Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

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• Reid V

  
  An utterly exhaustive, but absolutely fascinating look at the entire Elm Street series. Even though I have never been the biggest fan of the series, I loved how in-depth this documentary was. In fact, I had more fun watching this film than I ever had watching any of the individual… More
  An utterly exhaustive, but absolutely fascinating look at the entire Elm Street series. Even though I have never been the biggest fan of the series, I loved how in-depth this documentary was. In fact, I had more fun watching this film than I ever had watching any of the individual films. By the end, one cannot deny Freddie's impact on American culture.

• Tim S

  
  I was thrilled to bits when I first heard that Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy was being put together. For die-hard Nightmare on Elm Street fans (like myself), this is the holy grail of horror documentaries. It was long overdue, to say the least. Despite New Line… More
  I was thrilled to bits when I first heard that Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy was being put together. For die-hard Nightmare on Elm Street fans (like myself), this is the holy grail of horror documentaries. It was long overdue, to say the least. Despite New Line Cinema's attempts at a boxed set of all of the films with some extras, there wasn't any sort of documentary chronicling the series as a whole. Not to mention that the TV series has been pretty much ignored by the studio. This was independently financed and produced by a group of fans who are also talented filmmakers, so it was the perfect combination. Even at four hours long, the documentary still feels short because it's so entertaining and you just want it to go on forever. Thankfully, the second disc of the DVD set is filled to the brim with extended interviews and tidbits, as well as an impressive bulk of extras. I've already done a full review of this set elsewhere, but trust me, this is an amazing documentary and a great DVD set for any horror fan.

• Lord N

  
  This isn't a review it's more of a thing I'm putting out to make you all aware of this if you aren't already. Basically this is a documentary on how all of the Nightmare on Elm Street films were made and it basically devotes 30-40 minutes to every Freddy film. As… More
  This isn't a review it's more of a thing I'm putting out to make you all aware of this if you aren't already. Basically this is a documentary on how all of the Nightmare on Elm Street films were made and it basically devotes 30-40 minutes to every Freddy film. As such it is 4 hours long but there is nothing that says you have to watch it all in one sitting. It is actually really fascinating. It is interesting to see all of the mentalities of everyone who made a Freddy film particularly the really crappy ones. So yeah, just a suggestion ignore it if you want. But if you are a Freddy junkie or have seen all of the films or even half of them or something, I would highly suggest this one. It was really interesting.

• Wu C

  
  Interesting insight into the production of all Freddy Krueger films. The only downfall is the 4hr run time.