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.
STARRING Jackie Earle Haley
Kyle Gallner
Thomas Dekker
Kellan Lutz
Rooney Mara
Katie Cassidy
Clancy Brown
Connie Britton
PROJECT DETAILS
It's said that Freddy will have more realistic burn scars than the original, and he's less comedic and more serious in this version.
The film will supposedly detail a bit more backstory on Freddy.
Freddy actor Jackie Earle Haley is reportedly signed on to do a total of three Elm St. films.
Freddy in this film is described as "Nosferatu meets Ed Gaines."
Connie Britton plays Nancy's mother.
Katie Cassidy plays one of the lead females named "Kris".
Kyle Gallner plays the role that was made popular by Johnny Depp in the original.
Young actor Thomas Dekker will reportedly play "Jesse" a local jock on the swim team, who's trying to get back with his girlfriend.
Actor Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, Watchmen) will be playing "Freddy Krueger."
Originally scripted by Wesley Strick (Arachnophobia, Cape Fear, Wolf), but rewritten by Eric Heisserer.
It's said the film will take a more psychological approach.
Once again this is a "re-imagining" of the original film, with hopes of giving the story a complete "overhaul."
Platinum Dunes (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Friday the 13th remake) is behind this.
The franchise was also turned into a television series that ran for two seasons from 1988 to 1990, where Freddy played host to a collection of strange tales.
No relation to the Nightmare on Elm St. prequel that's supposedly "in talks" right now, although, I wouldn't be surprised if the two projects blended together.
A remake of the original 1984 Wes Craven film starring Robert Englund as the iconic Freddy Krueger.
I Hope this remake of nightmare on elm street be good.And can't wait to go see it when hit theater april 30,2010.and i like the second trailer of nightmare on elm street much then the first one.
Yes, the second trailer is better I am looking forward to it but it unfortunately has a bad history of remakes betting against it. But this one looks the most promising of all to me.
Okay- Im gonna have to take the bullet on this one.
Freddy has NOT been scary in the past FIVE MOVIES.
Robert Englund is the man. Plain and simple.
Freddy is NOT scary, marketable or even spooky anymore.
If youre expecting something revolutionary or different, youre in for a disappointment. This is not Rob Zombie rednecking or TrailerParking up Freddy giving him some ridiculous new history which will make you go "OH well Im glad theres this character altering new spin on this entire franchise which will forever make it unforgiveable".
Its dark, dirty, kiddie touchin, classic Freddy in a new skin, like he was originally written. Not funny, not likeable, not cute, not stomachable, not P.C. and NOT something your children will want on their fucking pajamas.
Take a good idea, re-wrap it in today's world and viola.
Christmas sweater. 4 claws. Hat. Burns. Nightmares. Anti-Social Behavior.
Lets have at it, back to when you were supposed to be disturbed by and in turn despise Fred Krueger.
Submitted by ChainsawMike on March 10, 2010 - 11:05pm.
just read the script. and it sucks. it is predictable and typical.the ending sucked. and from what i see in the pics its not at all as bloody as writen.
In a way i understand why englund isnt in it they wanted to start fresh and how would we know this guy will suck englunds only done it mabye this guy will be better who knows. Also hes getting old he cant act forever
No, Platinum Dunes offered the role of "Fred Krueger" to Robert Englund, but he replied saying "That part of my life is over." I have a small virtually unknown horror site that I created two days ago, I think its going swimmingly. however I haven't invited anyone to it yet, mainly because it is not exactly finished. tell your friends about it and check it out yourself. there is more info about Fred that I will be posting in a short time.
Also, I agree with your statement about starting fresh. It was a good thing Englund did not want the role.
Submitted by Dead-Dallas on March 7, 2010 - 10:18pm.
I'm giving this remake a chance. I did that with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and I enjoyed it, I did that with the last Friday the 13th film and I had fun watching it. With this film, what will kill it for me is bad dialogue and unnecessary jump scares. From what I've seen so far, Haley looks to deliver a really promising performance as Freddy. Like I've already said, I'm going to keep an open-mind and give it a chance. After all, there's still two more months before it comes out, so I don't see any real reason to make an assumption or a generalization about it.
I really think that this remake will be worthy of my time, nothings ever gonna beat the original but this looks pretty promising. i heard about production to be started after the writer strikes were over and a couple years later here we are so they had some time to put in work. As far as freddy, i think the new face is good, if anybody knows a person that has actually survived a horrific fire as i do then they would know that is as real as it gets. following the original script is gonna take me way back so this movie will definatly get my money! look forward to the next three as the project description details explain. maybe this will change everybodys outlook on remakes as well as mine.
