R.I.P. Wes Craven
- Thread starter Ol'Skool Classic
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I remember watching A Nightmare On The Street in the theater. I was scared and I loved it. I then seen Swamp Thing. It was pretty good.
Wes Craven created Freddie Kruger after an experience with a man who wore a fedora and looked at Wes and his brother through the bedroom window. Craven put a lot of humor and intelligence into his horror films. He was one of a kind.
Thank you, Wes. Rest In Peace.
Wes Craven created Freddie Kruger after an experience with a man who wore a fedora and looked at Wes and his brother through the bedroom window. Craven put a lot of humor and intelligence into his horror films. He was one of a kind.
Thank you, Wes. Rest In Peace.
Morning Star
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Small loss.
Bliss
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Yeah, no one forgets where they were the first time they watched ANMOES
Never knew the creep inspiration for Freddie. How eerie. Makes it all the more real.
The best lines for me was (paraphrasing from memory) "Whatever you do, DON'T fall asleep!" (to Johnny Depp). *shivers*
And when the mother says, "it's a dream, he's not real", and she says, "he's not real mama? Then how did I pull his hat out of my dreams? It says Freddie Krueger, mom, he's real!"
(Gotta find the actual verbiage exchange, lol)
Even more interesting was the story of a young boy in South East Asia who had a coffee making machine under his bed. His parents took him to a doctor to try to figure out why he was acting that way. He was treated and the coffee machine was removed. The boy was still afraid. He died the next day. Whatever this boy dreamed about must've been too horrible to describe. This gave Freddie Kruger some legitimacy because he is a night terror and the result of what happens when one takes the law into their own hands.
Bliss
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Was the coffee machine because of the movie? Was he so terrified of Freddy? I know l was afraid to sleep the first time l saw the movie.
Can you clarify?
The incident with the boy happened before Craven wrote the script. Nobody knows what the boy saw in his dream. Freddie Kruger is a night terror. He became a lot worse when he was killed by the parents of Springfield who took the law into their own hands.
Ol'Skool Classic
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"Baby's fat! You're fat! Fat & juicy!!"
Ol'Skool Classic
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The original 1977 version of the Hills Have Eyes which Wes Craven directed.
That line was uttered by the character above, the cannibal hillbilly called Mars. The cannibal hillbillies were are all named after planets I recall, at least the males featured: Papa Jupiter, Mars & horror/sci-fi legend Micheal Berryman as Pluto.
Bliss
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The original 1977 version of the Hills Have Eyes which Wes Craven directed.
That line was uttered by the character above, the cannibal hillbilly called Mars. The cannibal hillbillies were are all named after planets I recall, at least the males featured: Papa Jupiter, Mars & horror/sci-fi legend Micheal Berryman as Pluto.
Ah thanks. This dude looks familiar.
The Hills Have Eyes...heard of it a lot, never seen it. Characters sound real creepy.
The original 1977 version of the Hills Have Eyes which Wes Craven directed.
That line was uttered by the character above, the cannibal hillbilly called Mars. The cannibal hillbillies were are all named after planets I recall, at least the males featured: Papa Jupiter, Mars & horror/sci-fi legend Micheal Berryman as Pluto.
Michael Berryman was funny as the principal in 3:00 High. He even made an appearance in Weird Science. He was hilarious as a member of the Firefly family in The Devil's Rejects with Sid Haifa and Ken Foree(Dawn Of The Dead, 1978, as Peter).