Scream or Nightmare on Elm Street?
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dopeyguy89 — 10 years ago(August 31, 2015 07:17 PM)
I grew up watching A Nightmare on Elm Street as a kid, and by the time Scream was released I was a teenager and could enjoy it more having just devoured every 80's slasher flick there was. And the best of them was the Nightmare series. It was imaginative, it was fun, yes at times a little silly but the first film was creepy, had characters we cared about and a villain we could truly be frightened of.
Scream was just fun in my opinion, it was more of Craven's talent behind the camera being he didn't write the screenplay. Nightmare is my vote because Craven was the genius behind it. And Wes Craven's New Nightmare should get an honorable mention as well. -
Littlebitsofgaming — 10 years ago(September 01, 2015 02:02 AM)
Scream was great at the time, but it has not aged well and the film is pretty bland now.
Nightmare is timeless and changed horror forever. It gave us a unique take on a horror icon, genuine original horror scenes.
Plus Wes only directed Scream, where as he wrote and directed Nightmare, and you can really tell the drop in quality with the writing in Scream.
And so, God came forth and proclaimed widescreen is the best.
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tedsar — 10 years ago(September 22, 2015 01:22 AM)
I personally prefer Scream to Nightmare, but you cannot deny the cultural impact Nightmare on Elm Street had on the horror-genre.
Like, it was so iconic that nobody could imitate it. There were heaps of Scream rip-offs, but when it comes to 'Dream-stalker' movies, Freddy owns that beep -
emmareden — 10 years ago(October 12, 2015 09:17 PM)
Hard decision because I love them both. I also watched them both only in the last few years, not when they were current.
I think I'll go with Scream. I love that the scream series is one of the only horror's *(that I know of) that keeps a core cast. And what a cast! Sidney Prescott is my hero! If everyone around her didn't die, I'd want to be her friend. I love how badass she is and it was one of the first and few horror's that there was some kickass female characters. Even Wes acknowledges that horror was/is (I still think it can be) incredibly misogynistic so I think Sidney (and even Gale) were really important characters to have! I generally am not a fan of parodies so I love the way Scream combined the humourous and horror 1354elements. It was still scary and interesting but obviously mocking the genre.
Nightmare is great too, when I was a teenager (about 10 years ago) I saw the first one under my older brother's advice. I loved Freddy! He was terrifying! The concept of the whole dream invasion was unique and scary. I still don't know anyone that has done that nearly as well as Nightmare, partly because I think anyone would be too scared/stupid to really try! Now that I'm older (25) I've just polished off the whole series. I'm conflicted because I know how bad Freddy is but I actually love him haha. I think the first three were definitely the best but Wes Craven's New Nightmare was REALLY cool and re-invigorated the series for me!
I guess the thing that stands out to me between the two films is that (for me) Scream is about the survivors kicking ass with the mystery of who is the killer this time, whereas Nightmare is more so about Freddy and what crazy way will he kill next. Now I love these both but I really do like the survivor angle of Scream. I'd heard that both the Friday the `13th and Nightmare sequuels got really crap and watching Friday the 13th sequels first, I was worried about the Nightmare one's but they held up MUCH stronger than Jason imo. I gave up on F13 at around 6-7, whereas I still enjoyed the Nightmare sequels whilst acknowledging they'd weakened!
Ok, I so didn't mean to write a whole essay! Sorry haha!