A Nightmare on Elm Street Remake Gets a Trailer
I could do without the slow-motion sweater-reveal. And it's genuinely difficult to discern who is playing whom unless you have intimate knowledge of the first picture. Kyle Gallner has been doing solid work in everything from Veronica Mars to The Haunting In Connecticut, so his appearance bodes well for improving upon the somewhat wretched teen acting in the original. And while I admire Platinum Dunes' willingness to go a completely different route with Freddy's makeup (freeze-frame at 1:55), the new makeup just isn't very frightening. Frankly, Krueger looks creepier in both Freddy's Revenge and Wes Craven's New Nightmare. While everyone seems to be trying harder than the gang behind Friday the 13th (and I rather liked the Amityville Horror remake as well as the two Texas Chainsaw Massacre redos), this feels like a fancier redo of something that held up pretty well in the first place.
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Trailers never give a accurate view of movies. I was always creeped out by Robert Englund's portrayal as Freddy because he was so unapologetic, in your face evil. While the 80s version had a huge campy tone to it, the actual plot was wonderfully twisted. The rhyme still gives me chills.
I was into this as i am a huge fan of nightmare on elm street and jack in watchmen, what the hell is jack thinking? why the * is freddy kruger lisping at the end of the preview? why cant we stop making remakes and throwing out the great music out of franchises like startrek, james bond, terminator (brad fidels soundtrack) and im betting they have no nightmare on elm street music in this wich like the music from psycho and friday the 13th, the music helped make those horror movies as well.
jack can do gravely voices perfectly, why do they have a teen who looks like a candidate for a wb show as an early freddy?
why cant someone like eli roth who knows what thier doing direct stuff like this. lol why why why.
what next are we remaking star wars and making darth vader lisp and throwing out the john williams soundtrack? im almost to the point of stopping watching sequels altogether. its not rocket science. lucas and spielberge can do it with indy/starwars. they understand music continuity.
I have not been so underwealmed since the theatre version of star wars episode III and hearing Chrisitan Hyadensens voice yell Noooooo as darth vader (yes they re-tooled the dvd with james earl jones it was so bad). Its not to late, maybe robert england will do a voice over.
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