Comments on: Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street

By: s31335

s31335 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:18:54 +0000

If you are a true fan of the original – DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!! If you have never seen any films in the franchise – DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!! If I can stop a single person from sitting through the 91 minutes of hell that is this film, I feel I will have done the world a small favour.

By: Jumpoff Joey

Jumpoff Joey — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:59:00 +0000

I agree with Rodney… Last year’s friday the 13th was shit and the kills weren’t original or interesting for that matter… I can’t consider it interesting if I’ve seen it already before…
My dislikes with new Freddy was that it was just predictable. I thought Jackie Earle Haley was the bright spot in this movie as an actor and the makeup was far superior to that of the Original. The cheesy line to end the movie kinda ticked me off.. “You’re in my world now bitch!” I just knew going into the movie they would throw that in there… And that was a real buzzkill for me because its so predictable

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:57:38 +0000

In reply to 420BAND. That would be a spoiler. All I can say is, that theme is played on throughout, and it keeps it fresh and interesting that you don't know until the end. That aspect was my favourite part of the movie, but I cannot get into details without spoiling it.

By: 420BAND

420BAND — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:51:42 +0000

What I want to know is: Is he actually innocent of the molestation charge when they light him up? and it’s all about revenge……. or is it paint by numbers?

By: Schulzy

Schulzy — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:36:21 +0000

In reply to Bryan. "The ending was so badly done, it seemed as if they wanted it to be a 3D effect but without the glasses." I thought the exact same thing.

By: Unforgiven

Unforgiven — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:06:51 +0000

I enjoyed the movie. Pretty much agree with Rodney on this one. The Friday the 13th remake was a complete snore-fest! This re-imagining of A Nightmare on Elm Street was a lot better than I expected. After seeing this Friday night I spend Saturday re-watching a few of the original films and the truth is the new film is better than a good number of them. I wouldn’t mind a couple of sequels to this re-imagining as long they don’t get too campy or turn Freddy into a stand-up comedian! For fans of the original series there is an awesome Nightmare documentary coming out this week that covers all the Robert Englund films and has interviews with almost everybody ever involved with it. My only real regret regarding Nightmare(2010) is that Wes Craven was not involved as a consultant the way he wanted to be. I think he would have contributed some nice things to the film. Also an Englund cameo! I think seeing him as the pharmacist during the super-market scene would have been a cool wink to the fans.

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Sun, 02 May 2010 05:21:59 +0000

In reply to Rodney. Actually....there is news on a possible sequel to ANOES.

By: cloud720

cloud720 — Sun, 02 May 2010 02:01:26 +0000

In reply to Rodney. Its only been a day so there isnt much to go on but Friday the 13th has a higher raiting on rottentomatoes and made more money on the first day and cost less to make than nightmare on elmstreet. I would be surprised if they made another nightmare on elm street.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 02 May 2010 00:59:23 +0000

In reply to Mykrantz.

I state above in quotes that he “stabs himself in the neck” and even clarify the statement with (Freddy in the dream) – obviously I knew what was happening, but from the perspective of everyone else there, he stabbed himself.

I thought the Friday the 13th remake was a complete snorefest.

Completely unscary, not suspenseful and not at all entertaining as a horror film. There is a reason they are not doing any more of those. It failed.

There is no news as to whether they are doing more of Nightmare, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 02 May 2010 00:53:27 +0000

In reply to cloud720.

Its entirely up to you to decide what my rating or review might translate to in regards to whether to see it.

Typically anything over a 5 is something I liked. Under a 5 I disliked more of it than I liked. Think of it more of a percentage of how much I liked compared to how much I didn’t.

Hope that helps.

By: DINAH

DINAH — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:56:39 +0000

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a decent (but not scary) horror film. I actually prefer Jackie Earle Haley’s take on the Freddy Krueger better than Robert England because he plays the role more seriously. I found the original character too kitschy. The film does include typical horror staples such as beautiful, unknown, and terrible young actors but does deviate with a few well done suspenseful scenes.

By: Mykrantz

Mykrantz — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:43:33 +0000

I disagree 100% I give Nightmare a 2 out of 10.

It was boring and not remotely scary or suspenseful, and even the gothas were so telegraphed that I think I only jumped at 1 of them. Jackie Earl Haley was bad as Freddy, and the make-up made him look like a burned version of the the monster in Splice (which there was a trailer for before the movie). He was actually more creepy without the make-up in the pedophile scenes. The overall acting in the movie was horrible, I mean I have seen Clancy Brown act well in Shawshank, but even he was horrid in this piece of crap. The kills were just bad with the exception of the one where Freddy makes it look like the kid cuts off his own head (Freddy was controlling the knife in that scene Rodney, that’s how he can stab himself and the neck and then cut more, BTW). If I were to compare this with one of the other Nightmare movies I would say it was closest to the second movie, because they just didn’t know what to do with the character and failed to make him the boogieman he was in the original.

At least last years Friday the 13th had interesting kills and wasn’t boring. This new Nightmare movie is on par with the worst of the series hopefully this a one and done remake by only doing modest box office.