Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Nemesis

June 12, 2010 @ 8:57 pm

On of the first fanedits I was really happy with. Now, I really like the original Freddy vs. Jason; It’s fun, doesn’t take itself too seriously, and is just generally great fanservice. However, it is in a way a guilty pleasure because there is a lot to dislike about the film, i.e. terrible dialogue, the worst human cast of both franchises, etc. This fanedit actually fixes a lot of the faults of the original, so that it’s no longer a guilty pleasure and I can legitimately like the movie. I liked the addition of the dream quote and new credits. The only way it would have been better is if they were done better in terms of quality. They’re done pretty simply, so if there was a person with experience with After Effects or something and made cooler intro credits and end credits that would have been more awesome. Oh, and the Dream Master logo could have used a better design too, but I’m assuming that could have been done had Uncanny Antman asked someone with photoshop talent to do it or something instead of tackling the project himself.

I really liked a lot of the editing choices.
– The new intro is awesome, but I having Blake show up at Lori’s house later is a little strange because that’s the last we see of him. It’s a loose end since his death is cut from the film.
– A lot of the terrible line deliveries are gone, Kia and Lori are less annoying, Kia’s use of the word “faggot” is thankfully gone.
– A lot of dumb exposition is gone. The film doesn’t treat the audience like they’re stupid.
– I thought Gibb’s nightmare was a little too washed out and altered. A little red would have been fine, and in fact I think it would have been a little scarier. The boiler room in the original Nightmare wasn’t red, but subsequent films did so and if this edit was trying to make this film feel more in line with the sequels keeping the boiler room red JUST A LITTLE would have been cool.
– Glad Lori doesn’t yell “Welcome to my world!” anymore, that was laughable. And it makes the decapitation much more impressive and surprising, just like it is to Freddy.
– Jason’s lame fear of water is gone
– I do have to say that I disliked replacing the original ending with the deleted scene ending, the one with Lori and Will. Like I said earlier, Freddy vs. Jason has the worst human cast of both franchises, so ending with those characters is kinda, “…ehhh” BUT, since this edit is trying to be a purely Nightmare on Elm Street movie it’s acceptable.

I could go on and on about how great the cut is. I can’t say I have much reason to ever go back and watch the original. This cut is great.

November 27, 2009 @ 8:13 pm

Sorry, but this one left me truly unimpressed. The original was over-the-top funny and this one removed the fun for a more serious version that was so much weaker in my opinion.

May 25, 2009 @ 4:42 pm

Great edit. I watched this edit first then watched Jason vs Freddy right after and your edit was alot better.

June 26, 2008 @ 7:09 pm

Uncanny Antman’s at it again! Who does this guy think he is?! As a movie-goer I like my movies (especially my sequels) mediocre. Then UA mucks that up time and again by turning said mediocre movies into much better, more enjoyable films. Seriously though, this is another ace editing job by UA. A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of my all-time favorite horror movies, even with the sequels being as hit-and-miss as they were. I remember when Freddy vs. Jason came out and people were so disappointed by it. They’d say stuff like “I’ve wanted to see this movie for twenty years!” Truthfully, I never wanted to see this movie. Sure, when I was 10, my friends and I would talk about how cool it would be to see Freddy Krueger battle Jason Voorhees. But, I was 10 and my taste in movies back then kinda sucked. And, it was a cool idea to talk about with your friends but none of us ever truly believed it would make a good movie. And, we were right. Freddy vs. Jason was a schizo film that never quite figured out whether or not it was a NoES film or an F13 film. Who’s the hero? Who’s the villain? What the Hell is going on? Then they fight. The End. Thankfully, UA has stepped in and done a commendable job trying to rectify that. Of course, it will never be perfect. He only has so much he can work with. But, I can honestly say, this felt like a NoES sequel, just with Jason involved in the plotline. Kind of like F13 7 where it was a F13 sequel, but they just threw Carrie into the mix … errr … Tina Shepard. Throughout the film, it feels like Freddy’s always the main threat. I like the fact that it feels like Freddy is physically controlling Jason because a.) it’s a subtle nod to NoES 2 and b.) it makes it Freddy’s film. It’s almost like he actually does get more than one kill. Aside from turning this into an NoES film 90% of the time, UA has also done a perfect editing job on cutting crap out. This movie flowed so much better this time around and it felt exactly as it should have felt. In other words, I actually had to come on here afterwards and read his list of alterations just to remember what he cut. It was that natural. It was like “Oh yeah, that crap was in there before. I forgot.” This is the kind of edit that you show people who’ve never seen the film in hopes that their initial opinion would be more positive than yours was. If I had a way to professionally print disc labels, I would toss my official FvJ disc and replace it with the NoES 7 disc once UA gets around to releasing it. This is the fifth edit of UA’s that I’ve watched and the guy’s on fire! 5 for 5! Now, stop it already and make something that sucks. Up Next: Dark Angel: Children of the Revolution

watched this one some time ago, just wanted to post that i really enjoyed this edit – especially using the alternate ending improves the freddy focus, the use of dream on at the beginning was hilariously good – at first i was wondering why you chose this song since i forgot the chorus and when the chorus started i had to laugh so hard, really well done.

the title font further enhances the nightmare on elm street feel and reminds me of dream warriors, where they used this jarring green against the red font, something no one today would do.

all those small cuts really improved the movie which was already fine for me in the first place since i never saw this as a serious Noes movie but more of a fun movie in between, great job

9/10