Last night, I got a chance to see A Nightmare On Elm Street for the price of $FREE ninety-nine. Since I paid absolutely nothing to see this film, it is my duty to write a review about it for the rest of you who will either pay to see it in the theater, or pay a little less to get it from the bootleg man in your neighborhood barber shop. If you DO go the illegal route(which I am NOT advocating, by the way), make sure you buy from the guy who is there every weekend, and not some new person. You want to be able to track that fool down and demand your money back if he sells you a crappy version that’s not clear or has audience people talking in the background.
I have to admit, I kind of liked this movie. It’s not great by any means, but it was interesting enough to keep me into it the entire time. It did not scare me, but I give it credit for finding a way to somehow hold my attention even though everybody who has seen the old Nightmare On Elm Street films already knows Freddy Krueger’s back story.
Speaking of Freddy, they kind of remade him to look a little more like an actual burn victim as opposed to the slightly over-the-top appearance of the classic Krueger played by Robert Englund. The new Freddy doesn’t have quite the same amount of personality as the Englund version, but he’s still disturbing, perverted and creepy as ever.
Overall, I’d pay to see this if I were on a date, but it wasn’t a “must see” by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe I’m a little biased, because I’m not usually a fan of most horror films since they don’t scare me. I feel like I’m just too intelligent for most of the films in that genre. I start making fun of the victims on the screen. Here is a perfect example of what sitting next to me is like at a horror movie:
Me: *whispering* OK, she hears the dog barking, then all of the sudden it stops abruptly. Why in the Hell would she go investigate with nothing but a lantern in her hand? I don’t have anyone haunting me in my dreams, but if I heard the same thing, I’d be reaching for a gun with one hand, and dialing 911 with the other! Hell, I’d already have the “9″ and the “1″ pressed before I even look out the window! Why do people always have to investigate sh*t in these movies?!
As you can clearly tell, I enjoy laughing at movies like this more than actually watching them. So I guess if you’re really into horror films, you’ll like this one better than I did. Not saying that I didn’t like it, because I did find it to be entertaining. All I’m saying is, it’s one of those films you don’t want to see at a theater with a reputation for people talking during the film *cough cough*MAGIC JOHNSON THEATER IN LARGO*cough* because it has plenty of “NO! DON’T GO IN THERE YOU IDIOT!” type of moments.
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I cannot wait to go see this, thanks for your review. I wish I was on the receiving end on the free invite, I would have been first in line lol
I normally watch horror movies to laugh at them too. The Blair Witch Project, for example, was hilarious.
I think the bootleg man should also do the movie reviews while he’s peddling his wares. Then right next to him should be someone reviewing the quality or crappity of the bootleg versions.
No one should get away with selling crap.
Thanks for the review; I’m gonna see the movie.
Given your review, it looks like a decent watch, although I don’t do the theater thing anymore.
I thought it was decent, even if the hook of the film requires a greater suspension of disbelief than most films of its kind. It’s hardly as awful as a lot of critics have made it out to be, at least in my opinion. Could they have done a little more with it? Hell yeah! But I’m not gonna act like it didn’t at least try to have some interesting ideas.