Tim’s Slasher Tweet Reviews: “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare” (1991)

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We are now back from Indianapolis with TEDDY by our side (updates later on all the details of Horrorhound Weekend) with another Nightmare review. This time on the black sheep of the series: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. While successful at the box office, both critics and fans took a beating to this one. Is it really THAT bad? Tim Schilling finds out with a brand new tweet by tweet review.

Thoughts before the film:
I love this series so far. Everyone says this is the bottom of the barrel. I can handle bad. Let’s go.

Thoughts while watching:
0:03 Dreams where you’re falling are the worst, I have em all the time.
0:04 Okay Freddy, Wicked Witch of the West.
0:11 Where did Alice go?
0:21 6 booths… Some town fair these people have.
0:26 This town is actually pretty cool now. The ppl are all crazy cause there aren’t kids anymore & it’s basically abandoned.
0:32 I can see how the tricycle is kind of symbolic, but showing it in every single shot possible ruins it.
0:36 Carlos’ dream really makes no sense at all.
0:41 This is Freddy’s what, fourth kid? It’s not a big deal anymore.
0:43 Thanks for the video on drugs Johnny Depp. Very insightful.
0:46 Freddy sucks at killing people. Go back to human puppets and maybe I’ll take that back.
0:47 So what, is everyone a dream warrior now?
0:53 I love it when the person they made out to be the main character of the movie dies 50 minutes in.
1:03 Every town has an Elm Street.
1:08 The dream people gave him this job, does that mean there’s more people like Freddy!?
1:15 I actually really like that they’re showing Freddy’s past. It’s kinda cool.
1:22 Freddy is getting so messed up right now.
1:25 Wow, that was possibly the most lame and boring way to end a movie/supposed to be end of a series.

Final Verdict:
I thought the plots of 4 & 5 were confusing, but #FreddysDead made no sense at all. Jumped all over the place & was just hard to follow. Uninteresting characters, and the awesome effects from the other movies were gone. What I did like was the backstory they told of Freddy.

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Tim’s Slasher Tweet Reviews: “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child” (1989)

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If 1988 was Freddy at his peak, 1989 was the beginning of the end for Freddy. With 1989 saw the release of “The Dream Child”, the fifth installment of the Freddy franchise. Audiences were not impressed. The film grossed a little under half of what its immediate predecessor earned ($22 million vs. $49 million). Audiences seemed to have their fill of Freddy. Was “The Dream Child” just an underrated classic released at the wrong time or did this film deserve to be gutted at the box office? Our resident twitter reviewer Tim Schilling finds out with a brand new tweet by tweet review.

Thoughts before the film:
I really don’t know what to expect for this one…

Thoughts while watching:
0:06 Ew please don’t show when Freddy was conceived.
0:16 Where would she even fall asleep if she was at her own graduation?
0:19 That baby sure is ugly.
0:21 That made no sense how Freddy came back. They better explain why.
0:29 Dan’s dream was a dream in a dream… Inception.
0:32 You’re just a little pregnant.
0:35 At this point wouldn’t everyone already know who Freddy is so we don’t have to go through it every movie?
0:41 That dinner scene… I don’t know why I liked it. So weird.
0:48 Jacob you’re creepy.
0:49 Maybe she could just not name the baby Jacob and all of the could be over.
0:58 What kind of lawyers do these people have that they think they already have a claim on someone else’s baby?
1:09 Oh no super Freddy.
1:15 Hahha ew, poor Freddy. I hope they don’t do what they did to his mother.
1:24 Freddy just die already.

Final Verdict:
I thought the fourth one was confusing, but #ANightmareOnElmStreet5 was even more so. The plot made no sense, at all. It was basically a random reason to make another movie in the series. But, I still love how weird these movies are. The crazy effects are too awesome to hate.

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Tim’s Slasher Tweet Reviews: “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” (1988)

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Tim Schilling is back as we continue our “Nightmare” week here at Slasher Studios. This time he’s got a tweet by tweet review for the most successful of the Elm Street sequels (not including “Freddy vs. Jason”), “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.” Stylish and a bit over-the-top, this has been my guilty pleasure of Elm Street series for years. Nevertheless, many fans of the series said this is where Nightmare jumped the shark. Let’s see which side of the fence Tim falls on.

Thoughts before the film:
I’m at the point of the series(4-6)where I can’t remember which movie is which,too many sequels will do this to ya.