Submitted by j.stokes62 on February 28, 2010 - 2:41pm.
I do agree that it would be nice to see some great NEW original horror movies. But, what can I say I love all the older horror movies it is what I grew up on. I will see this movie....will I like it I dont know. I didnt like freddy's voice in the new trailer, and im not to found of his new face but we'll see. As far as all these remakes...for example i never like halloween frankly I thought it was boring, but I loved halloween 2 what a great new take on the story zombie put so much into his character. I didnt see the first one though because it was just a remake of the original so, im just goin with the flow hopefully something good will come of this though I dont want a new Nightmare series its not worth it
I'm not against this movie and I like it, or at least I think I like the trailer. I'm just trying to pretend that I never saw the originals, it's the only way I can muster enough strength to not hate on this movie. Granted, I don't want to hate on it just for the fact that it's a remake. I'm not going to just jump on that bandwagon. But, you have to admit that it's getting a little frustrating when every single year begins to feel like Groundhog's day. Just more and more remakes. I'll hope for the best.
Submitted by Torrance on February 27, 2010 - 1:12pm.
Somequestions are answered in remakes and some directors like to show where these characters came from and what makes them tick. example Texas Chain Saw, why the family is the way they are you saw in a remake, Hope fully with this new franchise of Nightmare On Elm Street they will stick to one story line as suppose to 5 other reasons Freddy is the way he is. I like that it gives the next generation a way to enjoy horror movies the way we did. Our generation remade movies from black and white films. why cant teenagers enjoy classic horror movies in modern times. It is only fair. Dont get me wrong i will always love the classics and i will watch the classics and remakes.
Submitted by apberg25 on February 23, 2010 - 8:53am.
i dont understand why they keep pumping out these shitty remakes. its like all these remakes of foreign movies like let the right one in, rec, etc. the original foreign movies are awesome and then hollywood rapes them. quarantine was a piece of shit, pretty much scene for scene the exact same as rec. wats the point? its stupid. its just cos these lazy fukin morons who know nothing about horror cant read subtitles. i mean you watch any of the original foreign movies and they are ALL better than the shitty hollywood sell-out remakes. and all these remakes of american horror movies are pointless too, we've seen them before, they were good, why are you remaking them? people who go on about how the fact that theyre making horror remakes is gd know nothing about horror, you just wanna see the same shit over and over again. i mean, dnt get me wrong, some of them were descent movies (dawn of the dead being one of them, and the crazies looks promising) but theres no need to completely drop originality and just make remakes.
Submitted by pikey-50 on February 22, 2010 - 10:28am.
There is not been just remakes being pumped out. There are plenty of good horror out there that are original. I really dislike your "did it first so a remake will mostly suck BEFORE THEY EVEN SEE IT!" mentality lighten up give it a chance they got the real Freddy doing it.
From reading the information above their taking it very serious.
Digging into the roots of one of the greatest horror icons. In my opinion Freddy is the all time champ of kick ass killers. Yeah Jason never dies or regenerates.. But!
Freddy's power grows by fear. Visiting while you sleep scaring the shit out of slowly. Tearing you down mentally before he digs that glove into your stomach and drags and writes his name on the ceilling with your bloody body. Edward Scissor hand doesn't have shit on Freddy.
Submitted by DAVEoftheDEAD on February 25, 2010 - 11:01pm.
do you even know what hollywood is, cause you sure as shit don't sound like it? do you think hollywood is some kind of company? and you know everything about horror movies? if being such a horror expert results in being that stupid about every thing else in general, then i pity you. and no, being able to read subtitles does not require much intelligence either, so don't try hanging your hat on that; just settle for being the tallest midget and watch your crappy old school vhs movies that you call classics.
Submitted by coward on February 25, 2010 - 10:39am.
how does something new and independent, and completely different turn something else into shit? it doesn't... that's why you anti-remake nerds don't make any sense. i'm frankly tired of the drivel that yall leave on every fucking remake page. what a bunch of pompous, condescending shit. it's not about the remake. it's not about your sacred fucking originals. it's all about your inflated egos and how hell-bent you are on arguing about how bad something is gonna be before it has even been created! go cry to your mom...
Submitted by coward on February 21, 2010 - 8:33pm.
i miss Robert Englund ( as Freddy Krueger, he is my fave actor,freddy scary me when i was a kid..he still is only the old freddy,the new freddy will to funny.doesn't like that good not to scary..i hope robert englund would come back to play as freddy krueger.. i will give the remix a try..if it good or not
Submitted by bloodboy on February 19, 2010 - 1:22am.
you know i find it real funny. everyone is going on about this remake..... STOP!!
