New Nightmare (aka Wes Craven’s New Nightmare) Movie Review

Doesn't Wes Craven realize the trail of breadcrumbs got Hansel and Gretel hopelessly lost? With the reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street hitting theaters this April, Now Playing Podcast continues its retrospective with Wes Craven's New Nightmare. A decade after the original film launched the franchise, Freddy had become a pop culture icon, complete with catchphrases, sequels, and a merchandising empire. But in this bold reinvention, Wes Craven pulls Freddy out of the movie world and into our own. Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund play versions of themselves as a darker, more primal incarnation of the dream demon begins invading reality. No longer content with sequels, The Evil Formerly Known As Freddy (TEFKAF) wants control. Is Craven's post-modern reinvention an inspired new direction for the series, or a trail of breadcrumbs leading nowhere? Listen and find out!