies, but my favorite is part one & part three. they're the best.
Same along with New Nightmare
1...2...Freddy’s coming for you
3...4... Better lock your door.
@@wstine79 5...6... Grab Your Crucifix
Lijster Awesome 7...8...Gonna stay up late
Keith Woods 7...8...better stay up late
That ending is epic and random af. Well done.
you really should review the whole series. would love to see updated versions
TEXAS CHAINSAW 2!!! It took hearing the opening 3 times before I realized where I have heard that song
Yesssssssss. Keep dropping content. It gets through my work day
God damn I just realised you have reviewed all the other freddy films and just now you are reviewing the first movie
Freddy can kill you anytime you fall asleep. But he enjoys playing with people's Minds And driving them insane 1st. My FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE SLASHER.
One of the greatest horror movies of all time!!!
"Wow, Johnny Depp has alot of blood in em."
Its a crime that your not more well known , keep up the great content we all love everything about it. ❤ vancouver b.c
Yes! The first film in the series
I like how Craven leads you to believe Tina is the main character, and that Nancy is just the best friend side character. I was utterly shocked over that when I saw it the first time. Even details like that Craven is good at.
But I would have to say, that aspect is likely borrowed from Psycho.
Great review... As always. I love how Freddy shoulder slinks on the same arm the glove is on... Little things like that make him the best slasher. Englund was able to add so many little perks to the character that someone with a mask isn't able to... Kane Hodder is the runner up in that area. Love the wolf bruh!!!
I just watched Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time (know I'm late to the party) and Wow I was blown away, the music,the atmosphere, scares based on actual fear and not jump scares, Freddy was likeable but I wanted him dead but that's because I loved the main character so much, such an amazing movie! ( should I watch the remake or the rest of the series ?)
1.2 freedys coming for you 3.4 lock your door 5.6 grab your crucifix
I’m so happy ahhctober is back!!!! Please do a review of the Hills Have Eyes remake (2006)
I just finished this video an hour ago, where's this making it weeks in advance stuff coming from? All requests are valid at any time.
by the way Nancy's parents are divorced but it's OK great review
Definitely enjoyed watching on my lunch break... on the Graveyard Shift.
Pretty sure that's a lamb, not a goat. "Lamb to the slaughter."
the glove is made from goat skin hence the goat in this film and other noes flicks
@@tonybones9638 I always assumed the glove was a regular leather working glove typically used in workshops. If it is made from goat, that's a neat bit of trivia. However, the animal shown in the movie is a lamb, not a goat.
I don't recall any sequel having either a goat or a lamb showing up in them. I am curious where your information comes from. I am well versed on this series' lore (it's my favorite horror franchise) and I had never heard that the glove was made of goat skin.
Freddy with the long accordion 🪗 arms running is SCARY AS F*** I WAS SHOOK AS A KID lol
Freddy the man behind the glove.
Well, I'm glad Freddy helped New Line get off the ground. They made the two good quality TMNT films in the 90s. Let us not speak of the third one. Or Bayturtles. Ugh.
If John Saxon can`t save you No one can !
I accept your hard work wolf
And the deleted scene with Nancy's mom telling Nancy she had siblings that were killed by Freddy.
I just rewatched it at a screening at full moon Cineplex in Hermitage Tennessee!
I noticed that freddy uses his regular voice throughout the film but uses his deeper more growly Freddy voice after he gets set on fire again. Like his throat got smoked out
You kinda sound like a higher pitched Cleveland from Family Guy at times.
Love it when you review the classics!
I thought Nightmare on Elm Street Part III was the best too! Though the first one is still an amazing film as well!
Great review Doc!
4:04 that bit about OJ was gold 😂
Nancy was supposed to have a brother that was killed by Freddy in the original draft a man shot scene of the mom telling Nancy about it when she shown her Freddy's glove. Just one back at you
Imagine those TLC families with a million kids existed at that time. Have a hard time keeping them away from Freddy
I love this channel, just found it May '21. Anywho, I'm here to set a few things straight. Yes, David was originally cast but between him and Robert was Charlie Sheen. However his scale pay in 84 was 1000$/wk. Also the budgetary restraints are the sole reason for no striped sleeves or full body burns. The original design per David Miller was a total burn, arms too with no sleeves and the body more exposed. Not to be that guy but I'm in my mid 40s and sadly Freddy was my life. Still is.
