Triskaidekafiles

Triskaidekafiles is a love letter to cheesy cinema from the 80s and 90s, with the occasional dip into other eras.  if you're a fan of MST3K, Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, or just bad horror movies in general, Trisk is the place for you.

Filtering by Tag: Wes Craven

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE

WRITER: Wes Craven

DIRECTOR: Wes Craven

STARRING: Robert Englund as Himself/Freddy Krueger
Heather Langenkamp as Herself
Miko Hughes as Dylan
David Newsom as Chase Porter
Tracy Middendorf as Julie
Fran Bennett as Dr. Heffner
John Saxon as Himself

QUICK CUT: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, and Wes Craven reunite to reminisce about the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS

WRITERS: Screenplay by Wes Craven & Bruce Wagner and Chuck Russell & Frank Darabont
    Story by Wes Craven & Bruce Wagner

DIRECTOR: Chuck Russell

STARRING: Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
    Patricia Arquette as Kristen Parker
    Larry Fishburne as Max
    Craig Wasson as Neil Gordon
    Bradley Gregg as Phillip
    Rodney Eastman as Joey
    Ira Heiden as Will
    Nan Martin as Nun
    Jennifer Rubin as Taryn
    Ken Sagoes as Kincaid
    Penelope Sudrow as Jennifer
    John Saxon as Thompson
    Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger

QUICK CUT: A new therapist helps a group of kids find friendship and their own inner strength as they battle their personal demons.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

WRITER: Wes Craven

DIRECTOR: Wes Craven

STARRING: John Saxon as Lt. Thompson
    Ronee Blakely as Marge Thompson
    Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
    Amanda Wyss as Tina Gray
    Nick Corri as Rod Lane
    Johnny Depp as Glenn Lantz
    Robert Englund as Fred Krueger

QUICK CUT: When the nightmares affecting the sleep of high school students start to become all too real, it falls upon Nancy to get to the bottom of things.

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Deadly Friend (1986)

Deadly Friend

Writer: Screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin

Director: Wes Craven

Starring: Matthew Laborteaux as Paul
    Kristy Swanson as Samantha
    Michael Sharrett as Tom
    Anne Twomey as Jeannie
    Anne Ramsey as Elvira
    Richard Marcus as Harry

Quick Cut: It's just another quiet day in a quiet town, until an artificially intelligent robot moves in next door, gets blown up, and has his CPU implanted into a girl.

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SHOCKER (1989)

SHOCKER (1989)

Writer: Wes Craven

Director: Wes Craven

Starring:
   
Lt. Don Parker - Michael Murphy
    Jonathan Parker - Peter Berg
    Alison - Cami Cooper
    Horace Pinker - Mitch Pileggi

Synopsis: When a college student stumbles upon a crime scene in a dream, he helps stop a serial killer in a Midwestern US town.  But when the killings continue after his execution, only Jonathan can stop Horace Pinker's killing spree before it starts again.

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