Thoughts while watching:
0:05 They couldn’t get Patricia Arquette back for this? Lame.
0:16 Kinds glad my dog doesn’t piss fire.
0:20 The Dream Warriors need to get more people to them or they all gonna die!
0:22 Not sure if that waterbed is awesome, or really creepy that a person can swim in it..
0:23 Okay it’s not awesome since Freddy can live in it.
0:27 Freddy is a bad looking woman.
0:32 Hey the prostitute’s back!
0:36 For a second I thought she started dreaming that she was in Jaws. What a weird crossover that would be.
0:40 A-okay that Kristen is dead. I liked her better in 3.
0:43 Kristen is inside of you, Alice. You were there for it, duh.
0:54 These dreams are starting to become ridiculous.
0:55 Don’t be friends with Alice. You’ll just die.
1:09 Freddy is such a bad spotter. Don’t let him go to the gym with you.
1:16 Alice is THE Dream Master! Too bad she got all the Dream Warriors killed. They coulda kicked ass.
1:24 …this isn’t weird or anything.

Final Verdict:
Not to sure how I feel about #ANightmareOnElmStreet4. I thought it was a ton of fun to watch, but the plot was all over the place. I did like how it still had the same feel as the first three movies in the series, but I think it started to jump the shark with this one.

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Tim’s Slasher Tweet Reviews: “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” (1987)

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The Nightmare continues once again at Slasher Studios as our resident twitter reviewer Tim Schilling takes a look at “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.” By far and away the fan favorite of the Freddy sequels, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is back with a whole new group of teens to battle Freddy but can they stop him for good? Of course not.

Thoughts before the film:
Totally liking this series more this time around. Hopefully it will continue through.

Thoughts while watching:
0:06 Even if you’re having a nightmare don’t you know never to go into the basement!?
0:07 At less the awesome score from the first movie is back. They didn’t have it in the second one.
0:14 So happy Nancy is back.
0:22 Come on Nancy you’re a DREAM WARRIOR!
0:24 Life style of the rich an psychotic. That may be a tv show at some point.
0:31 Human puppet… Kinda gross. But awesome at the same time.
0:34 A night on the quiet room. That sounds terrifying since this is basically an insane asylum.
0:39 Oh man crazy bitch you asleep!
0:39 What do you guys think: does Freddy say ‘fuck the prime time bitch’ or ‘welcome to prime time bitch’?
1:00 Freddy is the bastard son of 100 maniacs. I can see that.
1:01 I love that they got the same actors to reprise their roles.
1:10 Dream Warriors: assemble!
1:12 I don’t care if it’s true or not, I will always think Kristen’s mom is a prostitute. It fits.
1:28 Not fair, that guy gets two powers. He can talk AND blow up mirrors with his voice.
1:29 No not Nancy!!

Final Verdict:
#ANightmareOnElmStreet3 was another great sequel I thought. Like the second one, it was able to be a sequel while still being its own story. Great, crazy over the top effects and the return of good music. Oh yeah, and Nancy. Nancy is great too.

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Guilty Pleasure Horror Movies: “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” (1977)

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Tomatoes! Once nutricious friend to mankinds salads and french fries now threatens mankind! They rise from their gardens, their grocery stores, their fridges and window sills and launch an all-out war against mankind for using them as substance for centuries! Will humankind be able to make a stand against the tasty, acidic villains, or will life as we know it be reduced to so much rich, Italian paste?!

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. John De Bello’s silly sendup of 50’s sci-fi horror films remains a true one-of-a-kind. A shoestring low budget, amature cast, cheap special effects (safe for a real helicopter crash caught on camera by accident), corny puns, Jaws spoofs, silly dialogue, Matt Cameron’s squeaky singing voice, a man in a chicken suit, an erratic plot, 70’s San Diego, a ridiculous love story, and one uproarously funny theme song – what’s not to love in this bizarre little comedy? Certainly not for all tastes as anyone looking for seriousness should avoid this one. But, for the movie goer who can embrace a taste for absurd, if not outright stupid, humor – Attack of the Killer Tomatoes truly champions!

–Alex Dillard

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Guilty Pleasure Horror Movies: “Night of the Lepus” (1972)

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In rural New Mexico a plague of rabbits threatens the local farmers. Enter well-meaning scientists who, through a mistake of freak science that can only occur in B horror films (right?), accidently make giant, killer rabbits. Now with a super-sized problem on their hands said giant killer bunnies roam the countryside eating the locals. Thanks SCIENCE!!

