New version of Nightmare on Elm Street

[rocklobster]

1, 2--Freddy's coming for you
3, 4--Better lock your doors
5, 6--Grab your crucifix
7, 8--Stay up late
9, 10--Never sleep again

That was the "jump rope" rhyme that we heard in the first ever Nightmare on Elm Street. Now the whole series is being rebooted and the new version will be out on April 30. What are your thoughts?
Personally, I've only seen the first one and I thought it was pretty good for a slasher flick. And this is coming from someone who isn't even into the genre (Ok, yeah, I liked the Scream movies, but those are more of a subversion because they spend a lot of time poking fun at the conventions of the genre.)

[Scarecrow]

Meh... I'll see it I guess. I'm really not into slasher flicks (I like the Scream films too though... those are fun!) but I always end up seeing most of them anyway (my sister loves them). We saw the new Friday the 13th reboot/sequel whatever it was supposed to be, and it was terrible so I don't have much hope for this. Then again, it does look a lot better than the last few Nightmare films (I don't know which one it was but one was like a straight up comedy it was so stupid. The one with the kid getting stuck in the video game).

[GrubbTheFragger]

I personally can't wait. Rorshac as Freddy thats pretty awesom

[Roy Mustang]

Right now, I have mix feelings about this movie.

I hope this picture is not true and made up. If this really his face, then blah, I will not go and see this movie.

The new face of Freddy


[font="Book Antiqua"][color="Red"]Col. Roy Mustang[/color][/font]

[Wolf-man]

No that is defiantly what he is going to look like in the new movie.
Being a horror buff and a Christian I am very careful about which ones I see. NOES is a series that I generally stay away from because of personal spiritual convictions. Though, those trailers make the movie look freaking awesome!
"Why are you screaming? I haven't even started cutting yet."

Here is another picture from a trailer.

[battletech]

Freddy's face should not be messed with. It's an iconic image. It is like taking away his claw.

[ArellaEliora]

Just when we thought all those sequels were finally over.

[Rocketshipper]

Saw it. And I must say....I was very very dissapointed

The first Nightmare is one of my favorite movies of all time. The trailers for this new remake looked amazing. I even entertained the possibility that it could be better than the first. But the actuall film was far under my expectations.

It started out good, and there were a few scenes that were done well, such as the new version of "Tina"'s death, and some parts of the final dream sequence, and the final shot of the movie was great. But as for the rest of it...the pace seemed very slow to me at times, the characters were barely fleshed out at all, and the way the back story unfolded was odd (such as the flash back dream).

But my biggest problem is with the dream sequences and with the casting of Freddy. I know some people would say I'm just a biased fan with Nostalgia filters on fully blast, but seriously, after 8 movies there's no one else who could be Freddy half as good as Robert Englund. Jackie Earle Haley definitly tried, but I just don't think he's got the same stuff as Robert. I also really didn;t like the make-up, they should have shadowed his face more, cause when he's in the light he looks a little like an Alien, or Voldemort from the Harry Potter movies. And the dream sequences...ugh. Dreams for the ADD suffering generation. The dreams in the first movie took their time, building the atmosphere, drawing things out, and when Freddy showed up he actually DID stuff, like chasing the kids. This is why the last sequence managed to actually be half way descent, because it had a real chase. Almost all the rest of the dreams consisted of the characters either A) finding themselves in a room with Freddy, who'd say threatening things before they either wake-up or he just kills them, or B) the characters walking somewhere when suddenly Freddy jumps in out of frame. "jump scares" are so overused in this movie ><. There are a few little sprinklings of modern special effects and stuff in the dreams, but for the most part they're just very short, and bland, and uncreative. And thats another thing, the dreams just seem to be lacking the creative spark that previous movies had. The dreams didn;t start getting totally weird and off the wall till part 3, but even in the original there was some variety to things, and at least one "creative" kill that wasn't just "Freddy stabs someone".

Overall, very very dissapointing. I went in expecting it to be great, because I seriously didn;t expect that you could possibly mess up Elm Street, but I was let down. In terms of remakes, it wasn;t as good as Zombie's Halloween remake. From technical standpoint its probably better than the Friday or Texas Chainsaw remakes, but I still find myself grading it harsher because I expected so much *more* from an Elm Street movie than a Friday or Chainsaw movie.

[Wolf-man]

I saw this on Saturday and I really liked it. I am speaking as someone who has seen the original movie so I know what I am talking about. I feel that the new "A Nightmare on Elm Street" represents both what is wrong and what is right with the modern American Horror film industry. This movie had a lot of good things going for it but it also had several things that were awful in it. Lets start with the good. Despite what some people have said I felt that Jackie Earle Haley's performance was awesome. Yes, of course, no one can replace Robert Englund. No one is suggesting that. I am just saying that Haley's Freddy is a fine stand-in for this remake. Haley's cold and dark Freddy was an excellent villain and really captured the sick, psychopathic, evil, monster that Freddy is. I like the way that the film did not make you root for Freddy. I mean he was evil and there were no doubts about that. The music, lighting, and filming all added to the scare factor of the movie. I know people said that it was not scary and simply a bunch of jump-out scenes but I disagree. I think that the movie had a horror feel that I have not felt in a long time.
Now for the bad.
The acting of pretty much all the characters aside from Freddy needed much work. I agree with the general consensus that the characters were not fleshed out (and therefore not relatable) at all. The dream sequences were for the most part bland mostly because they were the same thing every time. I think there was only one other scene where it wasn't in the factory. Don't even get me started on some of the ridiculous scenes. Like the whole morphine thing. That was pretty dumb. Then the micronaps was a interesting idea but the delivery was awful and pointless. They should have just stuck with the classic "don't fall asleep" concept instead of trying to modernize it.

Overall I thought it was a good film and even though it is not as good as the classic film it is still a great Horror movie. I hope (even I know they won't) that horror film director's will take a lesson from this movie and learn from it's mistakes and amplify what was good about it.

[Rocketshipper]

yes, the micronaps concept could have been pretty cool, and the scene where she was falling asleep in the drugstore was nice. But for the rest of the movie, the micronaps were just an excuse for more lame jump scares.