Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Is Jackie Earle Haley Robert Englund? No
Is Roonie Mara Heather Langenkamp? No
Is Samuel Bayer Wes Craven? No
Is Kyle Gallner Johnny Depp? Lucky for him, no
But is this Nightmare On Elm Street? Yes. Maybe not as campy as the sequels, but yes.
While the original finds a murderer in Freddy, with the subtle suggestion it was older siblings of the Elm Street kids that met his glove, this Freddy is much darker, and fills a role that…
Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Night Of The Living Dead meets watching paint dry. Looking up a quick plot summary of this film might fill you with hope, but it's just so slow and boring. It's only getting one star because the creature design is good, because if they'd been in a half-decent film they'd be considered classics. What a shame to waste it on a half-assed film.
What a modern Friday the 13th remake would look like without the license... or any story... or any characters...
And half the runtime is watching the knockoff slowly walking...
If you forced me to choose between watching this movie again or having a small child handcuff me underwater so I can slowly drown, I'd start drawing up a will.