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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 439270" data-attributes="member: 23"><img src="https://smileyshack.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/smileyslaughing_lol_hehe_100-102.gif?w=145&amp;h=150"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle&nbsp; &nbsp; :giggle:" data-shortname=":giggle:" />Yes. Perhaps it was overstating when I said she has &quot;been frequently cited as an icon&quot;. Replace that with&quot;sometimes shown up in lists of final girls&quot;. The Omen trilogyhad the &quot;creative kills&quot; covered to a degree, but I can easily see how the Nightmare films could put its own cartoony spin on this and take it to another level. Somehow I imagine the effects looking quite silly today (which could be an argument for watching).I am a little intrigued that the first sequel had a rare male scream queen.Yes. It&#039;s one of those premises that allows for lots of potential scenarios. In retrospect it&#039;s kind of obvious, but I can imagine the difficult part was coming up with the premise in the first place.There&#039;s also the selling point of the film potentially doing for sleeping what Psycho did for the shower.As a side note, I actually had a nightmare the night after watching (it wasn&#039;t related to the film and I&#039;d also had a similar nightmare the night before watching, so I&#039;m sure it wasn&#039;t connected. Still, it felt appropriate).From what I understand, it&#039;s about the making of a new Nightmare sequel, so the &quot;real&quot; Nightmare films become the films within a film, much like the Stab films would later be in Scream.I&#039;ve never seen Shadow Of The Vampire, but it looks interesting. I&#039;m reminded of Ed Wood a film I haven&#039;t watched since it was first released, but enjoyed at the time (even though I had never seen or heard of Plan 9 From Outer Space).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 439270, member: 23"] :giggle: Yes. Perhaps it was overstating when I said she has "been frequently cited as an icon". Replace that with"sometimes shown up in lists of final girls". [I] The Omen [/I]trilogyhad the "creative kills" covered to a degree, but I can easily see how the [I]Nightmare[/I] films could put its own cartoony spin on this and take it to another level. Somehow I imagine the effects looking quite silly today (which could be an argument for watching). I am a little intrigued that the first sequel had a rare male scream queen. Yes. It's one of those premises that allows for lots of potential scenarios. In retrospect it's kind of obvious, but I can imagine the difficult part was coming up with the premise in the first place. There's also the selling point of the film potentially doing for sleeping what [I]Psycho[/I] did for the shower. [SIZE=3]As a side note, I actually had a nightmare the night after watching (it wasn't related to the film and I'd also had a similar nightmare the night [U][I]before[/I][/U] watching, so I'm sure it wasn't connected. Still, it felt appropriate).[/SIZE] From what I understand, it's about the making of a new [I]Nightmare[/I] sequel, so the "real" [I]Nightmare[/I] films become the films within a film, much like the [I]Stab[/I] films would later be in [I]Scream[/I]. I've never seen [I]Shadow Of The Vampire, [/I]but it looks interesting. I'm reminded of [I]Ed Wood [/I]a film I haven't watched since it was first released, but enjoyed at the time (even though I had never seen or heard of [I]Plan 9 From Outer Space[/I]). [/QUOTE]

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