"teenagers who are introduced, haunted by nightmares and then slashed to death by Freddy. So what? Are we supposed to be scared? Is the sudden clanging chord supposed to evoke a fearful Pavlovian response?"" On January 5, 2011, the film won the People's Choice Award for best horror film. In March 2010, the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) released two new Freddy Krueger action figures; one pre-burned Freddy with Jackie Earle Haley's likeness, and one based on the new burn design from the ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" remake. NECA also released a replica of Freddy's clawed glove. An online"
"in a strictly campy way"". BleedingSkull.com wrote a mixed review, criticizing the film's bland direction and music, but praising its opening theme song. Fatal Games Fatal Games (originally known as The Killing Touch and also known as Olympic Nightmare) is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Michael Elliott and starring Sally Kirkland, Lynn Banashek, Sean Masterson, Michael O'Leary, Teal Roberts, and Spice Williams-Crosby. The plot consists of a mad slasher wielding a javelin killing off various members of a high school gymnastics team. The film shares many of its plot points with an earlier slasher film, ""Graduation"
"Michael Myers from ""Halloween"" and Jason Voorhees from ""Friday the 13th"". At the end of the film """", the mask of the title character, Jason Voorhees, played by Kane Hodder, is dragged under the earth by Freddy's gloved hand, thus setting up ""Freddy vs. Jason"". Freddy's gloved hand, in the ending, was played by Hodder. Freddy Krueger Frederick Charles ""Freddy"" Krueger () is a character from the ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" film series. He first appeared in Wes Craven's ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" (1984) as a burnt serial killer who uses a gloved hand with razors to kill"
"Fatal Games Fatal Games (originally known as The Killing Touch and also known as Olympic Nightmare) is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Michael Elliott and starring Sally Kirkland, Lynn Banashek, Sean Masterson, Michael O'Leary, Teal Roberts, and Spice Williams-Crosby. The plot consists of a mad slasher wielding a javelin killing off various members of a high school gymnastics team. The film shares many of its plot points with an earlier slasher film, ""Graduation Day"". A seven member gymnastics team at the Falcon Academy of Athletics is up for the ""Nationals"". But before they can reach the"
"VHS by ""Virgin Vision"" the same year. Scream Factory has announced an eventual Blu-ray release of the film in 2016 as a double feature film with ""Edge of Sanity"". Destroyer (1988 film) Destroyer (also known as Shadow of Death) is a 1988 American slasher film starring retired football lineman Lyle Alzado, Deborah Foreman, and Anthony Perkins. Ivan Mozer (Lyle Alzado) is a serial killer who has been convicted of the rape, torture, and murder of 23 people. Mozer is given the death penalty by electrocution. At his execution, he boasts of having killed 24 people. A power outage caused by"
"leather glove only on his right hand. This glove was the product of Krueger's own imagination, the blades having been welded by himself. Robert Englund has said many times that he feels the character represents neglect, particularly that suffered by children. The character also more broadly represents subconscious fears. ""Wizard"" magazine rated Freddy the 14th greatest villain, the British television channel Sky2 listed him 8th, and the American Film Institute ranked him 40th on its ""AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains"" list. In 2010, Freddy won an award for Best Villain (formerly Most Vile Villain) at the Scream Awards. Freddy"
"describes not a werewolf, but the horror movie villain Freddy Krueger. Ricky expresses a fear of being alone in the dangerous neighborhood and is found a short time later with serious slashes in his chest. Mulder and Scully find a pink fingernail at the scene. The group also meets Steve and Edy (J. W. Smith and Curtis C.), a couple who witnessed the incident but did not see Ricky's attacker, saying that it appeared he was being attacked by nothing. Scully shows the couple the fingernail, which they identify as belonging to Chantara Gomez (Maria Celedonio), a prostitute. When the"
"in the original film series as well as in the television spin-off. In the 2010 franchise reboot, Freddy Krueger was portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley. In 2011, Freddy appeared as a playable character in the video game ""Mortal Kombat"". Over the course of the series, Freddy has battled numerous survivors including Nancy Thompson. In the film ""Freddy vs. Jason"" and the ""Nightmares on Elm Street"" comics, an alias is used, namely ""the Springwood Slasher"". Freddy attacks his victims from within their dreams. He is commonly identified by his burned, disfigured face, red-and-green striped sweater, brown fedora, and trademark metal-clawed brown"