In the world of nature-strikes-back horror we’ve seen almost everything. Killer sharks, birds, snakes, rats, spiders, gators, worms, orcas, piranhas, dogs, bears, and various kinds of fish-monsters and giant lizards. It truly makes one wonder if rabbits were thrown in as a joke but suddenly taken seriously, well, as seriously as it could be taken. But yes, Night of the Lepus is a horror film about killer rabbits and their flesh wounds run deeper than anything Monty Python ever dreamed of. It’s based upon the Australian novel “The Year of the Angry Rabbit” – yes, truth is stranger than fiction. To say this is a memorable entry in the world of cheesy B-movie delights isn’t enough.

When viewed the film, which boasts a surprisingly good cast of familiar old school actors (the late-great Janet Leigh for one), is actually decently made for a B picture of its era. What makes this film such a riot though is the unintentional hilarity of its subject matter. Watching hordes of obviously normal-sized rabbits bounding across minature countryside, as people scream in horror, it’s a cross between being bizarre and downright hilarious. Even Leigh once said she thought the movie was utterly laughable and only agreed to appear in it for a paycheck and the convienant location. In all of the promotions of the film, the marketers made sure to avoid any use of rabbits as monsters, for obvious reasons. Even to this day, Night of the Lepus still makes the lists of so-bad-it’s-good cinema.

Anyway, I enjoy it and proudly count it as one of my favorite tongue-in-cheekers. But then again, my love of the absurd goes pretty far out there.

–Alex Dillard

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Tim’s Slasher Tweet Reviews: “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” (1985)

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The Nightmare continues at Slasher Studios as our resident twitter reviewer Tim Schilling takes a look at “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.” Forgetting many of the rules of the original, this sequel takes the franchise into a dark area many of the future sequels were afraid to touch. The film was even more successful at the box office than it’s original but received a bit of a mixed reaction among fans of the series.

Thoughts before the film:
Marathon continues! Haven’t seen part 2 in a while.

Thoughts while watching:
0:08 The weirdest looking people are in this movie…
0:09 Hahah, why would he even think of pulling his pants down? That’s just weird.
0:17 How did they get the snake out of the cage without ANYONE noticing?
0:22 This diary thing would have been better if it was hinted in the first one.
0:29 Those poor birds! Either it’s REALLY hot in the house… Or Freddy is an asshole.
0:33 I bet the coach is just pissed Jessie found him at a gay bar.
0:55 I can’t tell if Jessie and Grady are friends or not.
0:59 These effects are so much better than anything CGI can do. I like cheesy.
0:59 The shot when Jessie’s mouth was open and you could see Freddy’s eye… So cool.
1:07 Freddy is such a party pooper.
1:10 For getting attacked by a crazy killer and seeing all their friends die, these kids don’t look too scared.
1:12 Those mutant dog things were freaky.
1:17 You gotta have some balls to kiss Freddy. He’s a nasty one.

Final Verdict:
I thought #ANightmareOnElmStreet2’s story was a great continuation of the first while still different to be its own. Lots of, um, subtext in the movie that kind of stalled Freddy’s character development and instead showed more of the characters we will probably never see again.

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Guilty Pleasure Horror Movies: “Death Race 2000” (1975)

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‎1975’s “Death Race 2000” heralded in my most celebrated guilty pleasure. The total futuristic gore fest dystopia bloodbath films. There are others that should garner more love but for me “Death Race 2000” left the most scarring and fantastical impression. The film gives us a future of cross country racing like no race before. The hit and run becomes a celebrated pass time to appease the masses and bring down the population totals. Points are accumulated and tallied based on pedestrian qualities such as status in society, innocence, health, and all that range between. Things that make our real society focus on proper road edicate are distorted into a festival of cruel brutality. It makes this vision of an unsettled future bizarre and fascinating all while forcing us to question our sensibilities of what is acceptable in society.

