TREMORS 4: THE LEGEND BEGINS (2004)

The storyline from Part 3 continued on into the TV series, so Part 4 instead tells about how the Graboids first showed up in Perfection Valley way back in ye olde 1889. Water from a hot spring hatches some old Graboid eggs that have been sitting there for Satan only knows how long.  The new baby Graboids kill 17 miners that are working nearby.  The mine is now effectively closed, so the owner, Hiram Gummer (Michael Gross), travels from Philadelphia to personally see what the hell is going on.  What he finds is a dying town.  Everybody has hightailed it and there's only a small handful of people left.  People that suspiciously look like they could be the distant relatives of the characters from Part 1.

City-slicker Gummer isn't accustomed to the frontier life, but he goes to investigate the silver mine anyway and finds it infested with Graboids! Barely making it back to town alive, he hires the help of a bounty hunter and even buys a wagon full of guns.  He quickly discovers that he really, really likes guns.

I like TREMORS 4. The budget is respectable, there's less CGI than in Part 3 and the awesome full-grown adult animatronic Graboids are back. I also liked the story and enjoyed seeing the origins of Perfection.  The transformation of Gummer from city boy to rough, gun-toting outdoorsman was silly, but funny.  If you like the TREMORS series then this film is a must watch.

Part 1 - Tremors (1990)
Part 2 - Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)
Part 3 - Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
Part 5 - Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)
Part 6 - Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018)

Part 7 - Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020)

NEW NIGHTMARE (1994)

If I'm following this snory (that's a mix between a snore and a story) correctly, there's an ancient demon that got trapped in the Freddy Krueger character, but now that they are no longer making ELM STREET movies, he's breaking free and starting to crossover into the real world.  And for some goddamn reason, Heather Langenkamp (who played Freddy's nemesis in the original film and Part 3) is the "gatekeeper".  Well, that's the stupidest shit I've ever heard in my life, but whatever, let's see how it goes...

...like shit. Heather is being haunted by these spooky dreams and her annoying kid is even more annoying because he sleepwalks all over the joint and talks like Danny from THE SHINING. Then finally after a short eternity, Freddy shows up and instantly gets his ass kicked. Wow. That's entertaining.

The story would have been much better if it had been centered on Robert Englund instead of Heather Langenkamp.  Unfortunately, Englund has very little screen time as himself.

Way too much buildup for zero pay off, no gore, no nudity, a new Freddy glove that looks like garbage, lots and lots of talking, stupid kills, really annoying kid, low body count (4, two of which are in the opening scene and look like crap!), Freddy wearing a hat made out of Kermit the Frog's foreskin.

Skip it with a vengeance or watch it to mock.

Part 1 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Part 2 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Part 3 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Part 4 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Part 5 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
Part 6 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Freddy vs Jason (2003)
Remake 1 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010)

I wasn't against a "reboot" of the ELM STREET franchise, mainly because some of the latter films were junk, but this remake is completely bland and soulless. It's shot in an ultraslick way that I dislike, the story is simply an unoriginal abbreviated version of bits and pieces of various moments from the original series, the actors are all (with the exception of Freddy himself and, of course, Clancy Brown) boring and forgettable, there's zero tension, loud jump scenes and loud noises throughout the movie, very little blood or gore, zero nudity and worse of all it doesn't push the envelope at all.

Freddy was a child molester, but yet when he returns from the dead and captures these kids he doesn't have any sexual desires at all and just kills them. I would really like to see a "reboot" of the ELM STREET series made by somebody that wouldn't be scared to get into the dark psychological elements of the story. David Lynch would be a interesting choice. I'd even be happy just reading a novelization of the story by somebody like Brian Keene or Edward Lee. Now that would be exciting!!!

I was worried that the new actor playing Freddy was gonna suck, but he was actually pretty good and at moments kinda scary...too bad the script was shit and he kinda looked like a fish with Down syndrome. Watch it if you want. It's watchable, just not very memorable.

Part 1 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Part 2 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Part 3 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Part 4 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Part 5 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
Part 6 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Part 7 - Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Freddy vs Jason (2003)