tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post1487654396718382568..comments2024-03-13T03:45:02.765-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-48111067648012191772012-07-16T19:53:58.255-07:002012-07-16T19:53:58.255-07:00I haven't seen the remake yet (I have a tenden...I haven't seen the remake yet (I have a tendency to view whole franchises I like, even the unbearable films), but when I saw the clip of the bath scene, I had flashbacks to the remake of Psycho. Also, the CG wall Freddy looks horrendous, even without the far better Spandex wall effect in the original to compare to.Vader the Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00220366772061668415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-13927909478544924782012-01-22T21:17:53.903-08:002012-01-22T21:17:53.903-08:00Coming into the party really late but I just have ...Coming into the party really late but I just have to say it because I've watched Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy about 5 times.<br /><br />Freddy (the original one) was originally a child murderer AND molester, the latter having to be dropped completely because of a case in California about a teacher molesting a bunch of children in a preschool (which.. is kind of what this is more based on, so kudos to that nod). <br /><br />That said, the remake really sucked, and Rooney Mara mumbled so much it drove me crazy.Catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-81356377573902426492011-07-11T10:46:37.411-07:002011-07-11T10:46:37.411-07:00I don't understand the complaints about freddy...I don't understand the complaints about freddy's height. When I think of a childmollester I'd think of a small person who's to weak to do anything to anyone who's bigger 5 feet.... So making Freddy a bit smaller is actually not too shabby an idea.Knawiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642139885458769500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-38179030880958118022011-02-10T15:21:52.799-08:002011-02-10T15:21:52.799-08:00Freddy in the original was always a sick fuck but ...Freddy in the original was always a sick fuck but Robert played him as a man that enjoyed it. It was who he was. In the remake he sounded all moody like a cliche serial killer showing no emotion. That is why i didnt like the new freddy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-17003383947707646962010-11-09T12:19:47.965-08:002010-11-09T12:19:47.965-08:00I thought that Kris was very well developed compar...I thought that Kris was very well developed compared to the rest of the characters. Since she seemed to be the lead for the first 1/3 of the film, I was surprised that she met the same fate as her counterpart (Tina) from the original. That was about the only thing that was well done in the film. The deep throat slit of the first victim was pretty awesome, though. The glove was cool looking and I liked the scissoring effect. Too bad it was overused.<br /><br />Everyone here has been treating the two sides of the child killer/molester debate as mutually exclusive. I think that Kreuger could have easily, been both. It's not actually unusual for a child molester to kill his victims. Maybe the filmmakers intended it to be this way but backed off a bit. Maybe an unrated cut of the film will surface and make this a bit more clear.<br /><br />I don't mind Haley's height. Who says Freddy has to be big? To little kids he's still gigantic and those are the only people he can push around. Therefore, it slightly enhances the child molester angle. <br /><br />They did an excellent job of making him look like a burn victim. When most people see a burn victim they experience a range of emotions. Most notably shock/revulsion and compassion. Why would the filmmakers want to inspire compassion for this guy is beyond me. The classic look of Freddy was more monstrous. It also helped the Freddy was kept in the shadows quite a bit. Here, he's on screen way too much.<br /><br />Also, why in the world did Freddy take his coat off when he was about to be burned? Why the hell go to that trouble? As if his life depended on getting it off. It just felt like that was supposed to be an "oh, yeah" moment for us. Like, "Oh, yeah" that's why he has a red and green sweater. "Miskatonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458189434988263478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-78622137790723442032010-10-20T01:53:48.105-07:002010-10-20T01:53:48.105-07:00This was one of the worst remakes so far I agree w...This was one of the worst remakes so far I agree with pretty much everything you said. Even if you hadn't seen the original, you would have still been scratching your head at the plot holes.<br />As bad as the acting was back in the original, at least in some ways it had a plausible script. the whole time I was waiting for the explanation on how only Nancy could bring him back into reality? In the original it explains how Nancy and Glen devise a plan to bring Freddy out of their nightmares. In this weak remake, the only "explanation" is the fact that she was Freddy's "favorite" child.