"The Devil's Sword The Devil's Sword (Indonesian: ""Golok Setan"") is a 1984 Indonesian sword and sorcery film directed by Ratno Timoer. The film stars Indonesian action star Barry Prima who appears in such films as ""Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters"" and ""The Warrior"". ""The Devil's Sword"" crosses over into many different genres of film. The film features martial arts, and also elements of fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and also some mild sexual content due to the portrayal of the Crocodile Queen. Just like the better known character Jaka Sembung, protagonist of the film is taken from a comic book. 1987 film ""Mandala"
"1978–1984 in an era referred to as the ""Golden Age"" of slasher films. Notable slasher films include ""The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"" (1974), ""Halloween"" (1978), ""Friday the 13th"" (1980), ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" (1984), ""Child's Play"" (1988), ""Scream"" (1996) and ""I Know What You Did Last Summer"" (1997). Many slasher films released decades ago continue to attract cult followings. Slasher films adhere to a specific formula: a past wrongful action causes severe trauma that is reinforced by a commemoration or anniversary that reactivates or re-inspires the killer. Built around stalk-and-murder sequences, the films drawn upon the audience's feelings of"
"- but, for all its clichés, it goes off at such a tangent that it can't fail but entertain."" TV Guide gave the film 2/5 stars, calling it ""lame"", stating that the film was ""of interest only to Cameron Mitchell devotees"". The Demon (1981 film) The Demon (also known as Midnight Caller) is a 1981 slasher film starring Cameron Mitchell and Jennifer Holmes and directed by Percival Rubens. Fourteen year-old Emily Parker (Ashleigh Sendin) is kidnapped from her rural home and murdered by a faceless, heavy-breathing maniac with black leather razor-blade tipped gloves. Later, the maniac hitchhikes to the city"
"Destroyer (1988 film) Destroyer (also known as Shadow of Death) is a 1988 American slasher film starring retired football lineman Lyle Alzado, Deborah Foreman, and Anthony Perkins. Ivan Mozer (Lyle Alzado) is a serial killer who has been convicted of the rape, torture, and murder of 23 people. Mozer is given the death penalty by electrocution. At his execution, he boasts of having killed 24 people. A power outage caused by a riot prevents the execution, but Mozer receives a jolt of electricity before the power fails. The prison staff assumes that Mozer is killed during the riot, but he"
"""murderer"" to avoid being accused of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestation cases that occurred in California around the time of production of the film. By Craven's account, his own adolescent experiences led to the naming of Fred Krueger. He had been bullied at school by a child named Fred Krueger, and named his villain accordingly. The colored sweater he chose for his villain was based on the DC Comics character Plastic Man, and Craven chose to make Krueger's sweater colors that of red and green, after reading an article in ""Scientific American"" in 1982 that said the"
"""The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"", released in 1974, written and directed by Tobe Hooper, was the first and most successful entry in the series. It is considered to be the first of the 1970s slasher films, and originated a great many of the clichés seen in countless later low-budget slashers. Its plot concerns a family of cannibals living in rural Texas, who abduct customers from their gas station. The film's most notable character, Leatherface, is one of the most well-known villains in cinema history, notable for his masks made of human skin, his blood-soaked butcher's apron and the chainsaw he"
"sprite (Freddy's Dead), a giant snake-like creature (Dream Warriors), and a hookah smoking caterpillar (Freddy vs. Jason). In ""New Nightmare"", Freddy's appearance is updated considerably, giving him a green fedora that matched his sweater stripes, skin-tight leather pants, knee-high black boots, a turtleneck version of his trademark sweater, a black trench coat, and a fifth claw on his glove, which also has a far more organic appearance, resembling the exposed muscle tissue of an actual hand. Freddy also has fewer burns on his face, though these are more severe, with his muscle tissue exposed in numerous places. Compared to his"
"""Only Lasser, experienced enough to realize the anemic script can only be played for laughs, has any screen presence."" Blood Rage Blood Rage (also known as Nightmare at Shadow Woods and Slasher) is a 1987 American slasher film directed by John Grissmer, written by Bruce Rubin and starring Louise Lasser and Mark Soper. Set on Thanksgiving, the film follows a woman and her adult son who are stalked at their remote apartment community by the son's unhinged twin brother who has escaped from a psychiatric institution. The film features additional performances from producer Kanter, Jayne Bentzen, as well as a"
