I came into this movie thinking it was going to be another bad remake of a classic horror film, but the new Nightmare on Elm Street is probably the scariest Freddy Kruger movie yet, and there are a lot of them. When I first saw the previews I thought it was going to be stupid because it wasn’t even the same Freddy, I’m still not over the fact that it’s not the same Freddy.
The filmmakers use of computer generated effects doesn’t help much, and makes a few of the scenes that should be scary look silly. At moments you would find yourself laughing historically at a scene where somebody is getting cut to death. For instance there was one scene where Freddy is trying to kill this girl in her sleep and he started spinning her in mid-air while he was thrashing her to death. I found this disturbing in many ways.
The use of punch lines in this film was way over used. Every time Freddy would kill somebody he would say a punch line that would make you laugh, it was like watching a gory stand up comedy. If I was a fan of the old Kruger movies I would be very upset about this movie. And don’t even get me started on the acting; I’ve seen better acting on soap operas.
I would not recommend the new Nightmare on Elm Street to anybody, yes there were a few jumpy parts, but if you’re looking for a good scary movie then this is definitely not it. I was laughing more than I was jumping. Please stop making remakes of classic horror films. There are enough Freddy movies already.