Still love the channel Wolfy
I joked that Freddy had a fireproof sweater because his chest was normal up until Dream Warriors where he showed his soul chest 😭 also I get why his chest wouldn’t be burnt his chest is only shown for like two seconds and the makeup would ruin the sweater because special effect makeup wasn’t that good back then
All of the boiler room footage in the film was shot in the basement of the Lincoln Heights Jail in Los Angeles, which was condemned shortly after production wrapped, due to high levels of asbestos.
The scene where Freddy's arms elongate were achieved by having men with fishing poles on each side of the alley operating a set of puppet arms attached to Robert Englund.
Alan Pasqua, Heather Langenkamp's boyfriend at the time of the shooting, is credited for creating Freddy's nursery rhyme.
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 (1985) and was also seen hanging on the wall of the work shed in Evil Dead II (1987). This was in response to the use of The Evil Dead (1981) 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 (1987) 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 (1972), 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.
Wes Craven's original concept for Freddy Krueger was considerably more gruesome, with teeth showing through the flesh over the jaw, pus running from the sores, and a part of the skull showing through the head. Make-up artist David B. Miller argued that an actor couldn't be convincingly made up that way, and a puppet would be hard to film and wouldn't blend well with live actors, so these ideas were eventually abandoned.
Film debut of Johnny Depp
It would take about three hours to get Robert Englund into his Freddy make-up.
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.
Amanda Wyss was handing out candy at her mom's house on the Halloween following the film's release and was surprised to see so many trick-or-treaters dressed as Freddy. She eventually told one of them that she played Tina in the movie, but he didn't believe her.
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.
According to Wes Craven, Robert Englund was not the first choice for the role of Fred Krueger. Craven had initially wanted a stuntman to play the part, but upon testing several stuntmen, he realized he needed a real actor. Other ideas was to cast a elderly actor but he feared they would be too soft for the way he would've wanted the character to act. Englund eventually got the part by showing up at his audition with ash smeared under his eyes to sink them, greasing his hair back with a dipstick from under the hood of his car, and blinking as little as possible.
According to Robert Englund, he based the physicality of Freddy on Klaus Kinski's performance in Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979). Englund also says on his DVD commentary that in his mind, the backstory for Freddy was based on something from his own childhood. On Valentine's Day when Englund was in school, everyone in the class made Valentine cards for one another, but there was one boy who received no cards from anyone. Englund theorized that this boy went on to become Freddy.
The sparking glove effect seen throughout the movie was achieved by attaching the glove to a car battery. The famous scraping noise was created by scratching a steak knife on the underside of a metal chair.
In the original script, Freddy's famous red-and-green sweater was red and yellow (based on the colors worn by Plastic Man, who, like Freddy, could change his form; the idea was that whatever Freddy changed into would be yellow and red). However, when Wes Craven read an article in "Scientific American" in 1982 that said the two most contrasting colors to the human retina were red and green, he decided to alter the colors.
The idea behind the glove was a practical one on Wes Craven's part, as he wanted to give the character a unique weapon, but also something that could be made cheaply and wouldn't be difficult to use or transport. At the time he was studying primal fears embedded in the subconscious of people of all cultures, and discovered that one of those fears is attack by animal claws. Around the same time, he saw his cat unsheathe its claws, and the two concepts merged, although in the original script the blades were fishing knives, not steak knives, as in the finished film.
Freddy Krueger was designed by Wes Craven to be the typical "silent" serial killer, such as Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. However, in the sequels, Freddy developed a cheeky persona that enabled him to be the black-humored villain.
The fictional address of the house in the film is 1428 Elm Street. The actual house where filming took place is located in Los Angeles, California, on 1428 North Genesee Avenue. The numbers "1428" on the side of the house were stolen and never returned according to the house's present owner, Angie Hill, who was quite upset over it. This is shown on the second disc of the documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010).
The words "Elm Street" are not spoken at all during the movie.
The little girl skipping rope was the daughter of the couple whose home was used as Tina's house.
Elm Street was named after Elm Street in Wheaton, Illinois, where Wes Craven went to college.
