The Nightmare On Elm Street (Seven Disc Collector's Edition) [DVD]

I have only recently really got into Horror movies, and when I saw this pretty cheap I thought I would give it ago and get the series.

The first is, of cause, the classic. I would not put it down as one of the all time film classics, but it it still one of the better films. The graphics are, at times, a bit dated. Particulary when Freddy comes after Nancy in the alley way and extends his arms to try and get her. But other than that a pretty solid film. The ending's a bit weird to.

Part 2 - an ok film on its own, but it just does not fit in with the rest of the series. It's about a boy called Jesse who is possesed and has nothing to do with dreams. It has the feel of a film that had little time taken over the story in an atempt to just get it released.

Part 3 - My personal favorite. this film brings us back to the old style of freedy and dreams. It also brings back some ofthe original cast form the first film and has some interesting deaths. It also starts the Freddy puns which give a bit of comic relief.

Part 4 - The Dream Master. This film is a bit wierd at times. It centres around Alice who brings pepole into her dreams for Freddy to kill. Having said that, the finale is pretty cool, especially when Freddy is torm apart by all the souls he's collected.

Part 5 - This film shows the beginings of a lack of Ideas, as a rather random idea about Freddy trying to entre the world through Alice's unborn baby is used. The Freddy backstory in this film is good, but other than that the film is not as good as some of the others.

Part 6 - This film clearly shows all the signs of an idea stretched too far. set after all the kids in Springwood have been killed except one, who stumbles into an out of town home for orphaned kids which just happens to be run by Freddy's, never before mentioned, daughter. When Freddy tries to use thier dreams to break free of Springwood Father and daughter meet head to head, one last time. Again the Freddy back story in this film is good but it is struggling to keep the franchise going. The original 3D ending is on this disk (under special features) but this set does not give you any 3D Glasses. Just warning you.

New Nightmare - this film, like part 2, does not really fit in with the rest of the franchise but it is still one of the better films. Set as if Freddy became real and is stalking the son of Heather Langekamp. Some of the actors from earlier Freddy films come back as themselves the whole thing is filmed like a docudrama, prettending to be real life, with Wes Craven writing a film script of the evetns, before & after they happen, as if he'd seen them in Dreams.

Overall this is a pretty good series. there are some films in it that are wore than others(particulary in the latter part of the sieres), but on the whole most of them are ok. For a box set there are little or no special features which is a bummer (Particularly when some boxsets have more bonus features disks than actual films e.g. Aliens) and the set is missing the 2003 Freddy vs. Jason, which I also own and is as good as New Nightmare. I brought this without seeing any of the films before and liked it, so If you aere a horror fan and aint seen/got this I would advise getting it but just watch out for the weaker films.

All seven Freddy feature films: 'A Nightmare On Elm Street', 'A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge', 'A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors', 'A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master', 'A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 - The Dream Child', 'Freddy's Dead' and 'Wes Craven's - The New Nightmare'.

This is one , No the best

collection ever,

better than halloween!!!!

Deaths are either

scary, gory and even funny

(in a good way)

Here are the best in order to me!!!!

:

1/ A nightmare on elm street 6

2/ Wes cravens new nightmare

3/ A nightmare on elm street 4

4/ A nightmare on elm street 2

5/ A nightmare on elm street

6/ A nightmare on elm street 5

7/ A nightmare on elm street 3

These were all amazing though!!!

Iv'e always loved the Nightmare on Elm Street films and their wierd and wonderful death scenes so when the new 7 disc set came out i was gagging to get my hands on one.
This box set has all the films (1 to 7) and has a great booklet that comes with it that gives stories, info, cast lists, and reviews about each film. It also includes a page of what Wes Craven thinks about the series.
For a "collectors edition" it doesnt have many special features but Wes Cravens New Nightmare includes a good selection of commentaries and other good features.
This box set also includes a great front and back cover wich makes it look great!
If you like horrors or slashers then you must buy this!