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...first Nightmare, written and directed by Wes Craven, was a supple, evocative parable of vulnerability and triumph. Nancy Thompson (the splendid Heather Langenkamp) is isolated in adolescence. Her divorced parents are drunk or too distant; her friends are too weak to save themselves or her. So as in Psycho and Halloween, a young woman must act alone against evil. No man can defeat this creature with his strength; she must face him with her brains and purity. "These pictures are boot camps for the psyche," Craven says. "The only choice is to act or die. They are about kids' accepting...
...special effects toward the shoestring spectacular. Freddy now delivers double entendres like a James Bond boogeyman and devises custom-made tortures like the wardens of Room 101 in 1984. But he still represents the thing teens love to hate: Dad. "Freddy is the most ruthless primal father," says Craven. "The adult who wants to slash down the next generation." No keys to the car, Son. And no clean beaches, no safe streets, no safe sex, no noble politicians. Just a zillion-dollar debt for you to pay, and a nuclear winter that lasts forever. Adults ruined the world and created...
...British journalist/alcoholic in search of the big story that will pay for his drinking bouts. And Larry Kramer, the disillusioned Bronx assistant district attorney, hoping always for the big case that will earn him a promotion. And finally the Reverend Bacon, a Black Machiavelli who barters racial fury for craven ends...
Cohen: Obviously, Universal, like every movie studio, wants everything. We know that the target audience is obviously from the Wes Craven crowd. That is the most certain way we're going to pull an audience in. Everyone that loved Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 2, and 3 will say, "OK, I want a really good scary movie. I want my girlfriend to grab my arm," and the whole thing. We are hoping that through the reviews and by talking with journalists and us going on the road, we can begin communicate that there are other levels to this movie that...
...only unfortunate thing, besides the verdict, was that it would have been nice to have had the testimony of the three other women" who were allegedly involved in the prostitution ring, Craven said. The prosecution was unable to locate the women, whose testimony, Craven said, would have enhanced Kidd...