Glen was supposed to rise from the bed after the bed bloodbath scene, but that was cut.
The scene where Freddy presses through the wall above Nancy was shot by stretching a sheet of spandex across a hole in the wall and pressing against it. In the shot, Freddy is played by special effects designer Jim Doyle.
Although the character is credited as "Freddy" Krueger in the sequels and is more well-known by that name, he is credited as Fred Krueger in this film.
In this movie, Nancy is shown watching Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981) as she struggles to stay awake watching it. Craven decided to include the scene because Raimi had featured a poster of Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (1977) in that film as a jab to show audiences the movie they're watching is scarier than Craven's. As a response to Craven's in-joke, Raimi showed Freddy Krueger's glove in the tool shed scene of Evil Dead II (1987), and later in Ash vs Evil Dead (2015) in honor of his passing
Special make-up effects artist David B. Miller based Freddy's disfigurement on photographs of burn victims he saw at UCLA Medical Center.
Nancy's house has a blue door in this movie. In all of the sequels, it has the iconic red door.
The only "Nightmare on Elm Street" film where Freddy does not have stripes on the sleeves of his infamous sweater.
In the opening dream, Tina sees and hears lambs. This is a play on the phrase "Like a lamb to the slaughter," a phrase originating in the Bible. It means an innocent and helpless creatures that is unknowingly in danger, an apt description of Tina and her friends.
Charlie Sheen, John Cusack, Brad Pitt, Kiefer Sutherland, Nicolas Cage, and C. Thomas Howell were considered for the role of Glen.
Prior to making the film, Amanda Wyss had never seen a horror movie, and Heather Langenkamp had only ever seen Burnt Offerings (1976).
Heather Langenkamp's favorite of her performances.
Over 500 gallons of fake blood were used during filming.
Freddy Krueger has less than seven minutes of screen time.
Robert Englund cut himself the first time when he tried on the infamous Freddy glove.
An omen that Johnny Depp's character is about to die occurs as he is lying in bed listening to his radio. The broadcaster announces, "It's midnight, and you're listening to station KRGR." KRGR is "Krueger" without the vowels.
The poster above Glen's bed in his death scene is the "Grace Under Pressure" album cover by Canadian rock trio Rush.
Body count: 4
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.
Damn, thanks for the information.
Whens this channel gonna blow up
It's a recurring joke between my friends and I that John Saxon is playing the same character from Bob Clark's Black Christmas.
Been a fan since the start... ANOES is my favourite movie.
It was about time!
Excellent way to start the day! :) Thanks Doc :)
A Nightmare on Dr. Wolfula Street
One! Two! Wolfula's Coming For You!
@@thatonea-hole five, six, grab your crucifix
Nancy pull the Scooby Doo trap/Home alone on Freddy I that ending to bad about her mom tho
"yeah sure" idk why that line always makes me laugh 😂
“He’s also not masked his face is the scary shit no mask needed” 😂😂
They did the wall with Freddy coming out by stretching out a piece of spandex. Good video btw
Ahhtober2018 gonna be amazing for Wolfula 😈😈 can't wait for him to review the new Halloween 2018
I was wondering if you could review the original Terminator? Another great horror film released in the same year.
You said John Saxon doesn't step foot in his house until the end. It's not his house. Nancy's parents are divorced.
Source?
Glen's mother mentions that"Marge is all alone."
I've watched all 9 Freddy movies. Yes, even the reboot.
It is really nice to wake up with a notification of a new video from dr wolfula
Thanks for giving my Day a great start
I originally watched this movie when I was 8 (had horror movie obsessed parents) and as a kid I thought the 2nd movie was the best. However as an adult I love how dark and almost menacing freddy is in the first one its exactly like you said he didn't need to make anyone laugh with his jokes but him. He didn't have to ham it up or be goofy cuz he was beloved horror icon in the first one and it gave it, the movie, robert englunds portrayal an almost dirty basement grunge feeling.
Welcome to my world
Hey doc Wich one would win in a fight Michael Myers or Norman Bates
Michael Myers for sure
Yes
16:04 IMO when Nancy thinks she woke up and dragged Freddy into the real world she was actually still dreaming which is why her mother's corpse disappears into the bed after Freddy kills her. Then Freddy messes with Nancy by mocking what Glen told her about Balinese dreamers through disappearing, making her think she's beaten him and creating dream versions of Nancy's mother and friends to make her think she's brought them back to life through supposedly taking his power away only to trap her in a car and try to kill her. And even though she escapes the nightmare since she appears in Nightmare 3 Freddy wins in a sense.
