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So Nightmare on Elm Street is one of my favorite horror franchises and I know New Nightmare is well regarded but I decided to revisit it tonight and I just don’t find it that scary. I appreciate the meta approach of having the original actors and Craven play themselves and make Freddy its own entity, which Craven would branch off into with the Scream franchise. The movie makes obvious references to the first Nightmare but just doesn’t have the same effect. As a kid I remember the most memorable scene was the babysitter getting killed in the hospital, but it was a rehash/homage to the killing of Tina.

Speaking of Scream, that came out when I was in middle school and understood the reference to other horror movies but I had a hard time sleeping that night out of the notion that two teenagers were psychopaths who easily killed their peers (plus this was before Columbine). That was really hard for me to process and kept me up.

 

Sometimes I legit cannot even handle how perfect a movie Scream is. It was such a iconic pop culture phenomenon as a kid too. It was inescapable.

 

Teddy Ruxpin Chucky

 

Won't lie, I kinda enjoyed the Scream TV series too.

 

I saw that it’s on Netflix today and I genuinely can’t remember if I watched the second season or not. That kind of sums up my feelings about it.

 

Can't be as bad as Slasher season 2.

 

That I’ve never seen any of. Scream was fine but entirely forgettable.

 

The series was pretty good. Didn't get good ratings which probably says a lot though. Sucks the same thing happened with the Exorcist .

 

Rewatching the first Purge for the first time in a while and just realized Bishop from Election Year is in too.

 

he's in all 3 actually (learned that myself from the Kill Counts last week)

 

Syfy Axes Annual “Twilight Zone” Fourth of July Marathon in Favor of ‘Elm Street’ Marathon

okay, the twilight zone is my favorite show ever - i even have a twilight zone tattoo - but i am so about this

 

Same exact experience. It IS my favorite horror franchise and when I revisited New Nightmare last year, which I had nothing but fond memories of, I was a bit disappointed

 

Omg is this why the remake was playing at the gym tonight?? I was floored. I hate the remake but there's something about exercising while watching someone cut their own throat! I was actually surprised nobody complained or changed it cause it's a family gym

 

The gym my sister goes to shows movies and one night she texted me (she hates horror movies) saying “OMG they’re showing the It movie why are they doing this?!”

 

Got to watch Nightmare on Elm Street 2 while working out today so thank u Syfy.

 

I watched it too and now on to Dream Warriors

 

Twilight Zone 4th marathon used to be a staple

 

Apparently it’s playing all day on the Decades Network

https://tv.avclub.com/what-better-way-to-celebrate-the-4th-than-bingeing-the-1827288902#strkjwbo1

 

At first I found myself not really liking The Devils Candy, but damn did that movie get intense. Loved it.

I’m about 10 min in to Oculus right now. Here’s the current list of movies to watch I’ve been making over the last couple weeks reading this forum,any others that are highly recommended that I’m missing are welcomed.

The autopsy of Jane doe (showtime?)
The Wailing (Netflix)
A girls walks home alone at night
Kill List
Revenge
Starry eyes
Blackcoats daughter
Darling
Carnage park
The house of the devil
The guest
Pyewacket
It comes at night (prime)
Cabin in the woods
The fourth kind
Green room (prime)
You’re next
mother!

 

Just saw The First Purge and it wasn't nearly as good or as fun as the previous two. Decent, but mostly forgettable.

 

Bolded are all high recommends from me.
I would also add:

The Eyes of My Mother (Netflix)
Last Shift (Netflix)
Mayhem (Shudder)
A Dark Song (Netflix)
It Follows (Netflix)
We Are Still Here (Shudder)
The Invitation (Netflix)
Southbound

 

currently watching a dark song during a slow work day and i am nervous

 

Hold The Dark, Saulnier’s next film sounds promising.

Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Riley Keough, and Jeffrey Wright.

 

Catching up a little bit. Scream is as good as everyone above says and then some.

The First Purge was meh. I wasn't crazy about the previous ones and Idk why I thought this time would be different.