"why they doing remakes, why this why that, we going to hate it, i'll be going to watch it, but i know its gonna suck, cuz' the classics stay the best..."
cummon' people if you really hate remakes and have something to say about it, THEN WHY WATCH IT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!
the only remake i have seen to date that was a load of crap was halloween+H2.
yes they leave out alot of things in these movies, but they getting, extra, more intense scenes in there..
i don't mind that Freddy has realistic look now, atleast he won't be looking like plastic anymore, (NOES 5+6) and i do hope that he will be scary again, ive been a huge fan of these movies, and i cant get enough of them, atleast they carry'n on with them!!! YAY for that!!!
i really do think that with Rob England not returning as freddy is sad for most of us, but do keep in mind, he is getting a bit old for it!
so all i really wanted to post, was that people shouldn't torture the movie if its not even been released yet!! and as for all the other Horror/Thriller remakes ive seen so far here is what i have to say!!
Dawn of the dead - zombies aren't blue anymore
Sorority Row - Not bad at all
Stepfather - still dragging
Halloween - Shit
Friday the 13th - so much betta'
The Amityville Horror - Lots of eye candy (HOT HOT HOT)
The Hitcher - Much betta and suspenseful
TCM - Wow Great
Prom Night - was ok
Last house on the left - Brilliant
Hills have eyes - awesome
Psycho - Shitty
When a stranger calls - not to bad, was dragin'
Black x-mas - not to bad, original was betta tho
The omen - they have never been good movies
thats just to name a few i've seen, but hey we all are have different taste in movies....
Submitted by Funhouse on February 14, 2010 - 5:57am.
Us people complain because we love the originals and don't want to see them turned to shit. Yes they can do a lot with special effects these days but they can't seem to capture the horror feel that scares people like all the originals did.
Submitted by SweetBlood on February 21, 2010 - 7:59pm.
you complain because you're not very bright. you complain because essentially you would like to see art be censured. move to russia or china if you like censorship and not having a voice.
Submitted by coward on February 27, 2010 - 11:54pm.
I hope this remake will be better than some of the other remakes done. I look forward to find out if it bombs. I will go see it with low expectations and hope it will be good or better. Especially when not the original actor for Freddy won't be in it. We will see won't we?
Submitted by metalmaniac71 on February 6, 2010 - 12:33am.
I am a huge Nightmare fan, I have always known the originals just could not be remade. In the 90's after Wes released Scream it got me thinking about it, I mean back then I honestly thought by about this time Robert Englund proberbly would have passed away well thats wrong but they still aint using him! People are hell bent on making all of these remakes, sequels and prequels darker and more indepth with more meanings and more effects! Some ways its good, I found nothing wrong with Aliens vs Predator and the new Friday 13th, but realistically you cant go wrong with Friday 13th, Jason has no lines to say, he is just a flat out killer, Fred is an egotistical killer, he plays with his victims before killing them, he's like a cat with a mouse but funnier! I am certain with no egotism and more realistic burn scars and of course no Robert, I think it will still be a great movie looking at him in a totally different way but it wont be anywhere near as good as the original!
As I started back in the 90's and Scream got me thinking of remakes, I always knew if Freddy was remade or scream which in years time it will be, they would never be better than the originals and in approxiametly 3mths I will be proven right once again in my own eye's and many others so the idea is not to look at this as a remake of the original, imagine it as the original Freddy created again through the eyes of just another director and writer, the fact of the matter however it evolves and we perceive it, the original Freddy films are always going to be there when we get back home!!!
Submitted by Goreman81 on January 26, 2010 - 8:23am.
I've seen the remakes, some do the original justice, some just ruin a good thing. The halloween and friday the 13th remakes were big jokes. I can't believe they took those classic characters and turned them into the soup label boring killers that we see everyday. Hopefully they make freddy frightning and not into a commerical serial killer. Keep the funny edge but make him just a little more ruthless and leave the blood buckets at home. Make it look real to scare not a big joke like Zombie did with Halloween. And don't make Freddy into a loser like they did with Jason. Sceptical but I'm willing to watch. So amaze me
i think its funny how people say they hate this movie even though it hasent came out yet i think its going to be better than the original just like the last house on the left remake was better than the original you have to see it before you start talkin down on it
Submitted by acorn 66 on January 24, 2010 - 7:25pm.
