WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE When Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday became a respectable horror hit in 1993, its (new) parent company New Line Cinema realized that the lucrative thing to do would be to re-vitalize the franchise of its other in-house horror icon, Fred Krueger (who did make a memorable appearance at the end of Jason Goes To Hell). Instead of constructing a new Springfield story involving new Elm Street kids, they instead opted on a highly innovative approach to the project -- let the story of this new movie revolve around the creators of the series. Insane as it may sound at first, it works marvelously. Most of the performers in this film portray themselves, including Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Wes Craven and Robert Englund, who has to double-duty of playing himself plus the real-world manifestation of Fred Krueger. Without giving away too much, it seems that the movie character of Krueger has awakened an ancient demon who has assumed Krueger's person to carry out havoc upon the real world -- particularly upon the makers and performers of the Elm Street movies. Where normal Hollywood dark inside jokes would abound, none is really found here. Instead, we get an intelligent, remarkably cohesive movie-within-a- movie. And no mention of Jason Voorhees is made here, although that's of little consequence; a mere nine years later, Freddy Vs. Jason would come roaring onto screens and bag over $80 at the box office. Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. << Previous Review | Next Review >> Cast: Jeffrey John Davis .... Freddy's Hand Double Heather Langenkamp .... Herself Miko Hughes .... Dylan Matt Winston .... Chuck Rob LaBelle .... Terry David Newsom .... Chase Porter Wes Craven .... Himself Marianne Maddalena .... Herself Gretchen Oehler .... Script Supervisor Tracy Middendorf .... Julie Cully Fredricksen .... Limo Driver Bodhi Elfman .... TV Studio P.A Sam Rubin .... Himself Robert Englund .... Freddy Krueger/Robert Englund Claudia Haro .... New Line Receptionist Sara Risher .... Herself Robert Shaye .... Himself Cindy Guidry .... Kim at New Line Ray Glanzmann .... Highway Patrolman Yonda Davis .... Highway Patrolwoman Michael Hagiwara .... Coroner W. Earl Brown .... Morgue Attendant Kenneth Zanchi .... Minister Nick Corri .... Himself Tuesday Knight .... Herself Beans Morocco .... Graveyard Worker John Saxon .... Himself Tamara Mark .... Patrice Englund Fran Bennett .... Dr. Heffner Lin Shaye .... Nurse with Pills Deborah Zara Kobylt .... Newscaster Diane Nadeau .... Counter Nurse Star-Shemah .... ICU Nurse Lou Thornton .... ICU Nurse Cynthia Savage .... ICU Nurse Jessica Craven .... Junior Nurse with Needle Sandra Ellis Lafferty Thomas G. Burt .... Security Officer Tina Vail .... Nurse Abbott << Back