<br />I thought there was also some major miscasting, personally I would have had Thomas Dekker playing Nancy's boyfriend and they should have just reprized the Glen character. At first I thought they were going to try and merge the first two movies, having a twist at the end where Jesse survives and goes on been possessed by Kruegar in the sequel, that would have been a perfect ending and nice tie in but oh no, that's way too clever for these fools to try and comprehend.<br />Anyway apart from the obvious, this was really 92 minutes of my life I can't get back, lol.Andy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-11214276699200514442010-09-21T22:41:16.714-07:002010-09-21T22:41:16.714-07:00"one even keeps a sliced up shirt, in a box l..."one even keeps a sliced up shirt, in a box labeled "Kids stuff" or something of that nature, right in the middle of the attic)."<br /><br />To be fair, that didn't actually happen. It was a dream Kris had in the attic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-78820688592709918412010-07-31T15:32:57.394-07:002010-07-31T15:32:57.394-07:00Having read some of the unflattering reviews befor...Having read some of the unflattering reviews beforehand, I came out of the theater not feeling cheated. I have been warned. <br /><br />The story was flat, the characters even flatter, teaser tub scene - unimaginative, pointless and lame. <br /><br />The only thing I did find unsettling was Freddy's appearance, so much more akin to a real burn victim. This movie just managed to reinforce my fear of open fire.scary-shit.nethttp://www.scary-shit.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-61737817246706691332010-06-26T22:25:45.862-07:002010-06-26T22:25:45.862-07:00I agree with you on wondering why they decided to ...I agree with you on wondering why they decided to make Fred a child molester, maybe new millenium so new much more repulsive crime but unnecessary nonetheless. Overall, however, I liked the remake. Not better than the originals but wasn't sort of nice to see Kruger get back no mercy, no joking around relentless killing? I thought so, the special effects were good but not the greatest ever. I guess it's hard to be better than the original which had state of the art effects even back then, but whatever. The actors, you are right, nothing special, but my favorite part was the way the first victim died, making it look like he severely slit his own throat. Also the video of the kid's face hitting the screen after he fell asleep but to each his own.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476964477912407639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-42984146138747025002010-05-20T11:35:19.936-07:002010-05-20T11:35:19.936-07:00Im not a huge fan of the old ones, the original is...Im not a huge fan of the old ones, the original is cool, dream warriors is stupid awesome and new nightmare is pretty kool. Always thought Freddy was way overrated and I really dug Haley as Krueger (at times moreso than Englund). I loved his quip to Dekker as he has him hanging upside down, and thought the makeup was pretty sweet.<br /><br />But I agree with most of your review, it seems like they kept all the wrong things. The script was pretty awfully written (although I dont think the parents kept the sliced up shirt, it was part of Kris' dream), but I thought the actors, other than Mara whos kinda boring, were pretty good, especially Gallner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-62618115058530198912010-05-03T09:16:29.332-07:002010-05-03T09:16:29.332-07:00I'm also one of those who will burn in Horror ...I'm also one of those who will burn in Horror movie hell, overall i liked it<br /><br />maybe it's that i don't expect horror movies to get any better, maybe its the sick weirdo in me, but i liked the retelling of freddy as a molester than just a killer (who's to say he never murdered a kid? he fabricates knife fingers) however awful, it gives a connection between him and the kids which makes things that much more personal, i'm just surprised they didn't try to fight back more often?<br /><br />as for his personality... at first i was pretty iffy, but i think we can all agree that when we saw old freddy, we were always delighted to see his giddy self running amok, so from what i take it, the idea was to make him pissed off and in no mood for jokes so as to be taken more seriously (which was difficult after seeing his living self squealing in a warehouse) even though that's about as back-asswards as making michale myers talk<br /><br />i will say that i don't care for cg unless it enhances atmosphere or make otherwise impossible effects um...possible, so there was no need for the "comming out of the wall" scene, and a few others, real is better even if its fake arms being dangled from fishing poles<br /><br />ah well, we've still child's play and hellraiser to whine over soon enoughUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095107813101139418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-30298126086100655452010-05-01T23:21:48.277-07:002010-05-01T23:21:48.277-07:00Well, at least they removed the house party openin...Well, at least they removed the house party opening scene with bong-circle. I smell Killer-Cut DVD...