David Carradine’s character is cold and calculative while maintaining his humanity. While most driver’s in the movie go for the easy scoring targets he goes for the higher scoring overlooked targets. This makes his character a more likable representation of a Death Racer. This film kept me captivated as a kid with it’s cruelty and psychotic transformation of what I considered society consisted of. A set of rules and moralities that allowed for a safe and orderly existence. This movie threw all that out the window and there was no real reason for it other than society had become filled with blood thirsty madmen held high by corporate/government power and influence. The film took everything about the world as we knew it and threw it into the fire to listen to the sizzling of a fired carcass. To this day this movie runs through my mind as I slow for a red light while some one crosses the street. Even entering a hospital or shopping center parking lot brings images of altered metallic beasts souped up with claws and knives of steel jutting from every available point rushing through the car park wiping out those who where to slow to make it inside or into their cars.

“Death Race 2000” is a total exploitation of violence and lawlessness that brings the gore. The dialogue is minimal and the kills are gruesome. It is a fun ride into an apocalyptic hell where hero’s are madmen in hot rods of horror. A great film that is easy to watch, filled with death and brutality. There is even a message about being to content with societal standards. For me this was the movie that made me fall in love with futuristic flicks about a near apocalyptic world where anything goes. Truly one of my most indulged guilty pleasures.

–Rickey Russell

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Guilty Pleasure Horror Movies: “Teenagers from Outer Space” (1959)

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In the bland, dull deserts of Cold War era California, a flying saucer lands and some space teens, complete with plastic ray guns, hop out. Their plan, to harvest mankind as food for their huge protective space monster (the shadow of a lobster) and to reduce any agressors to skeletons with their “ray” guns. Alien teen Derek (don’t ask) instead wants to make friends and take his Earth girlfriend Betty out. It proves to be difficult.

Teenagers from Outer Space is one of the best examples of a movie that’s so-bad-it’s-good. It must surely be on par with Ed Wood’s infamous B movie “Plan 9 from Outer Space” in terms of its campy badness. You have it all here: a classic 50’s era tale of alien invasion, a cast of very gulible white people, a flying saucer that looks like a silo top, banal dialog about evil and goodness, very fake props, an etheral music score, and one of the most laughable monsters ever to appear on the Z-grade big screen. It’ absurd, it’s cheap, it’s very 50’s, but it’s terrifically entertaining for B-movie fans. Despite it’s long list of cheesy flaws and laughable quality, I find myself enjoying it for its ineptness. In fact, recently my death-doom-black-Viking-experimental-funk-folk-grindcore-metal band, Sinnabon, adapoted the giant, flying lobster monster as its mascot. Surely, this will be the biggest claim to fame that Teenagers from Outer Space has ever had!

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Tim’s Slasher Tweet Reviews: “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)

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Are you ready for a week filled with “Nightmare on Elm Street” goodness slasher fans? Of course you are! It’s one of the best horror series around with innovative deaths and a wonderful grotesque performance by Robert Englund who returned for ALL of the Nightmare sequels. Today we bring you the first installment of the tweet by tweet reviews from Tim Schilling for the original classic. I consider it one of the best horror movies of all time but does he…

Thoughts before the film:
Gonna do the whoooole series over the next week or so, I know y’all are excited for this. First, the original! 1, 2, Freddy’s coming for you…

Thoughts while watching:
0:07 I wish Johnny Depp didn’t turn into the tool he is today,he’s so much better in this than the crap he does now.
0:11 Over acting sex scenes are funny.
0:14 When Freddy makes like an imprint on the wall, that’s still such a creepy scene.
0:22 This guy is a total greaser. He’d fit right in The Outsiders.
0:25 Fuckin hall monitors! I’ll never trust you again.
0:27 Freddy likes self mutilation a little too much.
0:30 These cops are pretty stupid. How would the guy drag Tina’s body to the ceiling?
0:32 First time I’m watching this movie in a while and I realize how many iconic scenes it has.
0:37 Nancy is kinda a tease but mostly a bitch.
0:44 Why do you never listen to us kids?
0:47 After 2 people died, and everyone having nightmares, NOW you have an idea who is killing everyone?
1:03 Nancy is prepared in the coffee department.
1:08 And the best death scene ever goes to….
1:20 I’ve jumped twice because of this movie, that never happens. I don’t know what’s with me tonight.
1:22 Freddy is gettin fucked up.
1:29 Geez Freddy stop trollin everyone.

Final Verdict:
#ANightmareOnElmStreet is one of those movies that gets better every viewing. This is probably only my fourth time watching it but I liked it way more than the other times. Creepy scenes, Freddy is freaky, andI even liked the acting. Also, great music (GO 80’s!).

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