tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post2617692468877581854..comments2024-03-27T17:57:27.840-04:00Comments on Final Girl: The Nightmare-ening Day 1: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)Stacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-41762025761374244132016-02-08T09:53:09.820-05:002016-02-08T09:53:09.820-05:00Oh thanks very much, I appreciate it! Terrific sit...Oh thanks very much, I appreciate it! Terrific site, gonna add y'all to the blogroll. And I am a twitter-less lass, I am afraid.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-3487521596429913332016-02-07T12:06:05.362-05:002016-02-07T12:06:05.362-05:00Love your blog. I co-run a blog on horror (Horror ...Love your blog. I co-run a blog on horror (Horror Homeroom) and just tweeted your posts on Nightmare in Elm Street. We're running a series on Final Girls for Women in Horror Month and today was Nancy! Are you on Twitter?Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116901095454274758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-40438481954139106152016-01-27T10:27:50.045-05:002016-01-27T10:27:50.045-05:00I do like the main theme–it's as iconic as HAL...I do like the main theme–it's as iconic as HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13th without a doubt.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-83367164632470461412016-01-27T07:55:08.330-05:002016-01-27T07:55:08.330-05:00I heart this movie so much I just HAD to request a...I heart this movie so much I just HAD to request a scene sketch on the back cover of my copy of Slashers 101, which you dutifully NAILED! Still one of my favourite things ever.<br /><br />I have to say though I LOVE the score for this movie. The deep, bassy synth notes that dive into a low rumble, the high string notes that are held so long it just makes you feel SOMETHING weird is gonna happen but you'll never be able to guess what because of the way this movie messes with reality - love it. It's giving me goosepumpernickels just thinking about it.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541684289126822688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-87077314531484849732016-01-19T23:10:15.361-05:002016-01-19T23:10:15.361-05:00YAY for the Movie Loft shout out! :D
I really, re...YAY for the Movie Loft shout out! :D<br /><br />I really, really enjoyed this Nightmare flick. It seems like the perfect party slasher flick. Like you said, it's lean and moves fast and keeps the scares and kills coming so it rarely gets dull. It makes a better group watch than some of the horror movies I like more.<br /><br />And yay! Final Girl does rock! lostphrackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16028450849724887396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-74249226109033961632016-01-19T13:58:16.536-05:002016-01-19T13:58:16.536-05:00Ha, thanks! Yeah, .com has long since been taken, ...Ha, thanks! Yeah, .com has long since been taken, but I thought this would be even better :) I should post about it and draw attention to it or something!Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-37991248394398387272016-01-19T12:53:47.350-05:002016-01-19T12:53:47.350-05:00Off topic, but I agree with the new domain. :DOff topic, but I agree with the new domain. :DJ. Skel LaTourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649267298318023298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-14515524340170582352016-01-19T12:09:05.229-05:002016-01-19T12:09:05.229-05:00It's totally obvious in retrospect, but it sud...It's totally obvious in retrospect, but it suddenly strikes me how this is one of the only horror movies aimed at teens without being...kiddie and stupid. The characters are young and have no real concept of adulthood (see "I look twenty..."), the parents are all assholes no matter what, etc. Contrasting with something like, say, HALLOWEEN–the characters are teens and speak like teens, but the film is aimed at adults.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-3132904179931284732016-01-19T10:48:15.988-05:002016-01-19T10:48:15.988-05:00I vividly remember first heating about A Nightmare...I vividly remember first heating about A Nightmare on Elm Street. Everyone at my high school was talking about it right after it came out. I was walking down the corridor between classes and overheard some girl saying to her friends "...and he had these razor blades on his hands and he was scraping them along the furnace making this 'screeeeeech' sound! It was so freaky!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-80933666710008276402016-01-19T07:24:55.578-05:002016-01-19T07:24:55.578-05:00There's this sense that horror movies have to ...There's this sense that horror movies have to end with a cheap "the evil continues" jump-scare just in case they get to make a sequel, but it's always so narratively unsatisfying that it often ends up coloring your entire perception of the film. It's the number one reason why so many people leave an otherwise enjoyable horror movie saying they hated it. They didn't hate the story itself, usually, just the jump-scare tacked onto the end.Nicholas Kaufmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197620904585990376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-15923722984706748292016-01-19T01:35:15.692-05:002016-01-19T01:35:15.692-05:00IT MAKES NO SENSE. I mean, so many horror movie en...IT MAKES NO SENSE. I mean, so many horror movie endings don't make sense (hello PIECES), but NIGHTMARE is really bad. I hate that there (almost) always has to be the stupid coda, usually with a jump scare.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88447161540945292742016-01-18T22:35:08.590-05:002016-01-18T22:35:08.590-05:00My favorite Nightmare on Elm Street moment is when...My favorite Nightmare on Elm Street moment is when Nancy looks at her reflection, sees a white streak in her hair, and exclaims with horror, "Oh God, I look twenty years old!"<br /><br />Least favorite Nightmare on Elm Street moment: that coda at the end. It's so stupid and it undoes everything that makes the story work, in my opinion. So many horror movies don't know how to end properly, and unfortunately Nightmare is one of them.Nicholas Kaufmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197620904585990376noreply@blogger.com