Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Directed by: Rachel Talalay
Starring: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Yaphet Kotto, Johnny Depp, Roseanne Barr
Rated: R
Running Time: 1 h 29 m
TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Freddy’s Origin, One or Two Dream Sequences
WEAKNESSES: Everything Else
Ten years after the last “Nightmare”, Freddy has killed all but one of the remaining teens in Springwood and now must use the amnestic John Doe to lure more teens to him.
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Alien (1979)
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Harry Dean Anderson, Ian Holm, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto
Rated: R for Sci-Fi Violence/Gore and Language
Running Time: 1 h 56 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Pacing, Production Design, Atmosphere, Writing, Directing
WEAKNESSES: Wide Shots of Xenomorph
The crew of the merchant space vessel Nostromo lands on a moon to investigate a distress call, only to find something they weren’t ready for waiting for them.
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