A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Hollywood sure does to butcher classics. Luckily, I never watched any of the old Nightmare on Elm Street movies, so they can't crap all over my memories with their green screen shenanigans! I know it's a bit late for a horror movie, but I couldn't rent this one until now.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is about a group of teenagers who find themselves haunted by a batshit crazy sadist in their dreams. Unfortunately for them, these dreams are quite deadly, killing off the majority of them. It works sort of like a mystery solving movie, where the group is trying to find out why this zombie looking guy has such a bloodthirsty vendetta against them. This is something it does well, and the story is definitely intriguing with all sorts of twists.
I have heard countless times that this movie is nowhere near as good as the old ones, so I will most likely be renting them next (if they ever come back, Halloween wiped out the more popular horror movie section). As a standalone movie, I thought it was mildly enjoyable. It's not going to blow you away with amazing horror sequences or acting that would make Morgan Freeman jealous; it's just....average. Freddy just isn't all that scary. Maybe it's because he has been so overused over the years.
A Nightmare on Elm Street gets a 3/5 for failing to give me any nightmares.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is about a group of teenagers who find themselves haunted by a batshit crazy sadist in their dreams. Unfortunately for them, these dreams are quite deadly, killing off the majority of them. It works sort of like a mystery solving movie, where the group is trying to find out why this zombie looking guy has such a bloodthirsty vendetta against them. This is something it does well, and the story is definitely intriguing with all sorts of twists.
I have heard countless times that this movie is nowhere near as good as the old ones, so I will most likely be renting them next (if they ever come back, Halloween wiped out the more popular horror movie section). As a standalone movie, I thought it was mildly enjoyable. It's not going to blow you away with amazing horror sequences or acting that would make Morgan Freeman jealous; it's just....average. Freddy just isn't all that scary. Maybe it's because he has been so overused over the years.
A Nightmare on Elm Street gets a 3/5 for failing to give me any nightmares.
Bad thing Halloween season is over =(
ReplyDeleteThey couldn't butcher this movie for me, because I don't like the originals...mindless horror flicks don't always do it for me.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen this remake but I've heard it's so serious - is it true? I remember the original ones are intentionally funny and comical. Besides the original has Johnny Depp!
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ReplyDeleteIf it was supposed to be funny, I didn't see it ;p
Maybe thats why people dislike this one. It's just straight up horror.