Wes Craven‘s New Nightmare (1994) | Episode #55

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca linger a little longer on Elm Street with their discussion of the 1994 horror-comedy film Wes Craven's New Nightmare. 

Episode Highlights: We talk about how this film explores the idea that perhaps the most terrifying nightmares of all are those found in the real world (particularly in that surreal landscape that is Hollywood). We argue that this film, as a meta-horror narrative, remains a revolutionary text within the horror genre as it lays the groundwork for many of our current examinations of how we shape not only horror but also craft the final girls we demand survive our nightmares.

A Dose of Scholarship: In this episode, we look at meta-narratives with guidance from Frank Pilipp's article "Creative Incest: Cross- and Self-Referencing in Recent Hollywood Cinema" and Guillermo Rodríguez-Romaguera's article "The Quixotic in Horror: Self-Generating Narrative and Its Self-Critical Sequel in Wes Craven's Self-Reflexive Cinema."  

This podcast episode first aired on October 12, 2021.

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