ok folks i saw the reinvention of one of americas favorite horror 80's icons....the nightmare on elm street...and well i cant say they murdered it but they really didnt make it any better...though the orginal nightmare had me sleeping with my parents at age 14 ...this one will NOT have me sleeping in between mom and dad...the suspense is still in there but knowing the orginal by heart kinda takes the shocks out of it...buuuuutt if your desensitized kids have never seen the original they will be on edge throughout...its a brillant retelling of the classic tale and a great way to introduce the youngsters to one of the classic horror stories ever written by wes craven...Jackie Earle Haley (the stoner kid on the motorcycle in the orginal Bad News Bears) does a great performance as Freddy Kruger but is lacking some of the classic charm Robert Englund gave the character...dont fix it if it aint broke...Kyle Gallner the kid from Jennifers body and Haunting in Conneticut does pretty good also in the Johnny Depp role...the new scream king..the rest of the cast does a decent job but how hard is it to play scared as hell...the story is the same with just a pinch of change and a little more of Krugers back story...i think this film gets an A+ plus for the tech part ...the sound is trippy...Freddys voice echoing through the theater was pretty choice ... i loved the classic scenes refilmed..the lighting in this film was beautiful i love the classic red and green it gives it a very eerie familar feeling.....sooooo....Michael Bay im not sure how many more classics your gonna try to retell but please STOP here...im gonna have to give this remake 3 outta five stars...only go matinee ..if even at all...this film will be on dvd probably late june...so wait....or take the kids...
this film gets a
3 outta 5 stars..
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