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Production Designer Mick Strawn (Nightmare on Elm Street 3&4/Blade/The Hidden)
Manage episode 515311974 series 2864067
Next week , we’re heading back to dreamland with Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors — but this week, we’re talking with the legendary production designer and art director Mick Strawn.
If you love ‘80s horror, practical effects, or behind-the-scenes movie chaos, this one’s for you. Mick’s been part of so many cult classics, from Runaway Train and Blade to his unforgettable work on A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 & 4.
We cover it all, including:
🎥 How he accidentally got the title of Art Director on Nightmare 3
🔥 Designing dreamscapes and nightmares that terrified a generation
🚂 Working on Runaway Train and what made that production so intense
🧠 How collaboration and chaos fueled creativity on ‘80s film sets
👻 His newest project, Solitude, now streaming on Tubi — a haunting story that blends isolation, suspense, and Mick’s signature visual style
Mick’s got stories for days, insights on practical movie magic, and a ton of passion for keeping the art of set design alive.
Watch the unedited review at sequelsonly/mickstrawn
Mick's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833954/
🎬 Your homework:
Watch Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors — the dream sequences, the Freddy makeup, and the insane sets will hit even harder after hearing Mick’s stories.
📲 Follow us everywhere @sequelsonly
🌐 Visit our site: sequelsonly.com
💬 Don’t forget to rate, review, and share with friends, enemies, neighbors, exes… and that one guy who insists Freddy’s sweater was actually brown and black.
391 episodes
Manage episode 515311974 series 2864067
Next week , we’re heading back to dreamland with Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors — but this week, we’re talking with the legendary production designer and art director Mick Strawn.
If you love ‘80s horror, practical effects, or behind-the-scenes movie chaos, this one’s for you. Mick’s been part of so many cult classics, from Runaway Train and Blade to his unforgettable work on A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 & 4.
We cover it all, including:
🎥 How he accidentally got the title of Art Director on Nightmare 3
🔥 Designing dreamscapes and nightmares that terrified a generation
🚂 Working on Runaway Train and what made that production so intense
🧠 How collaboration and chaos fueled creativity on ‘80s film sets
👻 His newest project, Solitude, now streaming on Tubi — a haunting story that blends isolation, suspense, and Mick’s signature visual style
Mick’s got stories for days, insights on practical movie magic, and a ton of passion for keeping the art of set design alive.
Watch the unedited review at sequelsonly/mickstrawn
Mick's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833954/
🎬 Your homework:
Watch Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors — the dream sequences, the Freddy makeup, and the insane sets will hit even harder after hearing Mick’s stories.
📲 Follow us everywhere @sequelsonly
🌐 Visit our site: sequelsonly.com
💬 Don’t forget to rate, review, and share with friends, enemies, neighbors, exes… and that one guy who insists Freddy’s sweater was actually brown and black.
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