Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Film Review

 

For some strange reason this year seems to be the year that horror icons are getting their own documentaries. As the Chucky franchise recently got one with the great Living With Chucky and now another icon of not just horror but cinema and TV as a whole has just released his very own documentary and so then join me as I review the film that proves playing a nightmare of a character like Freddy Krueger can turn into a dream acting career with the film in question being called simply just "Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story" enjoy.

As this is a documentary this film really doesn't have a plot to speak as all it is is Robert talking about his life and his career. This is something that I think both works for and against he film it works for the film as it gives you the chance to hear more about the this man who has terrified us for decades but it works against the film as large portions of his life are either skipped over or just straight up forgotten about which makes the film feel more like an adaptation of Robert Englund's Wikipedia page and nothing more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this film is Robert Englund , Eli Roth , Lance Henriksen , Amanda Wyss , Lin Shaye and Tony Todd. Also starring in this film is Monica Keena , Miko Hughes  , Heather Langenkamp , Andrew Divoff , Bill Moseley , Dennis Christopher , Tammy Lauren , Kane Hodder , Jill Schoelen , Kelly Jo Minter , Mick Garris , Tuesday Knight , Adam Green , Corey Taylor , Jeffrey Reddick , Dwight H. Little , Kenneth Johnson , Nathan Baesel , Michael Leavy , Janus Blythe , Gary Sherman , Steve Johnson , Danny Hassel , Diane Cary , Tim Sullivan , Peter Atkins , Bobby C. King , Bart Mixon , Andy Palmer , Michelle Zeitlin , Jaron Presant , David Stump , James Chressanthis , David J. Stieve and Jonathan Glendening.

As with Living With Chucky I really did like alot of the people that were interviewed for this film as alot them did have very unique things to say. However with that being said all of them praise Robert which granted is to be expected but at the same time tho it does get boring after awhile and while it's great to see alot of the cast not covering the same points as each other I just wish that they'd gotten more people from Robert's private live just so we the fans can hear about what he's like when he's not making a movie or a TV show.

As was to be expected he does cover the same old Star Wars story that he seems to cover which was to be expected. As much as I love hearing the story of how he told Mark Hamill to go in and audition for the role of Luke Skywalker it's a story that i've heard so many times now that it's become kind of a cliche to expect that story to show up in any documentary that Robert Englund appears in but I will admit I did enjoy the fact that he added to the story as he does say that he stole a piece of paper with the list of things that they were looking for in Luke Skywalker and that he auditioned for the role of Han Solo. 

I really did enjoy finding out about all of the other films that Robert Englund did both prior to and after A Nightmare On Elm Street. As it goes to show you just how much of a good actor he is as alot of films prior to being cast as Freddy Krueger were either drama's or comedies and you can just tell from the very brief clips of each films that they show that he had alot of fun making them as his charm really does shine through and it's hearing these stories that makes me want to check out more of his filmography.

What really saddened me was the fact that his father didn't fully get on board with him wanting to be an actor. Even when he started to become successful even tho his father did get to live through the rise of Freddy Krueger mania Robert himself says that him wanting to become an actor instead of a lawyer strained his relationship with his father even tho his mother was quite happy with him choosing to be an actor even tho she didn't get to live through Freddy Krueger mania but sadly he never mentions if he and his dad ever fully became close again but given that his dad appeared on set the day they were filming Freddy's death at the end of A Nightmare On Em Street 4: The Dream Master we can safely assume that they did mend there relationship at some point. 

For me this documentary would have been made better if we to see what Robert Englund the family man at home is like. As we have tons of DVD's and Blu-Rays to see what Robert Englund the entertainer is like and this would have given us a more dramatic hook as well as we'd get to see how the role of Freddy Krueger effected not only him but also his friends and his family as well which would have been more interesting then seeing people talk about alot of very little known films that as much as I hate to it just aren't that relevant to this films story.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and ten minuets and eleven seconds. Which for a documentary about one person's life is a bit on the long side even more so when you realise that this film feels like it's repeat on alot of the time with the film going interview and clip several times over and maybe just maybe you'll get some interesting facts or you'll find out about a film that you never knew about but I will however very much admit that this film does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as there are some comedy moments in this film that means that I have to actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of this films comedy coming from seeing how Robert acted behind the scenes on some of his movies which was just a pure joy tom watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while I can't say that this documentary is better then either I Am Nancy or Living With Chucky for that matter I can say this film is a must watch for any fan of either Robert Englund or A Nightmare On Elm Street in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all f the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Image actually has images from this film up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