"as the central enemy in """" (1984) led to minor alterations. For the third generation of Klingons, the heavy, cragged head ridges of ""The Motion Picture"" were redesigned and made less pronounced. While Fletcher was happy with the original film uniforms, more had to be created as the old costumes had been lost, destroyed, or loaned out and altered irreparably. New costumes were fabricated, retaining the air of feudal Japanese design; Fletcher thought it was an important part of the Klingon authoritarian attitude. New Klingon weaponry was designed, including an energy weapon and a special knife known as a ""d'k"
"metal music group Prowler changed its name to Taramis after the character from this film. Conan the Destroyer Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 American sword and sorcery/adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mako Iwamatsu reprising their roles as Conan and Akiro the wizard, respectively. The cast also includes Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Tracey Walter, and Olivia d'Abo. It is the sequel to ""Conan the Barbarian"". The film grossed $31 million in the US. Conan (Schwarzenegger) and his companion, the thief Malak (Walter), are confronted by Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) of Shadizar. She tests their combat"
"his torso to be spun around continuously). Evil warriors in 1985 would consist of Spikor (""untouchable master of evil combat""; covered in purple rubber spikes with a trident for an arm), Two Bad (""double-headed evil strategist""; whose spring action arms would allow the figure to punch himself in either face) and Stinkor (""evil master of odors""; a foul smelling re-working of the Mer-Man mold and the only character from the 1985 line that would not make an appearance in the Filmation cartoon). Vehicles produced in this 4th wave were Bashasaurus (""heroic combat vehicle""; with a large bashing club-arm), Battle Bones"
"Bloody Moon Bloody Moon (German: Die Säge des Todes / The Saw of Death) is a 1981 slasher film directed by Jesús Franco. Miguel, a young man with a horribly disfigured face, attempts to trick a girl into sex by putting a mask on and pretending to be her boyfriend. When she unmasks him, he brutally stabs the young woman with a pair of scissors. After the crimes, Miguel is institutionalized at a mental asylum for five years. When his sentence is finished, he is released into the care of his sister, Manuela. Along with their invalid aunt and countess"
"In addition to lesser-known videos such as ""A Night at the Revuebar"" (1983), the 1980s also featured mainstream films involving stripping. These included ""Flashdance"" (1983), which told the story of blue-collar worker Alexandra (Alex) Owens (Jennifer Beals), who works as an exotic dancer in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bar at night and at a steel mill as a welder during the day. Stripping also was part of ""genre"" films, such as horror thriller ""Fear City"" (1984), by Abel Ferrara, about a mass-murderer who terrorizes dancers working at a seedy strip club in Times Square, New York City. The erotic drama ""9½"
"in the context of queer studies in a 2017 essay, noting the villain, Mrs. Voorhees, as a reverse of the Norman Bates character in ""Psycho"": ""The effect of her being the killer is queerly destabilizing. For one, we cannot underestimate the import of having a woman be the architect and cause of such gruesomely creative murders. It's a radical departure from other slasher flicks, like ""Halloween"", which was released a few years before, where the killer is almost always male and perversely hellbent on punishing sexually-active teenagers."" Friday the 13th (1980 film) Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher"
"Hardware (film) Hardware is a 1990 British-American science fiction horror film starring Dylan McDermott and Stacey Travis. The film, which was written and directed by Richard Stanley, also features cameos from Iggy Pop and Lemmy. Since its release, it has become a cult film. The film is about a self-repairing robot that goes on a rampage in a post-apocalyptic slum. Fleetway Comics sued the film-makers over the screenplay because it plagiarised a short story entitled ""Shok!"" which appeared in a 1980 edition of the British comic ""2000 AD"". A nomad scavenger treks through an irradiated wasteland and discovers a buried"
"The Demon (1981 film) The Demon (also known as Midnight Caller) is a 1981 slasher film starring Cameron Mitchell and Jennifer Holmes and directed by Percival Rubens. Fourteen year-old Emily Parker (Ashleigh Sendin) is kidnapped from her rural home and murdered by a faceless, heavy-breathing maniac with black leather razor-blade tipped gloves. Later, the maniac hitchhikes to the city with a gregarious truck driver (John Parsonson). The maniac kills the truck driver, steals his cash, and takes up residence at ""Baron Court""—a shady tenement hotel in Johannesburg's Doornfontein neighborhood. Two months later, Emily's parents—frustrated by the failure of law enforcement"
"who worked as a gardener at a local preschool. Unlike in the original version of events, where he was a known child-killer who evaded conviction on a technicality, in this version of events there was actually ambiguity about Kruger's guilt or innocence apart from the testimony of his victims, until the now-grown survivors find the room where Krueger molested them while searching for evidence. Freddy Krueger's physical appearance has remained largely consistent throughout the film series, although minor changes were made in subsequent films. He wears a striped red-and-green sweater (solid red sleeves in the original film), a dark brown"
