Nancy is the first person to battle Freddy Krueger and survive. In "" (1987), Nancy helps the last of the Elm Street children with their battle against Freddy. In "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" (1994), Heather Langenkamp must become Nancy once again to put an end to an entity possessing Freddy in the "real world".
The character received strong positive reviews and is often called a cultural icon of the 1980s America.
Saw (franchise)
Saw is an American horror franchise distributed by Lionsgate. It is produced by Twisted Pictures and created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It is made up of eight movies. In 2003, Wan and Whannell made a short movie to help pitch as a potential feature movie.
The sequels were directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, David Hackl, and Kevin Greutert, and were written by Wan, Whannell, Bousman, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan. The movies are released every October the Friday before Halloween.
"Saw 3D", is the final installment of the series. Lionsgate reportedly wanted to continue the franchise in 2012 with a reboot. An eighth movie, "Jigsaw", was released in October 2017.
The franchise is about John Kramer (played by Tobin Bell), also called the "Jigsaw Killer" or simply "Jigsaw". He traps his victims before killing them through traps.
The franchise has made over from box office and retail sales by 2009.
Other characters in the franchise are Billy the Puppet, David Tapp (played by Danny Glover) and Amanda Young (played by Shawnee Smith).
Saw III
Saw III is a 2006 American horror movie directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. The screenplay was written by Leigh Whannell and James Wan and Leigh Whannell. It is the third installment in the "Saw" franchise. It stars Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, and Dina Meyer.
"Saw III" was released on , and was a financial success, opening to $33.6 million and grossing $80.2 million in the United States and Canada. It is the highest-grossing movie of the series.
Saw IV
Saw IV is a 2007 American horror movie and the fourth installment in the "Saw" franchise. It was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, and Thomas Fenton.
It stars Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, and Lyriq Bent.
The movie was released in North America on October 26, 2007, to negative reviews from critics. Despite this, the movie was a box office success, grossing $139 million worldwide.
Shawnee Smith
Shawnee Rebecca Smith (born July 3, 1969) is an American actress and singer. Smith is best known for her role as Amanda Young in the "Saw" movies and as Linda in the CBS sitcom "Becker".
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Orangeburg, also known as "The Garden City", is a city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population of the city was 13,964 according to the 2010 United States Census. The city is located 37 miles southeast of Columbia.
Amanda Young
Amanda Young is a fictional character in the "Saw" franchise. She is played by Shawnee Smith. At first a minor character in the original movie, her role expanded in the sequels until she became one of the most important characters in the series. She is a close apprentice to main villain Jigsaw.
David Tapp
Detective David Tapp is a fictional character from the "Saw" franchise. He was introduced in "Saw" (2004) as a detective investigating a series of crime scenes linked to the same murderer.
He also appears as a playable character in "Saw: The Video Game" (2009) and "Dead by Daylight" (2018). He was played by actor Danny Glover in the movies and voiced by Earl Alexander in the 2009 game.
Saw V
Saw V is a 2008 American horror movie directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Julie Benz, Carlo Rota, and Meagan Good.
It is the fifth installment in the "Saw" franchise, and was released in North America on October 24, 2008.
Saw VI
Saw VI is a 2009 American horror movie directed by Kevin Greutert from a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sixth installment in the "Saw" franchise. It stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith.
It was produced by Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures and distributed by Lionsgate. It was released on October 23, 2009.
Jigsaw (2017 movie)
Jigsaw is a 2017 American horror movie directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger.
It stars Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, Hannah Emily Anderson, and Laura Vandervoort with Tobin Bell. It is the eighth installment in the "Saw" franchise. It takes place ten years after the death of the Jigsaw killer.
The movie was released in the United States on October 27, 2017. Despite negative reviews from critics, the movie was a commercial success, grossing $103 million worldwide against a $10 million budget.
Scream (franchise)
Scream is an American horror franchise created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. It stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette.
The movie series grossed over $604 million in worldwide box-office receipts. It is made up of four movies. The first series entry, "Scream", was released on December 20, 1996 and is currently the highest-grossing slasher film in the United States.
The series is about Sidney Prescott, and her war against a succession of murderers who adopt the guise of Ghostface to stalk and torment their victims.
A television spin-off of the movie series was launched by MTV on June 30, 2015. The TV series follows different characters and new storylines which are not connected to the movie series.
Sidney Prescott
Sidney Prescott is a fictional character and the primary protagonist of the "Scream" franchise. The character was created by Kevin Williamson. She is played by Canadian actress Neve Campbell. She first appeared in "Scream" (1996) followed by three sequels: "Scream 2" (1997), "Scream 3" (2000) and "Scream 4" (2011).
The character appears in the "Scream" movies as the target of a series of killers who adopt the Ghostface persona.
Lodi Gyari Rinpoche
Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari (25 August 1949 – 29 October 2018) was a Tibetan diplomat. He was the special envoy to the 14th Dalai Lama in the United States. He was the Tibetan Ambassador to the United States at the time of his death. He was born in Lhasa, Tibet. Rinpoche co-founded the Tibetan Youth Congress. He became and the Executive Chairman of the Board of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).
Rinpoche died in a San Francisco, California hospital from liver cancer on October 29, 2018, aged 69.
Derrick Sherwin
Derrick Sherwin (16 April 1936 – 17 October 2018) was an English television producer, writer, story editor and actor. He was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He became the story editor on "Doctor Who" and, as the producer of the series in 1969. He also co-produced "Paul Temple" for the BBC.
Sherwin was also a movie actor with his only movie role was as "No. 1" in the 1968 comedy movie "The Vengeance of She".
Sherwin died on 17 October 2018 from a long-illness at the age of 82.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise. It is made up of eight horror movies, comics, and a video game adaptation of the original movie.
The franchise focuses on serial killer Leatherface and his psychotic family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside. They kill and eat them. The original movie was released in 1974, directed by Tobe Hooper.
The movie series has grossed over $235 million at the worldwide box office.
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