My First Impressions Of The The Walking Dead: Dead City TV Series

The Walking Dead is a franchise that just won't die even after the main show has now officially ended we're getting a slew of spin off shows. Well the first of those spin off shows has just now released it's first episode and well I thought that i'd talk about it and so then join me as I give you my first impressions of the show that proves that this franchise really should just star dead with the TV show in question being called simply just "The Walking Dead: Dead City" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is after her son is kidnapped Maggie is forced to team up with the one person she would rather not see again. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it does a solid job of setting up what the main plot of the show will be and is genuinely quite entertaining and very engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee and one of this shows producers Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan Smith. Also starring in this episode is Gaius Charles as Perlie Armstrong , Željko Ivanek as The Croat , Mahina Napoleon as Ginny , Logan Kim as Hershel Rhee , Trey Santiago-Hudson as Jano , Eleanor Reissa as Esther , Pallavi Sastry as Nina , Charlie Solis as The Bartender and David Chen as Gritz.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episodes cast doing their best to make this episodes script work for them the issue is tho apart from Negan and Maggie none of this episode cast pf characters are given much in the way of personality and so the actors can only do so much with the material that they are given to work with in this episode.

Doing the CGI for this episode is rather unknown as the company isn't listed anywhere on the internet or IMDB. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with it being hard to tell what was a CGI effect and what was done practically on the shows set.

I will admit that i'm not the biggest fan of The Walking Dead just because I started watching the show far to late into it's run and I found the show a bit boring at times. As such i'm not this shows target audience but for me what's interesting about all of these spin offs is the chance to cover more parts of this world that alot people seem to really love and while i'm never going to be a fan of The Walking Dead TV show if they did a spin off that I actually liked then I could see myself being a fan of that particualr spin off.

The idea of having thee two characters who are basically enemies that are now forced to team up together does seem like a good idea. While it's understandable that this episode doesn't fully turn the character of Negan and Maggie into friends what is telling is that it doesn't appear as if that's the route that there going to go down which i'm fully on board with as it shows that some wounds are so deep that no matter how much time has passed it would impossible for them to fully heal up which should be the case with Negan and Maggie.

There are some things that I don't like in this episode like the fact that because of the fact that alot of this episode is set at night it does make it hard to see alot of what's going on alot of the time. Another thing that I hated was oddly enough the lack of zombies in New York as we are told something in this episode which i'm not going to spoil incase it's a massive spoiler but because of that and because of the trailers I was expecting to see alot more zombies when we reach New York but sadly we don't get to see that many and as such the hole city really does feel like it's very light on zombies and as such comes across as being a really safe for these characters to live.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty five minuets and one second. Which if memory serves me right is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for anything to do with The Walking Dead and to this episodes credit it does have more then enough plot to cover that large amount of running time but at the same time tho I feel that this episode really didn't need to be that long as you don't really need to do alot of explaining and if this episode was shorter it would help alot with the episodes pretty bad pacing as well. 

So now then as this is a zombie show that means that I have to actually talk the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With their being alot of really cool kills happening in this episode and while the make up effects for the zombies don't look that good the make up when the zombies are killed look really good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this wasn't a bad first episode and while I can see alot of die hard fans of The Walking Dead really liking this show I can't really see this show attracting alot of or even any new fans to this franchise either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about the all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if i'm still watching this show when this shows final episodes airs or is released and then i'll give this a show review and as well as rating for the show as a whole.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official The Walking Dead fandom wiki page and Google Images.With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official The Walking Dead fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official The Walking Dead fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition and so then horror fans we ends this post as we always freaking do with our one and true freaking horror goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very freaking unpleasant dreams indeed.