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-2122819506653357872010-05-01T19:25:12.576-07:002010-05-01T19:25:12.576-07:00I seem to be the only one who liked the victims in...I seem to be the only one who liked the victims in this film. I must have been stoned - or I'm a sucker for teens in trouble. <br /><br />Anyway, there was so much wrong with the movie that I missed half the things you noted - and that's saying something, because I'm a real nit-picker.Cinefantastique Onlinehttp://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2010/05/nightmare-on-elm-street-2010/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-64929732728881105972010-05-01T18:17:39.773-07:002010-05-01T18:17:39.773-07:00So I saw this last night after prom (yes..I decide...So I saw this last night after prom (yes..I decided to go to the movies instead of an after prom party) and I was so disappointed. And a little hurt. <br /><br />I loved the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie. It's my favorite out of the entire series. So of course i'm going to be mad about this lame ass remake. <br /><br />I'm most angry about them portraying Freddy as a child molester. He was always a child murderer. He just seems like a complete pevert in this one and far less badass than original Freddy. And New Freddy's make up is just so awful. <br /><br />And I agree with what you said about the characters and I honestly did not care if any of the characters died. <br /><br />I feel like ive been slapped in the face by this movie.Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006476082578227468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-83587487487885972392010-05-01T16:08:28.053-07:002010-05-01T16:08:28.053-07:00The characters - lame. A Joy Division shirt does n...The characters - lame. A Joy Division shirt does not a character make.<br /><br />Dialogue - lame. When the blonde broad was crying in her bf's arms about dreaming and dying like the dude in the beginning. Just awful. <br /><br />Christian Bale Batman voice - lame. <br /><br />5'5 monster man standing on apple boxes when next to other actors - lame. I like the actor, but I think Freddy should be taller. However, I think he'd work great if Freddy was a monster that chased around 6th graders in their dreams and not teenagers. I'm still waiting for that movie: Freddy vs the Goonies or the Monster Squad or something to that effect, but no studio has the balls for that.<br /><br />The dreams were ok, but I wanted more phantasmagorical shit. The dreams definitely reflected the lack of character in the characters.<br /><br />The Mr. Penis-man drawing was the perv in me's favorite understated thing in the movie. Nancy has this child like penis drawing (cock n balls with a smiley face and some stick figure arms and legs) up by her mirror, you later see it again in Freddy's hideaway room. Perhaps the "bad" drawing that she made good with Freddy as a kid. I always thought Freddy was a child molester along with being a killer, but taking the child killer thing out is pretty retarded. <br /><br />I thought the Tarantino nod of having a character named Quentin, who stabs some adrenaline into a chick's heart was lame. Grow up fanboy.<br /><br />I would of had one of them run off with glove at the end too just because I like the idea of Freddy's glove floating around in sequels. <br /><br />blah blah blahJoey Vintagehttp://cinematicviagra.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-55744438881585613832010-05-01T10:18:22.136-07:002010-05-01T10:18:22.136-07:00i agree with anonymous..and with the original post...i agree with anonymous..and with the original poster as well boths points are valid in description...but for what its worth it is a somewhat fun movie...and hey i woke up with some pretty good visual memories of it so its not that bad....but i would definately listen to the original poster to a degree.<br /><br />a date movie in my opinion...when u get bored ..just fondle your date.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-17309806582375566992010-05-01T07:18:40.319-07:002010-05-01T07:18:40.319-07:00I think I might be the only person who liked it......I think I might be the only person who liked it... Idk. Tell me I have no taste, whatever. haha, I'm standing by it. <br /><br />My only complaint is that the movie felt rushed-- almost as if the filmmakers assumed that everyone knows the story so they can cut corners with story so that there would be more time for Freddy to jump out from behind the characters and "scare" us. lol<br /><br />Idk... so many are complaining that it doesn't capture the terror of the original. IMO the first wasn't terrifying... it was exciting, but mainly because we were introduced to a whole new playground (dream world) and its local bully (Freddy). The "terror" wore off after the first viewing. Again, just my little opinion. <br /><br />And I like J. Haley. I feel like saying this might send me straight to HORROR MOVIE HELL, but he gives Englund a run for his money. Don't get me wrong, at the end of the day Englund is still numero uno, but if a couple sequels to this remake come out and Haley nails it repeatedly (and the script doesn't abuse his sense of humor), well... I'll have to re-evaluate. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm just glad we're out of that phunk of Japanese remakes. At least we're on to American remakes... if history truly repeats itself, then any minute we should start getting some good ol' original American horror. