dreams – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) | Robert Englund

October 20, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Future action movie maestro Renny Harlin came to Hollywood from Finland to take over the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise for one entry with THE DREAM MASTER, in which Freddy Krueger gets resurrected in order to get revenge on those who put him in his grave, and to hopefully take a few more teenage souls […]

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) | Chuck Russell

October 10, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

The third time was certainly the charm in the Nightmare on Elm Street” series with DREAM WARRIORS, which put together a team of adept but troubled teenagers in taking on the fiercely powerful (and growing more so by the day, Freddy Krueger, who is out to kill these kids in their nightmares. Nancy Thompson (Heather […]

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) | Jack Sholder

October 4, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

A very speedy follow-up to A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET replaces Wes Craven as the creative force, taking the series in a new and unexpected direction under the guiding influence of Jack Sholder. Screenwriter David Chaskin supplies the subversive screenplay that caused it to become a cult hit in the gay horror-loving community for its […]

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) | Wes Craven

September 29, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Wes Craven refreshed the struggling slasher film genre with this more surreal and intense take, saving New Line Cinema with one of the big surprise hits of 1984: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Heather Langenkamp stars as Nancy Thompson, who finds out that she is not alone in having a recurring dream about a badly burnt […]

Dreamscape (1984) | Joseph Ruben

September 20, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Dreamscape stars Dennis Quaid as a psychic enlisted into a top-secret government experiment that puts him into the nightmares of another person in order to cure them. However, when the President of the United States becomes the subject, he finds himself embroiled in a plot to assassinate the world leader in his sleep. Kate Capshaw, […]

Explorers (1985) | Joe Dante

September 7, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Joe Dante’s Explorers marks the big screen debuts of two future stars, Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, who, along with Jason Presson, make up the three young boys with a thirst for adventure and scientific exploration. In their dreams, the boys have a connection to a circuit board that they eventually use to build their own little […]