At a time when the slasher film was dying — flooded with the excess of thoughtless Halloween ripoffs and 1980s bloodbaths, Craven revigorated the genre by introducing an element of the supernatural and transporting the action to the world of dreams, where anything goes. read more
After the movie was a hit, rumors abounded that Freddy vs Jason vs Ash was next, or maybe even Freddy vs Jason vs Michael Myers. But just as quickly as this movie came out, New Line had another success with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, and the horror remake craze began, ending Robert Englund’s tenure as Freddy. read more