Who's seen the remake of A Nightmare on Elm St?

[hanselthecaretaker]

Caught the last matinée today with the gf, we both thought it wasn't bad. Actually I was surprised at how well done the first half was. But ironically just like the characters in the story, I ended up feeling sleep deprived by the time it was over. The ending was also a head shaker, relying on a tactic that's becoming far too trendy in remakes of super villain horror flicks. But given their subject matter it's not surprising, or disappointing.

Haley as Freddy can never replace Englund obviously, but he played him as almost the polar opposite, and nailed the darker, more sinister tone as well as Englund did his original version.

Also, best sound design in a horror flick by far. Meant to be heard in surround with good low end capacity. All in all it's one of the few remakes I enjoyed more than the original.

Everyone usually says how much better the original is, but this one just felt like the more mature version of the story. Nothing against the original; it was made in a different era of horror flicks. But even if this remake was made side by side the original back then I'd personally prefer the darker tone of this new one.

 

[chris302001]

it was okay. not great tho.

 

[AztecWarrior]

Didn't like it. Compared to the orignal it didn't standout. Nothing seems real anymore because of all the computerize alterations used nowadays. Atleast when they used props and makeup things seemed more realistic.

 

[lander2312]

glad to see these reviews...we were talking about watching it this weekend.

 

[Captain FT]

Caught the last matinée today with the gf, we both thought it wasn't bad. Actually I was surprised at how well done the first half was. But ironically just like the characters in the story, I ended up feeling sleep deprived by the time it was over. The ending was also a head shaker, relying on a tactic that's becoming far too trendy in remakes of super villain horror flicks. But given their subject matter it's not surprising, or disappointing.

Haley as Freddy can never replace Englund obviously, but he played him as almost the polar opposite, and nailed the darker, more sinister tone as well as Englund did his original version.

Also, best sound design in a horror flick by far. Meant to be heard in surround with good low end capacity. All in all it's one of the few remakes I enjoyed more than the original.

Everyone usually says how much better the original is, but this one just felt like the more mature version of the story. Nothing against the original; it was made in a different era of horror flicks. But even if this remake was made side by side the original back then I'd personally prefer the darker tone of this new one.

Interesting, that leaves hope for the Hellraiser remake I suppose. However CGI can't replace hours and hours of special effects design on some of those old school horror flicks. Hellraiser is one of my favorites as a kid.

I'll have to check this one out. Nightmare on Elm was also a classic when I was growing up.

Thanks man.

 

[mustang_00]

remakes always suck... not even going to watch the new karate kid. wonder how the new ghost busters is going to turn out

 

[ponyfitness]

Thanks for the review. It bothers me that every bad review says it sucks "compared to the original". What about if it stood on its own? Or to a whole generation that never saw the old ones?

I didn't know they are doing a Hellraiser remake, but that's almost too good a movie to touch. It will be really hard to get the same freaky stuff on screen. Plus unless Pinhead actually has pins attached to him I say boo.

 

[bakemeacookie]

Thanks for the review. It bothers me that every bad review says it sucks "compared to the original". What about if it stood on its own? Or to a whole generation that never saw the old ones?

I didn't know they are doing a Hellraiser remake, but that's almost too good a movie to touch. It will be really hard to get the same freaky stuff on screen. Plus unless Pinhead actually has pins attached to him I say boo.

That Hellraisre's been in limbo for years. If you can come up with a brutal & badass Hellraiser script - dimension films is all ears

c

 

[stosstruppe]

Nothing seems real anymore because of all the computerize alterations used nowadays. Atleast when they used props and makeup things seemed more realistic.

Agreed, a lot of films look like shit nowadays due to too much CGI etc.

Anyway, the missus has decided we're seeing Ironman 2 tonight instead of said remake as it's Orange Wednesday & we're tight fisted buggers.

 

[ponyfitness]

That Hellraisre's been in limbo for years. If you can come up with a brutal & badass Hellraiser script - dimension films is all ears

c

The original wasn't good enough? IMO they could just give it a refresh with the same plot and it would be fine.