What is the iRankMovies score for Wes Craven's New Nightmare?

Name: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Director: Wes Craven
Genre: fantasy, horror, mystery
Released: 1994
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.4

Wes Craven's New Nightmare has an iRankMovies score of 67.8/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

This time the terror doesn't stop at the screen.

Release:1994

Runtime:1h 52m

Country:United States

Director:Wes Craven

Language:English

Genre

FantasyHorrorMystery

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Keywords

FireDreamsNightmareSadismKidnapping PsychopathMovie Businesssupernatural

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Wes Craven's New Nightmare rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 69K votes

Rotten Tomatoes78%

Metacritic64%

TMDb6.455/10· 2K votes

With 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 64/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Wes Craven's New Nightmare

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

Cast of Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Heather Langenkamp
as Heather Langenkamp / Nancy Thompson
Robert Englund
as Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger
Miko Hughes
as Dylan Porter
Wes Craven
as Wes Craven
David Newsom
as Chase Porter
Tracy Middendorf
as Julie
Fran Bennett
as Dr. Christine Heffner
John Saxon
as John Saxon / Lt. Donald Thompson
JF Davis
as Freddy's Hand Double
Matt Winston
as Chuck Wilson
Rob LaBelle
as Terry Feinstein
Marianne Maddalena
as Marianne Maddalena

Wes Craven's New Nightmare facts

Budget: $8M
Box office: $19.7M
Collection: A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Director deconstructs horror meta-narrative with intelligent satirical approach
•Complex mythology blends reality and nightmare dimensions effectively unsettling
•Celebrity casting adds intrigue to alternative reality horror concept

What the audience disliked

•Dense plotting sometimes obscures thematic clarity and narrative coherence
•Pacing stumbles during exposition-heavy sequences explaining mythological rules

Saga: A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection