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cenobite1282
12-08-2002, 04:38 PM
I just re-watched the original and in an early scene Tina comments that maybe an earthquake is coming. Connection between this and the tremors in New Nightmare?
Luke-Abbott
12-08-2002, 06:00 PM
Well probably not since the two movies are many years apart
Scully1888
12-09-2002, 06:34 AM
I think you're actually right, cenobite.

Seeing as New Nightmare pays many homages to the original NOES, the earthquake could be another one. After all, "they say strange things happen when an earthquake's coming", and so the earthquake at the start of New Nightmare is a bad omen, as fans of the series will be able to notice before others.
VicVega
12-09-2002, 09:15 AM
Nice observation, cenobite.
Luke-Abbott
12-09-2002, 02:59 PM
I actually didn't think about dat Scully, I guess I should really watch the original one more time.
Devil55
12-09-2002, 04:53 PM
The earthquake thing might actually be a connection.I do think that A Nightmare on Elm Street and WC's New Nightmare are 2 of the smartest flicks ever made,And it all came from one mind,What a fucking genius.

http://www.houseofhorrors.com/craven.jpg
the night watchman
12-09-2002, 05:35 PM
That's a good catch, cenobite, but I think I remember Craven saying in the DVD audio commentary for "New Nightmare" that he got the idea for earthquakes because there happened to be a glut of them in California while he was writing the script. Or maybe it was the other way around -- he wrote the script and then by creepy coincedence earthquakes hit while the picture was filming. Anybody with a better memory than me got the DVD?
the night watchman
12-09-2002, 06:50 PM
Checked out the commentary on "New Nightmare" and Craven says the earthquakes were part of the script, then, during filming, real earthquakes struck southern California. As a resident of California he thought earthquakes were a good symbol of the "instability of the fabric of life."

There is actual footage of the after-effects of the Northridge quake in the film, however.
Devil55
12-11-2002, 05:05 PM
I did'nt know that,I'll have to go and rent the dvd version of New Nightmare because now I'm intrigued.
the night watchman
12-11-2002, 06:43 PM
Craven's commentaries for both "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "New Nightmare" are both excellent.
Luke-Abbott
12-12-2002, 04:09 PM
Man, my New Nightmare DVD doesn't have any special feautres or any commentaries - just the movie and scene index...wot a piece of crap :(
Devil55
12-14-2002, 07:13 PM
The one with the special features is probably the new ones that came out when that boxset came out last year.I've seen A Nightmare on Elm street on those new dvds and Cravens commentaries were cool but I like mostly just watching the movie and the talking distracts me more then anything.