Robert Englund’s intelligent manners (sometimes he pronounces a swear word in silence.) and acting talent for imagining of big dramatic roles while his astonishing story, which he told in this documentary, on how he got part of Freddy Krueger became a point of his involvement in horror movies. Unfortunately, this damnation was always in cinema when a breakthrough performance brings to typecasting curse and everybody wrongfully assume an actor and an actress are not capable for making any opposite role. Maybe, it would be an another turning point if Crusade would happen though I personally don’t regret that filming wasn’t implemented due to it’s script doesn’t reach a great despite it was with potential. Nevertheless, Robert Englund’s played and plays not only in horrors and even with the last I can’t consider him as a typecast actor as I would say that on Boris Karloff who was a brilliant thespian, but watching Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster, which had disheveling editing and multiple interviews with monumental actors didn’t ended up in that documentary, I was worn out on watching even there on one-color performance whose common characteristics are: a brute body size, a lot of makeup giving a monstrous look and a little text or absolutely no lines for talking. One director says precisely in documentary on Robert Englund that he takes serious even it’s a low-budget flick. Robert Englund creates an individual and memorable performance. That’s why Freddy Krueger is undisputedly the best cinema maniac. Jason Voorhees, Mike Myers, Leatherface were played by various people and I don’t see difference. Kane Hodder says precisely about performing of his famous role though he was hurt by that he wasn’t invited in Freddy vs. Jason and I’m sorry for him, but as I just wrote. Nobody other than Robert Englund can be Freddy Krueger. It is when actor’s name and characters are synonyms. His character also covered by makeup, but way of talking (while other serial killers usually silent.) and how he moves are unique.
Robert Englund always belonged to acting as this can get in documentary. He is a colossal storyteller whom can listen without watching on him while Englund amazes in his movements when talks about his life, people and films. A thespian truthfully tells on what he experienced and gives treasure by speaking on movies in which he wanted to get a part. Documentary with amazing stories behind cameras, which also were told by interesting people of cinema who were involved in movies with Robert Englund. Lance Henriksen is the most wonderful and I would wish to listen everything what he said on camera, because there is no doubt that it was only a some part.
Two hours and ten minutes of rollercoaster ride. Directing and editing give living pace to documentary. Gripping music is vibe of every narrating time. Unfortunately, there are two mistakes were committed. An interviewee speaks while his mouth is shut and then he takes and drinks from a plastic glass. Other man talks and we see his image, then it changes on Robert Englund’s arrival on fan convection while person continues to express and then Heather Langenkamp says, but we still see footage and don’t see her.
It wasn’t natural to look on Englund giving interview in Freddy’s makeup. It wasn’t mentioned from which part he did it while I didn’t find right a conception of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, but I changed my mind to it. I thought on other flicks with legend. Documentary propels to watch again and open new movies with Robert Englund.
