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Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) | So Many Scares
Freddy's not in the movies anymore — he's in the real world, and he wants Heather Langenkamp to play Nancy one last time.
So Many Scares jumps seven years and three sequels to Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), the meta one: the actors play themselves, Wes Craven is writing the movie inside the movie, and Freddy is something older and meaner than the guy in the sweater. Is it the smartest Nightmare sequel, or too meta for its own good?
First, Garrett and David recap the three sequels we skipped — The Dream Master, The Dream Child, and Freddy's Dead — so nobody has to face the Freddy baby alone. Then: the bone-claw debate, the Dylan problem, the phone calls that became Scream, and our case for letting Freddy rest for good.
Our scores: Josh 2.5 · Garrett 2.5 · David 3 — Letterboxd says 3.3, and no, nobody guessed it.
Chapters
00:00 — Welcome to Freddytober: your book club for spooky movies
01:02 — The big skip: from Dream Warriors (1987) to New Nightmare (1994)
02:07 — Recap I — The Dream Master: the dream powers change hands
04:10 — Recap II — The Dream Child: a Freddy baby & "Bon appétit, bitch"
06:44 — Recap III — Freddy's Dead: no teenagers left, plus Breckin Meyer
08:14 — Looney Tunes Freddy & the Wizard of Oz pitch
09:29 — Roseanne, Tom Arnold & Garrett's rude awakening
10:33 — New Nightmare: the movies are movies, the actors are real
11:23 — Box office: opening weekend vs. Pulp Fiction
13:26 — Too meta? Robert Englund plays Robert Englund
15:03 — The Dylan problem: "Eat him, Freddy. Eat him up."
16:09 — Craven's reset — and the phone calls that became Scream
17:14 — The bone-claw debate: Freddy's new look
18:48 — Blaming the movies: the doctor & '90s horror panic
20:14 — Playground peril & dad fears
20:47 — "God wouldn't take me" — and the Funyuns break
21:17 — Wes explains the ancient evil
22:02 — Let Freddy die: the anti-reboot argument (Threads weighs in)
24:10 — No Englund, no Freddy: the recasting problem
26:02 — Inspired by Freddy ≠ Freddy (Terrifier) & a dormant franchise
28:34 — Letterboxd reviews: Dick Tracy villain, bring back the burnt weenie
29:38 — Score game: the 3.3 reveal — David wins by 0.2
31:38 — Final ratings & David's surprise franchise favorite
32:22 — Next week: the So Many Scares finale — Freddy vs. Jason
Next week: the So Many Scares finale — Freddy vs. Jason (Oct 30).
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18 Oct 2026
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Review
The course correction. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) brought Wes Craven back to the story and got the franchise back on track — and we're covering it for week three of So Many Scares.
First-time viewings for Josh and David (Garrett caught it at a Circle Cinema midnight screening), the superhero-team structure that made Josh call it "the best X-Men movie," the backstory debate (should Freddy just be a dream demon?), Patricia Arquette's film debut, "Larry Fishburn," a Dokken music video, Garrett's DJ Jazzy Jeff revelation, a $44.7M box office run on a $4M budget, and a score game where Garrett nails the Letterboxd average exactly.
Ratings: Josh 3, David 3, Garrett 3. Letterboxd average: 3.5 — only 0.2 behind the first film.
Chapters
00:00 — Welcome back to So Many Scares — Dream Warriors
00:24 — Garrett's DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince revelation
01:32 — Why So Many Scares rarely commits to a full series
02:18 — Before they were famous: Patricia Arquette, "Larry Fishburn"
03:38 — First-viewing verdicts (and Garrett's Circle Cinema midnight screening)
04:54 — Chuck Russell: The Mask, Eraser, The Scorpion King
06:35 — Freddy's backstory problem — dream demon or human?
09:19 — The mystery structure actually works this time
10:02 — The best kills so far
11:42 — Freddy gets a personality (and the one-liners start)
12:33 — Biggest budget yet: the effects showcase
13:56 — Beetlejuice vibes and horror homages
15:22 — Dream powers: lucid dreaming as agency
19:07 — Better acted: future stars and the creepy doctor
21:31 — "Welcome to prime time, bitch!"
22:25 — Delightfully eighties: the Dokken music video
23:23 — Box office: $8.8M opening weekend, $44.7M on $4M
24:48 — 1987: Three Men and a Baby — directed by Leonard Nimoy?!
28:54 — Our ratings: 3, 3, 3
29:30 — Letterboxd reviews
32:33 — The score game — Garrett nails the 3.5 exactly
34:23 — Next: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
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10 Oct 2026
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) Review
The weird one. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) ditches the original cast, loses Wes Craven, and has Freddy possessing a teenager instead of killing kids in their dreams — and we're covering it anyway for week two of So Many Scares.
Jesse Walsh moves into Nancy's old house, the title makes no sense (Freddy won last time — revenge on who?), horror gets a rare Scream King in the "final fella," Clu Gulager reps Oklahoma, the effects hold up even when the logic doesn't, and the Letterboxd crowd has thoughts about how sweaty Jesse is.
Ratings: Garrett 2, David 1.5, Josh 2. Letterboxd average: 2.8 — almost a full point down from the first film.
Chapters
00:00 — Welcome back to So Many Scares
00:41 — The Letterboxd synopsis
01:15 — Box office: $2.8M opening, $29.9M total
03:32 — No original cast, Craven walks away
04:26 — Garrett was wrong about Nancy
04:36 — Clu Gulager: another Oklahoman
06:22 — "Freddy's Revenge" — revenge on who?
07:41 — Re-learning lore in every horror sequel
08:50 — Reality is as weird as the dreams
09:25 — The effects hold up
10:41 — Craven's 1988 quote: "silly script"
11:51 — The "final fella" — horror's Scream King
14:43 — Freddy has a personality; Jason doesn't
18:12 — Jesse's only crime is living in that house
20:22 — Burnt weenie, smoker, midnight toker
21:09 — The Season of the Witch comparison
21:51 — The FU endings
23:42 — Our ratings: 2, 1.5, 2
25:27 — Letterboxd reviews
26:38 — The queer subtext + the sweaty movie club
28:00 — The score game — Josh wins by 0.1, again
29:31 — Almost a full point down from the first film
30:41 — Next week: Dream Warriors
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