Horror.net Horror Movie Tributes  ::  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre :: The Evil Dead :: Friday The 13th :: Halloween :: A Nightmare On Elm Street :: The Living Dead THE HORROR MOVIE CLASSIC SERIES AS SEEN BY THE STAFF OF BURIED.COM ... A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET FAN SITE FREDDY KRUEGER PUMPKIN CARVING TEMPLATE A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) Gravedigger This is a decent enough remake with enough changes to make it interesting. It begins with a teenager trying to stay awake in a diner, explaining to his girlfriend that he's having these horrible nightmares. Then he falls asleep and Freddy gets him with his knife glove, though it looks as it the guy is simply killing himself. Then the girlfriend (Katie Cassidy) begins having dreams that Freddy is after her. When she confides to her boyfriend Jesse (Thomas Dekker) about them he says he's dreaming about the same freakish guy. And then there's a similar, though less effective scene than in the original with her being thrown around the room before she lands in her bed, dead, all bloody. Then there is the loner, Nancy, and her friend Quentin who do some research and discover that all of the teenagers who died all went to the same preschool together, including them. When Nancy asks her mother she denies it, though ends up spilling the beans about the terrible things he did. He lived in the basement of the preschool and abused the children. Then Quentin has a nightmare about how they tracked down Krueger to an old factory and burned him alive. At first Quentin and Nancy think that the parents overreacted and that Freddy is killing everyone because he was actually innocent. Yet, when they find his hidden room where he took the children this all changes --and they end up remembering what Freddy did to them. So there's a bit more psychological depth to the characters in this version. Jackie Earle Haley does a great job as the new Freddy, especially in his malevolence as the character. However, I found the CGI effects a bit too distracting, such as them making it look like part of his face is actually gone. And the CGI shape of him emerging from the bedroom wall doesn't have nearly the impact as a physical special effect. The biggest distraction are all the "kids", who clearly appear to be in their mid twenties, not teenagers. While I found A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET interesting I wasn't creeped out like I was when I saw the original in a theater. I didn't like it nearly as much as the TEXAS CHAINSAW or FRIDAY THE 13th Remakes. Release Date: April 30, 2010 A group of suburban teenagers share one common bond: they are all being stalked by Freddy Krueger, a horribly disfigured killer who hunts them in their dreams. As long as they stay awake, they can protect one another... but when they sleep, there is no escape. Donning Freddy's trademark fedora, red-and-green striped sweater, and four-bladed glove is Academy Award nominee Jackie Earle Haley ("Little Children," "Watchmen"). The film is being directed by award-winning music video and commercial director Samuel Bayer (Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"), marking his feature film debut. The teens whose dreams are terrorized by Freddy Krueger are played by an ensemble of young actors, including Kyle Gallner ("The Haunting in Connecticut"), Katie Cassidy ("Taken," TV's "Supernatural"), Rooney Mara ("Urban Legend: Bloody Mary"), Thomas Dekker ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"), and Kellan Lutz ("Twilight," upcoming "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"). The supporting cast also includes veteran character actor Clancy Brown ("The Shawshank Redemption," "Highlander") and Connie Britton ("Friday Night Lights"). Samuel Bayer is directing "A Nightmare on Elm Street" from a screenplay by Wesley Strick ("Cape Fear," "Wolf") and Eric Heisserer. The film is produced by Platinum Dunes' Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, whose company has enjoyed success with a number of re-imagined horror franchises, including "Friday the 13th," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and "The Amityville Horror." The executive producers are Bob Shaye, Michael Lynne, and Mike Drake ("The Number 23," "The Whole Nine Yards"). The co-producer is John Rickard. » A Nightmare On Elm Street Remake News » A Nightmare On Elm Street Remake Photos » A Nightmare On Elm Street Official Website A Nightmare On Elm Street Remake Trailer (NEW!) 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