"appeared in the 1987 horror-comedy ""Evil Dead II"" above the door on the inside of a toolshed. This was Sam Raimi's response to Wes Craven showing footage of ""The Evil Dead"" in ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"", which in turn was a response to Sam Raimi putting a poster of Craven's 1977 film ""The Hills Have Eyes"" in ""The Evil Dead"". The glove also appears in the 1998 horror-comedy ""Bride of Chucky"" in an evidence locker room that also contains the remains of the film's villain Chucky, the chainsaw of Leatherface from ""The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"", and the masks of"
"leather-clad, chainsaw-wielding succubus. When Diane's sister Sally (Elena Sahagun), Sally's brother-in-law Mike (Jay Richardson) and Diane's boyfriend Jeff (Tom Shell) come to visit only to be attacked by her demonic incarnation, they summon a priest, Father McFerrin (Robert Quarry), to handle the situation. Failing that, Father McFerrin attempts to call an exorcist, only to dial the wrong number and unwittingly place an order at the local pizza parlor. When the pizza delivery boy (Eddie Deezen) arrives at the house, it's up to him and the rest of the gang to destroy the demon and stop his nefarious scheme. Critical reception"
"the film 1/5 stars, calling it ""a jumbled mess"", while also complimenting the film's cinematography. The New York Ripper The New York Ripper () is a 1982 Italian ""giallo"" film directed Lucio Fulci. While most of Fulci's films have been released uncut in the United Kingdom, ""The New York Ripper"" remains censored to this day, even for its 2011 DVD and Blu-ray releases. An old man is walking his dog in New York City when the dog retrieves a decomposed human hand. It is identified by the police as belonging to Ann-Lynne, a local prostitute. Lieutenant Fred Williams (Jack Hedley),"
"concerning a female rape victim who plans vengeance against future attackers by pushing a hat pin into their hearts. The screenwriters adapted this as Candice's modus operandi in the film. Lucio Fulci acknowledges the debt to this source by including a scene where a female character is shown lounging on a couch while reading a paperback copy of the novel. Murder Rock Murder Rock (Italian: Murderock - uccide a passo di danza; also known as Murder-Rock: Dancing Death, Slashdance and The Demon Is Loose!) is a 1984 Italian giallo film starring Olga Karlatos and Ray Lovelock, and written and directed"
"The Ghost Dance (film) The Ghost Dance is a 1982 American Western slasher film directed and co-written by Peter F. Buffa, and starring Julie Amato, Victor Mohica, Henry Bal, and Frank Salsedo. Its plot follows a Native American shaman who becomes possessed by an evil spirit that drives him to kill. It was the first slasher film to be based around and feature Native American characters. The spirit of a long-dead warrior, Nahalla, possesses Aranjo, a local Native American man, after an archaeologist, Dr. Kay Foster, unearths Nahalla's remains during an exploratory excavation. Through Aranjo, Nahalla exacts a murderous rampage."
"The Ghost Dance (film) The Ghost Dance is a 1982 American Western slasher film directed and co-written by Peter F. Buffa, and starring Julie Amato, Victor Mohica, Henry Bal, and Frank Salsedo. Its plot follows a Native American shaman who becomes possessed by an evil spirit that drives him to kill. It was the first slasher film to be based around and feature Native American characters. The spirit of a long-dead warrior, Nahalla, possesses Aranjo, a local Native American man, after an archaeologist, Dr. Kay Foster, unearths Nahalla's remains during an exploratory excavation. Through Aranjo, Nahalla exacts a murderous rampage."
"Murder in the Red Barn"" (1935) and """" (1936). In the film Slaughter plays a seemingly kindly money-lender who dotes on his daughter Julia. He has however a double life as the notorious 'Spine-Breaker', Victorian England's most maniacal serial killer. His nefarious activities are eventually detected by his daughter's suitor Matthew Trimble, the son of one of his victims, who after pursuing and failing to catch him somewhat charitably opines to his daughter: In the end Slaughter comes out of hiding to kill another unwelcome suitor of his daughter, before falling to his death from the roof of his house"
"Allmovie wrote, ""No holiday horror viewing would be complete without a little screening of the horrendously strange low-budget opus Elves... this old VHS gem delivers the ridiculous goods hand over fist time and again."" Elves (film) Elves is a 1989 American horror film directed by Jeffrey Mandel and starring Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, and Ken Carpenter. When teenager Kirsten (Julie Austin) accidentally cuts her hand during an ""Anti-Christmas"" pagan ritual with her friends Brooke and Amy in the woods, her spilled blood awakens an ancient demonic Christmas elf. The elf is the central figure in a modern-day Neo-Nazi plot to"