It’s about Heather Langenkamp (played by Heather Langenkamp), the actress who played Nancy. This is a weird thing that does come across as a passion project. Well done, people.Īnd then I skipped the last two sequels and went straight for 1994’s New Nightmare. Part III also features a ton of Catholicism (the climax is just, let’s do a corporal work of mercy!) and a spectacular head-in-the-television kill. Part III has unexpected, slightly haunting photos and pictures in the group-therapy room of the hospital, clasping hands and similar uncertain symbolism. You can see the difference in the first two sequels from the set dressing: Part II has the usual rock posters on the kids’ walls, like Klymaxx and similar proofs of heterosexuality. Angelo Badalamenti’s music is great, and there’s quite a bit of fun with low or high camera angles, emphasizing the teens’ relative power (as the current threat to Elm Street) or powerlessness (as teenagers in a mental hospital). She sounds so young! So delighted in her degeneracy. It’s a bit programmatic, but the imagery is still fresh and character-driven: I specifically loved when the surly girl turns herself punk, says, “In my dreams I am beautiful… and bad!”, and busts out two tiny switchblades. Nancy and her luxe locks urge the children to band together to defeat Freddy using the special abilities they have in their dreams. Nancy, the original heroine, returns as a psychiatrist treating the sleep disorders of a passel of alienated Elm Street teens. Part III has so much more love for its characters, though.
Worth seeing if you like that kind of thing! They certainly lived up to their reputations! Part II would be perfunctory if it weren’t so insistently homosexual–it is both homoerotic and homophobic, truly the chocolate and the peanut butter of 1980s cinema. He fathered a raft of sequels and reboots, and I’ve finally watched the three that seemed like they might be worth it: NOES Pt II aka The Gay One, NOES Part III aka The Good One, and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare aka The Meta One. It’s sleazy but not cruel.Īnd Freddy, the child-murderer with the fistful of claws, is iconic. It’s so attentive to its audience’s lowest pleasures (the hand in the bath!!!!!) without feeling contemptuous toward its characters. It really captured the gooey logic of dreams: Freddy’s absurd undulating arms, the sticky stairs, the primary colors and the violence. But when I finally saw the original NOES I was enthralled. I’m not into slashers as a rule even Halloween I only like.
2015 GAY MOVIES MOVIE
Then I grew up, and assumed I wouldn’t actually like the movie that much.