Guilty Pleasure Of The Month

November, 1999

Craven imagery: We enjoy a good scare, but New Line's Platinum Series boxed set of the seven Nightmare on Elm Street films ($130) may be too much of a good thing. Director Wes Craven offers commentaries on the opening and closing chapters in the series—A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), arguably the two best— and all of the films benefit from digital remastering and wide-screen presentation. Vlad tidings: Watch out for the trio of vampire flicks from Image by...