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-88653979451544020212010-04-30T23:27:40.612-07:002010-04-30T23:27:40.612-07:00I started falling asleep the first 30 min of the m...I started falling asleep the first 30 min of the movie... The rest of the movie (after I bought a coke) was extremely ill conceived and empty of heart. Of course it was filled with the usual slick PD and cine which is meaningless in the scope of things. <br />I like the chalk and new times roman metaphor lol. Really the only thing this proved to me is that Jackey Earle Haley can do the voice of Batman in the next poorly edited batflick.Nick Sayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847401542140680363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-3550852008938218362010-04-30T23:25:02.880-07:002010-04-30T23:25:02.880-07:00Your review is spot-on with my thoughts. However, ...Your review is spot-on with my thoughts. However, I really do like Kyle Gallner as an actor (even if they missed an opportunity to put a decent young actor to good use like you said). <br /><br />Although the dreams were fairly grounded in reality, which was nice, I thought they really missed out on some of the strange dream logic that is terrifying. The only sequence that really had it was when Nancy is walking through the gooey blood in the hallway. <br /><br />I was mainly surprised at how uninterested/bored I was throughout the film. What the hell? I can handle lame. I can handle nonsensical. But boring? Nah...I'll pass.B-Movie Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301865641232633502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-54983725313431471382010-04-30T19:17:54.837-07:002010-04-30T19:17:54.837-07:00I say I pretty much agree with you. I didn't ...I say I pretty much agree with you. I didn't care about any of the kids and the overall telling was boooooring. The one thing I will give this: I liked the general Freddy backstory. In the original series, it wasn't always clear who the actually children of Elm Street were. I liked that the kids in this film were actual victims of pre-burn Freddy. The rest just wasn't executed very well. Freddy's makeup looked like crap and he talked like he was wearing ill-fitting false teeth. Everything was just so snooze-inducing. Glad I only paid $5 to see it ($10.25 for my popcorn and soda though).SikeChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08135793754935172240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-14936599029309832482010-04-30T14:47:04.944-07:002010-04-30T14:47:04.944-07:00Thank-you so much for your very small observation ...Thank-you so much for your very small observation affirming what I have said for months...the new make-up reminds me of a melted rodent, or of Gary Oldman in "Hannibal".<br /><br />Ugh, what an utter disaster!<br /><br />And the voice...someone get the man a lozenge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-80725476381043170172010-04-30T11:54:20.326-07:002010-04-30T11:54:20.326-07:00Wow, I might actually not see this movie based on ...Wow, I might actually not see this movie based on your review here. That would be awesome.The Understatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464321443508202198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-88982197446860472682010-04-30T09:11:21.037-07:002010-04-30T09:11:21.037-07:00Wasn't it well known that Freddy was a child m...Wasn't it well known that Freddy was a child molester in the original but they couldn't make it overt? That they made him a child killer and had you figure out the rest? That was how I always read the character.deepfixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688617334074955669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-2165319919660705242010-04-30T06:19:51.385-07:002010-04-30T06:19:51.385-07:00I loved the line "If you die in your dreams y...I loved the line "If you die in your dreams you die for real" as if we didn't already go into the movie knowing that.<br /><br />I too thought it was terrible and I'm not one to hate on remakes just because they're remakes but when you completely steal a scene from the original and do it WORSE than it was done 20 years ago, how can you expect the movie to be good?<br /><br />Straight up trash. shamefulChrishttp://www.twitter.com/classicmaterialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-65923346354204849872010-04-30T06:09:17.452-07:002010-04-30T06:09:17.452-07:00I am sooo disappointed and hurt by this (the movie...I am sooo disappointed and hurt by this (the movie, not your review) as an educated horror moviegoer and as a creative individual. <br /><br />Though I have not yet had the opportunity to see the film (and innate curiosity will most certainly bring me to do so), it simply amazes me that the gang at Platinum Dunes can continue pushing these insults upon an unsuspecting culture.<br /><br />While older fans will see this as an EPIC FAIL, younger viewers will come to expect this hackney style of filmmaking for years to come and pay MORE for it than we ever paid to see the originals.<br /><br />I mean, when even the positive reviews are inherently negative something must be wrong. How could any studio screw up such a simple formula so royally? Find the audiences deepest, darkest social fears, add some shadows and say "action." Dumbasses.Strange Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05871175658656159164noreply@blogger.com