tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post6466550720901867090..comments2023-11-05T02:57:06.922-05:00Comments on The Vault of Horror: A Quarter-Century of Krueger: Can We Talk About Ronee Blakley?B-Solhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-49517902368522623932018-11-26T20:53:56.740-05:002018-11-26T20:53:56.740-05:00Spot on. Her acting was awful at best. I was in sh...Spot on. Her acting was awful at best. I was in shock when I found out about the academy award nomination. We are not complaining about her perception of how to play her mother but her acting skills in general. DreadfulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517301789383661055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-65716103049552397912017-10-03T17:32:15.461-04:002017-10-03T17:32:15.461-04:00I disagree with you guys. Ronee played a major cha...I disagree with you guys. Ronee played a major character suffering from depression due to being a divorcé, from seeing the trouble with her daughter and being unable to deal with it. It appears clearly from her acting that Marge is fragile and under antidepressant or something. We know from the begining that she is alcoholic. On the contrary she played beautyfully her character of a woman that was not there! Not sure that your interpretation of what Craven thought on her acting is accurate. I think in that case he would have changed the actress. I want to add that I found Ronee very attractive in the movie. Nicolas a fan from Paris, France.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436050472875860947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-73998480387116278942011-02-10T11:34:36.902-05:002011-02-10T11:34:36.902-05:00I just knew I couldn't be the only one!I just knew I couldn't be the only one!B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-77501801191377675672011-01-30T02:57:40.607-05:002011-01-30T02:57:40.607-05:00Thank you, thank you, thank you. I thought only I ...Thank you, thank you, thank you. I thought only I thought like that!<br /><br />I totally agree - Blakley's performance really stank in an otherwise great movie. When I think back to 1984, it was the creepiest horror flick I had ever seen. Thoroughly enjoyed it!<br /><br />Jamie, Adelaide SOUTH AUSTRALIAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-18084054269137172772010-07-19T11:43:06.863-04:002010-07-19T11:43:06.863-04:00Yeah, the truth hurts sometimes...Yeah, the truth hurts sometimes...B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-31825532915138324542009-12-08T12:31:35.661-05:002009-12-08T12:31:35.661-05:00i always assumed she was on valium or something du...i always assumed she was on valium or something due to keeping the secret and trying to cope with the secret of being part of killing fred krueger. i thought it was written into the script. haha that's funny that it was something she just did on her own. maybe that was her interpretation, too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634949766044270680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-41863816609998810262009-11-29T15:32:02.056-05:002009-11-29T15:32:02.056-05:00I see what some of you are saying, that it was a d...I see what some of you are saying, that it was a dramatic choice on her part to play it that way. I just happen to find that it was a very poor dramatic choice. But yeah, there is much camp to be appreciated in it.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-53106973730942987512009-11-29T14:34:29.488-05:002009-11-29T14:34:29.488-05:00I won't say that it was a great performance, b...I won't say that it was a great performance, but personally I don't think it takes that much away from the film. Because of what she's been through, Nancy's mom is over-protective but too drunk to actually protect her only daughter; I think Blakley's over-dramatic acting basically reflects this. Moms like that often are drama queens.joe DOEhttp://sykophunk.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-29645157459648190452009-11-29T13:12:03.003-05:002009-11-29T13:12:03.003-05:00Poor Ronee - I think you guys are being a touch to...Poor Ronee - I think you guys are being a touch too harsh. Her performance, while certainly not great, isn't really THAT bad - she kinda does what she's supposed to, what with her playing a doped up, alcoholic mother of a troubled teen in what amounts to a relatively low-budget slasher film from the 80s and all. Albeit an INCREDIBLY influencial one. <br /><br />Surely the worst performance of this film goes to the klutz portraying Glen's Dad!?James Graceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968719719213071671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-31972810585003420472009-11-29T12:01:17.187-05:002009-11-29T12:01:17.187-05:00You guysss... Nancy's mom was drugged out and ...You guysss... Nancy's mom was drugged out and depressed because she's still dealing with her demons. Let's not forget she played a major role in the murder of Freddy Krueger AND keeps his knife fingers in her basement. Who knows...maybe Fred still visits her every night in her dreams too.<br /><br />But in all seriousness she is awful. Stop being so over dramatic you killed a child molester, God loves you. OH wait she's also married to a cop-in a small town....booze for everyone!Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-10325477964188264052009-11-29T09:26:48.597-05:002009-11-29T09:26:48.597-05:00I thought her mom was high and drunk, that's w...I thought her mom was high and drunk, that's why she was so out of it. But her bad performance is what makes Elm Street the movie it is just as Depp's horrible Flock of Seagulls hair.KT Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958121742156171756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-71513931640371122052009-11-29T09:05:06.453-05:002009-11-29T09:05:06.453-05:00She was awful, but I too have to wonder if the act...She was awful, but I too have to wonder if the actress thought she was pulling off "drunk, depressed mom" well.Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-21294918714978366432009-11-29T06:45:40.870-05:002009-11-29T06:45:40.870-05:00I always thought that Blakley was one of those &qu...I always thought that Blakley was one of those "method" actor types and she felt her dazed performance was how Marge Thompson was supposed to be realized; a woman so consumed with guilt over the fact that she and the others killed Fred, she is now a functioning alcoholic, and once her daughter starts having nightmares about the man she killed, it just makes her more of a nut case. <br /><br />Of course that does not make her performance any good, you are right, she's awful; but if you can embrace that awfulness, it's unintentionally hilarious acting; campy to the nth degree!Pax Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951019083510283683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-45226623597461516802009-11-29T02:54:51.878-05:002009-11-29T02:54:51.878-05:00I think Ronee Blakely must have been playing herse...I think Ronee Blakely must have been playing herself in Nashville and that's how she won the Oscar, cause remember that Barbara Jean lady was about batshit crazy!Wednesday's Childhttp://initforthekills.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-80931501109918216042009-11-29T02:35:07.040-05:002009-11-29T02:35:07.040-05:00Definitely, Aleata! I'm thinkin life was imita...Definitely, Aleata! I'm thinkin life was imitating art...<br /><br />And Al, I'm right there with ya!B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-43128656823504703922009-11-29T02:13:15.734-05:002009-11-29T02:13:15.734-05:00I was a child of the 70's and most of the Moms...I was a child of the 70's and most of the Moms were on Valiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492062472206579391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-57145195409824805412009-11-29T02:06:27.424-05:002009-11-29T02:06:27.424-05:00I agree that lady did look like she was on some dr...I agree that lady did look like she was on some drugs,haha.Aleata Illusion(GoreGoreDancer)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02462705095177518044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-14489844504451385212009-11-29T02:01:22.495-05:002009-11-29T02:01:22.495-05:00I always assumed Nancy's Mom was whacked out o...I always assumed Nancy's Mom was whacked out on goofballs... of course I was in high school when I saw it.<br /><br />Now I have to watch the film again with an eye towards her performance.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09492062472206579391noreply@blogger.com