Freddy’s Dead also shows Nancy didn’t need to take hypnocil for those 6 years as Freddy couldn’t invade the dreams of people outside springwood unless it’s through the dreams of someone that’s related to him which is dumb but effective
Also batshit must’ve happened in the span of a year for Nancy/Jesse/Freddy’s house to get that bad for how it’s seen in 3-6. Jesse moved out after 2 and was just wiped from existence at this point and all of a sudden the house looks like it’s been abandoned for years maybe Freddy’s doing because it was his home and he can invade the dreams of anyone who is in that house so he pulled a Pennywise and wanted to have a creepy haunted house to chill in
Great intro. Love the clips and the Oingo Boingo song.
@16:38 "once freddy is beamed up to the Enterprise" LMFAO *crying laughing*
I think it’s funny that they never mention “Elm Street” in the movie.
I thought the part when freedy stretches out his arms in the dark looked creepy as fuck! And the way he runs after her accompanied by the music. Creepy!!
When I was a kid and wanted to see the movie I had to turn it off at that part
16:36 When you said Freddy beams up to the Enterprise, I laugh out loud😆.
the whole film was originally supposed to be an extended dream of Nancy's there's an extended part of the scene where Miss Thomas reveals that Nancy wasn't originally an only child during the whole I have his murder weapon in the boiler
Also shown that Freddy didn’t die from the fire so Marge shot him which makes “Freddy’s dead because mommy killed him” makes more sense and Freddy was just messing with Nancy during the whole movie up until the end saving the best for last as she’s the daughter of Freddy’s murderer
“Ah holy shit” 😂😂
+ Doctor Wolfula your AAAHHctober reviews are awesome! Keep 'em comin'👍
Good review. I remember saw it when it comes out and enjoy it very much, it was quite original in is concept. I didn't like any of the sequel, except maybe the meta New Nightmare, witch was also and interesting concept.
Don’t give a fuck what people say this movie is a masterpiece will always be a classic
How have you gotten away with using this oingo boingo song ?
I just realize that this was Johnny Depp as one of the teens so does that mean Rango the Chameleon got slashed by Freddy
What's your opinion on old 80s exploitation horror film studios? Like High Moon, Troma, etc?
7:27 The illustration of Freddy is clearly wearing black stripes on his sweater. Millions of fans remember that freddy did NOT wear green stripes, but rather, black ones. It's a Mandela Effect. However, the illustrations of Freddy on toy boxes often serve as 'Mandela Residue' showing how he used to appear before the change.
I honestly thought they were green just a real dark green like Freddy’s sweater in Freddy vs Jason and just blended in with the dark but I do know that one photo of Freddy exists with black stripes. Then his sweater just kept getting brighter in the later films. His sweater was originally gonna be red and yellow but changed to red and black and later to red and green since they were opposite colors and didn’t go well and that was the point.
It’s funny Freddy and Chucky are few of the only slashers with colorful outfits and have very similar personalities
Just here to make sure someone roasts you over missing that Nancy's parents are obviously divorced and that isn't his house anymore.
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My work here is done.
AYYYYYE!
OINGO BOINGO!
It's good to know that "Dead Man's Party" isn't the only great Halloween Oingo Boingo jam 😭
Now he spends all his talent on Tim Burton , still AMAZING
Let's be real here, all child serial murderers(which excludes the only other option, domestic shit in the family, like parents killing their kids.) ever have been pedos. Even before I heard about him originally being a child molester, I just assumed he was. Even back when I was like 12 years old, I just figured they weren't allowed to make a character a pedophile in a movie for some reason, so they just said he was a child killer. I never understood why people got pissed about him being a pedophile in the remake, he was literally no different in my mind. If it makes you feel better about him to think of him as just a child murderer, good for you I guess, but I've never been able to separate Freddy from being a child molester, because child killer=child molester, always.
Been watching for 2 years, still love you!
14:39 Oaww shit look at all that Johnny Depp blood! 😂😂😂