1428, Elm Street : i thought it was rather 1963 ??? (Cinematheque)

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2016)

Just kidding but Elm Street is the iconic place for JFK assassination and maybe its name stayed in the memory of Wes Craven To tell more certain things, i wanted to do this new retrospective about Freddy's movies because they were great moments in my teens and the opportunity to see them on a big screen can't be missed! I don't remind exactly how i discovered them (maybe on VHS tapes or as multiple viewings on the french pay per view channel Canal +) and it's even more blurry to recall exactly the ones i saw then on TV. One thing is for sure is that i got interested in them with the extraordinary Scifi, horror fantasy french magazine « Mad movies » : i bought it from n° 69 (july 1989) to 83 (may 1993) so i have read detailed reports with lavished pictures about Freddy & Star Trek V, VI, Indy III, Batman I, II, Abyss, T2, Total Recall, Robocop II, III, TMNT, Twin peaks, Stephen King, Dracula With all this, it's funny i can't say if i have ever watched this 1st one : i remember some scenes (in the bath, the long arms, the flames) but on the other hand, a lot of characters are black holes, even young Johnny Deep ! This franchise as put by Craven is interesting as it's a sort of crossover between « Halloween », scary teens slasher and « Poltergeist » scary homes twisted by evil forces ! I expected to see also a sort of horrific « BTTF » for living in a small town in the 80s but unlike it, « NOEM » action focused heavily on the houses, bedrooms, cellars and high school so it's difficult to tell about the town of Springwood itself but it's easy to see the nostalgia of those 80s in fashion, objects, cars I can't tell if the story is sometimes lacking but this battle between reality and dreams is really confusing. It's hard to tell what really happens (especially the last scene ??) but in the same time, Craven is really talented to set a stressful pace So this screening was really great for me and i'm thirsty to follow the sequels !!!
NB: and i'm happy to be the 66-7th review and not the dreadful 666th!!!