Hadean

Don't you hate those movies that *could* be amazing but end up failing completely? I found myself feeling quite angry at the end of Riding in Cars with Boys, in large part because of the way addiction was portrayed. I don't consider addiction funny at all and I was really insulted by Drew Barrymore's performance. I hope that Beverly Donofrio's book is more realistic, I think the studio toned the addiction down for a PG rating. And for that I think it completely failed as a film.

A friend sent me a digitized copy of this short film from the net... and I'm so glad he did! It's a wonderful, almost perfect, little film with so much imagination put into it! I especially love the mix between fantasy and reality, which is so much the craze nowadays... I only wish it could have been viewed by a larger audience, by, say, putting it as a short film at the start of one of Burton's feature-length claymation films.

A better sequel to Wes Craven's original work then the previous 5 Nightmare on Elm Street movies. This one takes the original rules about Freddy and horror and twists them around a bit - interesting to watch at least. This and the original are the only worthy Nightmare on Elm Street movies (perhaps the third and Freddy's Dead if you're willing to stomach them). Not a great movie in the least, but if you like to watch Freddy Krueger, and don't mind some repetition from older aNoES movies, then this should be a good way to widdle some hours away.