A Nightmare on Elm Street in HD
Saw this at Movie-Con in the summer and I thought then that it seemed to be covering all the iconic bases stylishly and slavishly but it was hard to tell if it was going to be any good or not. Director Samuel Bayer has a great track record in commercials and promos and has been threatening to break through into features for a while now. (He directed the video for Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit which that brief shot in the classroom reminded me of.) And Jackie Earle Haley is a good choice as Freddy. Let's hope it's a marked improvement on the same company's Friday The 13th remake. Couldn't be any worse.
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Big ol' 'Meh' from moi...
Earle Haley I approve of, but what the shit is with commercial/music vid directors cutting their teeth with insipid, glossy horror pap such as this? The Being John Malkovich-es feel too far between... (Please excuse the swears. It's Captain Morgan talking, I promise...)
It's the way of the world, I'm afraid. They're cheap(er) and presumably are so grateful to be making movies that they'll do as they're told. Apparently.
Having said that, I've seen Bayer's showreel and he's got a good eye. And Freddy just has to be scary and coherent. Not necessarily nuanced...
I remember Bayer once being attached to some Peckinpah remake. That I might have had an issue with.
I saw the original with one of my fave actors, Johnny Depp and we make fun of my dad and say that he has a Freddy Cruger sweater. LOL. I don't do very well with really gorey and scary movies but we'll see on this version.
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