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Freddy vs. Ghostbusters
USA 2004
produced by Hank Braxtan, J. Michael Weiss (associate) for BraxtanFILM
directed by Hank Braxtan
starring J.Michael Weiss, Tim Johnson, Jason Cook, Bradley J. Roddy, Elizabeth Hogan, Bradley Griffith, Bill O'Grady, Byron Brake, Harley Goldman, Darcy Grabowski, Ken Godshall, D.R.Thorstad, Dason Beadles, Shawna Braxtan, Michael Weiss, Malcolm MacLean
written by Hank Braxtan, Tim Johnson, special makeup and special effects by Hank Braxtan
featurette Freddy Krueger, Ghostbusters
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Neil (J.Michael Weiss) has bad dreams every night in which he is
pursued by Freddy Krueger (Bradley J.Roddy) - yup, exactly the one from
the Nightmare
on Elm Street-series. Then though Neil teams up with his two
friends Eugene (Jason Cook) and Ed (Tim Johnson), and they form the
Ghostbusters, before long becoming a raving success for hunting ghosts all
over Denver. To be with the team, Neil has moved out of his old
appartment, and wouldn't you know it, the nightmares have stopped - which
makes Ed figure that Freddy Krueger must live in Neil's mattress, and they
decide to go after Freddy.
Meanwhile though, Neil's useless roommate Chuck (Bradley Griffith) has
started sleeping in Neil's bed, has started to have Neil's nightmares -
and has been killed by Freddy Krueger.
The Ghostbusters now decide to burn Neil's old mattress, and against
all odds, this works just fine ... but only because Freddy has since left
the mattress and found a new home in Nancy (Elizabeth Hogan), Chuck's
girlfriend and the woman Neil has been secretly in love with for years. To
save Nancy, whom Freddy keeps in a state of permanent trance, the
Ghostbusters decide to enter the dreamworld ... but it's not until they
can drag Freddy back into the real world that they can dispose of him by
locking him inside one of their ghost boxes ...
You might have guessed it, this is not an official sequel of either the
Nightmare
on Elm Street- or the Ghostbusters-series but
rather a fanmovie, and it's not feature-length either bur clocks inat just
over half an hour. And what can I say, for a fan movie it is pretty well
done, direction, camerawork and lighting are slick as can be, the actors
are maybe not great but adequate, and the special effects (both analog and
digital) are on a professional level. That said though, what's bothering
about the film is that despite a promising concept, it's simply not very
funny, definitely less funny than either the Ghostbusters-
or the Nightmare
on Elm Street-series - which is a bit of a pity considering
the effort that was put into the film.
By the way, the film is available for free download from its production
company's website, http://www.braxtanfilm.com,
and even if the film is not perfect, for this price it is definitely worth
a look.
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