HalloweeNightJW

They're all over. For instance, the music sting when Rod jumps out of the bushes at Nancy is gone on all audio tracks on the disc as is the sound effect of Tina ripping off Freddy's face, while the two instances I pointed out earlier are missing from the original theatrical mono track. Its just a mess. For the people that don't care and are going to buy the disc anyway, hey, ignorance is bliss so enjoy it. But I hope New Line offers some kind of repressing for people like myself and the previous poster who mentioned knowing the film like the back of his eyelids.

ReduxGuy

No, it's still in there. It's just quieter than it originally was.

Cylon

Maybe it's a mistake and NL will fix it? =|

surfingelectrod

Is it me, or are some of the pictures of Freddy on the back cover and on the discs from Nightmare 3?

TomOpus

I was thinking the same thing.

Those that are upset over the audio mess-up, would you say it's better to pick up the current boxset since it's fairly cheap?

Julie Walker

Yes All 16.9,all with original mono or stereo mixes and a 5.1 remix. 7 films for $40 or less is quite a steal.

I just returned the dvd today after class,though had to do a switcherroo since it was open. First I returned it to the Best Buy I bought it from ,which was near school and exchanged for a new copy(claimed mine was 'defected'). Then I stopped into the Best Buy near my house and got a refund. I've never done this before,but just had to in this case.

If it were one audio cue missing,I could live with that. But since there are alot of effects missing,and the mono is basically a downmix of the 5.1 tracks(despite one mono original effect being intact). It's a ripoff in my opinion and I'd rather not waste money on it,unless New Line corrects the major mistakes.

Giles

question: is this scene intact for the new edition?

(from imdb): The US release trims the scene where Tina falls from her bedroom ceiling, missing out the subsequent splash of blood that flies up as she hits the bed. This scene was included in the original UK cinema and video release on the CBS/Fox label. However, the version re-issued on DVD and video in the late-'90s on the Entertainment in Video label uses the cut US version.

Willh51

This did not, in fact, come with an insert? Correct?

n1ghtmare

Nope, same old cut we've always had, though it is included in the extras.

CertifiedTHX

This release looks so good, I actually wish I was a fan of the Nightmare franchise. I don't dislike it, I've just never been particularly drawn to it. Friday the 13th is the same. Only ones I really go for are Wes Craven's New Nightmare and Freddy vs. Jason.

Amazing, though, how some DVD releases are put together so well that I get tempted even when I don't care all that much for the movie. Never used to happen in the days of VHS.

--THX

Spiral Staircase

Mine had an insert for some overpriced TCM, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th figurines.

Willh51

Mine too, thanks!

Abe.

Wait, how can you like Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and not like the original? To me, New Nightmare works a lot better if you know the original really well.

surfingelectrod

I just started rewatching this for the first time in a while, and I guess I was right about the cover. Why would New Line use pictures from later films in the series?

HalloweeNightJW

NIGHTMARE 4 actually. New Line are geniuses. Infinifilm everyone... Quality at its highest.

HalloweeNightJW

Definitely. Even though visually the new ELM STREET disc has a better transfer than the one in the box set, for $40 you can't really go wrong.

Abe.

I just finished watching the new DVD, and to be honest, the sound cues didn't really bother me all that much. It was the same version they showed during the big screen exhibition last week.

The transfer is incredible. The 1999 DVD looked really good, but this one brings it up a couple notches. The sound is where all the major improvement went into.

Yeah, the back cover is kinda misleading, but that doesn't take away from the film as a whole. This set is a can't miss.

gerrythedon

Damn same here. I only have FvJ on DVD and now this. Finished watching the extras last night and must say this is a great DVD. I borrowed the box sets for both Freddy & Jason like a year ago and could care less for them, other than NEW NIGHTMARE. I hope they release a 2 discer for it. I loved it when companies release fully packed DVD's and that gets me to finally getting the movie or sometimes even watching it for the first time, like the other sweet ass release TCM: 2 disc UE!

Eric D.

All those audio cuts are unacceptable. I was thinking about geting this seeing as how it is one of my favorite horror films, but now I'll pass. What a shame.

animatedude

i've never seen any of the Nightmare movies and iam not sure whether i should get this new 2-disc set or the boxset.or wait cos they might revisit the sequels too?

Ethan VanSciver

Yeah, my wife and I watched it last night, having not seen it since 1986 or so. It's really a bad movie....I didn't remember it being this silly.

But then, I was a kid.

Mr. Cinema

I've already bought my copy and opened it and threw away the receipt. Had I known about the missing audio effects, I would have passed. But the new features should help a little. I still have my boxset to fall back on. I'll watch it next month and hope I don't notice a big difference.

Mok

Damn picked this up today, I knew I should have checked this thread out first.

Abe.

Some aspects of the movie may seem goofy now, but I feel the movie has pretty much stayed true to it's original idea and execution. Craven's version of Freddy is a lot different than the sequels made him out.

I can see why some people might laugh during certain scenes in the movie, I just look at it from a different point of view.

About the audio edits: It's really not that bad, the small cuts really don't affect the movie that much. I might even say that they make the movie slightly better. I mean, how much was actually cut out... about five seconds of sound effects?

Surfinhank

So could somebody list the new extras that are exclusive to this disc?