Wes Craven's New Nightmare
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Synopsis
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
Cast
- Jf Davis
- Heather Langenkamp
- Miko Hughes
- Matt Winston
- Rob LaBelle
- David Newsom
- Wes Craven
- Marianne Maddalena
- Gretchen Oehler
- Robert Englund
Letterboxd User Reviews
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- Jul 1, 2020
"The fans, god bless em, they're clamorring for more. I guess evil never dies, right?" "It was a script... it was a dream." The consequence of working in arts and production and being able to turn your dreams into reality is that you can inadvertently do the same with…
Josh LewisSep 6, 2015I'm a huge Wes Craven fan, so I was expecting to like this, but I didn't expect it to unsettle me as much as it did. It's silly in the special way Craven movies are, and often very funny. Lots of the special effects look weird and dated (though they do look more 2002 than…
sydneyOct 31, 2021Meta horror is so annoying unless it's Wes
KYK - Sep 28, 2021
The most Wes Craven that Wes Craven has ever Wes Craven'd
BrodyOct 24, 2021Reality, meet fantasy. I adore the first two acts of this movie, culminating in what may be my favorite sequence in this franchise—after the freeway scene when heather runs back to her home where she cinematic king John Saxon starts talking to her… The moment he stops…
Ian WestOct 29, 202384 Wes Craven's ode to the fantasies and nightmares of his career. Scary, silly, deeply moving - the Craven special. Heather/Nancy's dive into Freddy's netherworld dreamscape is one of the greatest moments in 90s horror.
SilentDawn - Jun 17, 2026
Easily, one of my favorite Freddy movies. Possibly my favorite. I go back and forth on which one I like more, this one or the original. I'm pretty sure nothing will top the original for me...but man this one comes close. This was such a different type of movie back…
MizfitMathewSep 10, 2020New Nightmare is the best one in the franchise after the original and Dream Warriors. The plot is so meta, blurring lines between reality and fantasy. In previous sequels Freddy became more camp than scary, Wes brought him back to his scary roots here. Tho the movie feels…
NakulSep 2, 2019There really isn’t a review I could write to do justice to the relationship I have to this movie. It came out when I was like 15 years old so it was that time when I was getting physically close to being able to see R rated movies on my own, but I still technically couldn’t…
Tony the Terror
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- GENAI lovedWes Craven's New Nightmare
I genuinely can’t believe what I just watched… ABSOLUTELY insane. Like this is easily my favorite Nightmare movie, and honestly one of my favorite sequel installments to a franchise. Literally the most meta movie I’ve ever seen, ridiculously creative and genuinely good scares😭❤️🔥
Tiger Z likedWes Craven's New NightmareThank God Craven returned to the series. This movie was a genius idea and creative. Main flaws are some of the writing and part of Freddy’s new appearance. Great acting from Robert as expected. It’s also missing more action. Best sequel in the series. 7.5/10 Fav Scene - Miss Me?
anton chigurh likedWes Craven's New NightmareThis movie takes the franchise into a whole new direction. It was cool to see Nancy come back and her character was more convincing this time around. I think her son Dylan got a bit too much screen time and Freddy didn’t get enough. Probably the ‘scariest’ of all the films.
- Andrikk0s likedWes Craven's New Nightmare
Imagine making a horror movie about you being in a horror movie about you writing and directing a horror movie while you wrote and directed this horror movie while you are also the director of it. “Ha-ha-ha. I touched him” Freddy are you a pedo now?
Scranton Strangler lovedWes Craven's New NightmareOne of my favorite Freddy movies if the whole series. For sure a fun and creepy change up to this already bonkers horror series. This one stretched the line between reaputy and the dream world even thinner. Nancy returns which is great.
kendra jo likedWes Craven's New Nightmarethis was actually a really cool idea & well written. craven took the dreams vs reality concept one step further—to fiction vs life. some of the visual effects were kinda bad but i really enjoyed the story.
- Morgan dislikedWes Craven's New Nightmare
so confusing and terrible but very fun to make fun of
boo dislikedWes Craven's New Nightmaredidn’t really rock with this one
Chief Saqif likedWes Craven's New Nightmarekhorsandi right there
Atom Users Reviews
Reviews
- JWJeremy Warner
Metacritic
I haven't been exactly a fan of the Nightmare series, but I found this movie, with its unsettling questions about the effect of horror on those who create it, strangely intriguing.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The cinematic horror genre, like the science fiction one, has been badly hamstrung by poor films, and several of the Nightmare on Elm Street entries have been at the forefront of the decline. Therefore, it's somewhat ironic that one of the most intelligent and creative efforts to come along in a while bears the Nightmare theme, title, and signature villain.
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
Genre thrills with a big dose of originality.
Kim Newman
Empire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)?
The movie is 1hr 52min long.
What's Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) about?
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
Who's the cast of Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)?
- Jf Davis as Freddy's Hand Double
- Heather Langenkamp as Heather Langenkamp
- Miko Hughes as Dylan
- Matt Winston as Chuck
- Rob LaBelle as Terry
- David Newsom as Chase Porter
- Wes Craven as Wes Craven
- Marianne Maddalena as Marianne Maddalena
- Gretchen Oehler as Script Supervisor
- Robert Englund as Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger
Who's the director behind Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)?
Wes Craven directed Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994).
Who produced Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)?
Marianne Maddalena produced Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994).
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