I saw the trailer and I heard they were going for a more realistic burn victim look, I have to say at first glance (could be wrong) He looks kind of weak sauce, I wasn't stricken with fear when I saw him I more felt sorry for him. I wanted to throw a nice warm blanket on him and discuss his personal problems, rather than shit myself.
So here's hoping the rest of his face makes my chiptole stain my underwear, and not have us some crappy trade off where old Freddy acted funny but tore up shit, while new freddy looks funny while tearing up shit.
I hope to god that this remake puts Freddy back on the map. Freddy vs Jason was unjust bullshit that ruined the Robert Englund era and so fans will remember him as a lousy cocksucking sellout. If Jackie Earle Haley can make us remember why we were afraid to go to sleep for those of us who grew up in the 1980's such as myself, Then the other Freddy fans who were pissed at the crap fest that Freddy vs Jason was will be like Robert who?
Submitted by DarthReaper666 on January 19, 2010 - 11:58pm.
The old ones sucked big time. they were to playful and light harted and not scary at all. Im hoping this movie will be darker and actually scary. Freddy seemed more like a comedian than a villan and i was bored after the first one.
Submitted by kAr4563 on January 19, 2010 - 9:05pm.
I'll see it with great hope, I don't care that Englund isn't a part of this it would've been cool had they included him I think the comedy element that he supposedly brought to the role was more the director and writing staff's doing than his own, More to the point I would be super stoked but Micheal Bay has a way of adding shitty noble teens into his stories.
The Friday the 13th remake was one wispy hair flick away from being a dawson's creek episode...though Jason did murder the shit out of those kids so... never mind.
I'm gonna have to say I love the original Nightmare On Elm Street movies and I will forever be a fan but this "remake" doesn't seem to bad of a thign to me simply for the fact that it's giving freddy new life, so we will have more freddy for many more years to come hopefully.. and who knows maybe after this wether it does good or not, somebody will actually make a sequel? to the original movie timeline, that would be pretty cool, dream warriors return in dreamworld or some shit like that.
Submitted by BloodMoney88 on January 17, 2010 - 1:31am.
I don't understand why everyone says this movie won't be the same without Robert England. Without Robert England this movie will improve. I do think Robert England is a great actor but he always brought too much comedy while portraying Freddy. This is a horror movie and that is what they are trying to acheive.
I don't like what Bay's done to the genre but Jackie as Rorschach was the only good part of Watchmen. I don't think there's anyone else I'd wanna see in this role. I'm not a fan of remakes and Platinum Dunes sucks but I'll give this a shot despite the bullshit put in front of me the the Friday The 13th remakes, Halloween remakes and so on. the only real reason anyone should be skeptical about this is because of the track record of remakes. This has a better shot than most in my book.
Submitted by Deathmaggot on February 18, 2010 - 1:28am.
Why the hell would anyone pay good money to see this crap is beyond me. Horror Fans stop accepting this this artistic laziness and demand quality and originality.
REMAKE!? When I first heard they were doing a remake- I was a little discouraged- when I heard Robert Englund was not to play Freddy- I was even more discouraged. The only thing that saved me from boycotting this movie from the get- is the trailer.
When I saw the trailer, and how the story was from the very beginning of how Freddy the dream entering demon came to be- I was a bit inspired. So, I am looking forward to see how this particular story plays out. I am going to see this movie with no expectations to be anything like the 80's gag horror films (dont get me wrong, thats why I DO love them) but to think of this as an extention of the NMOES legacy.
Oh, also- I think Jackie Earle Haley brings a more sinister, unforgiving feel to Freddy- As Robert Englund will always be the original- I think for this movie- There needs to be a more dark, loathesome quality- rather than the cartoonish devil from the originals.
Submitted by zombiekitty on January 9, 2010 - 1:56pm.
It's funny. Almost everybody hates it, but it is still first in the most wanted section.
Personally, I don't have anything against remakes. And I hope that it will be good, BUT without Robert Englund, i don't know.
Submitted by Hellseeker on January 9, 2010 - 7:28am.
Really excited about this (although i'm split when it comes to the platinum dunes company - i like texas chainsaw and amityville, friday the 13TH was just okay, and the hitcher sucked (in my opinion) But i won't judge this whole movie based on a 3 minute trailer. Just holding onto hope. And i don't know why anyone would expect Robert England to be be Freddy in this movie when it's a remake. With Jason and Michael, it's always been different people because they're masked. England's always been Freddy, but being a remake, of course they wanna go in a different direction, so giving us a new Freddy fits into that.
Submitted by Thecrow23 on January 3, 2010 - 3:09pm.
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I Hope this remake of nightmare on elm street be good.And can't wait to go see it when hit theater april 30,2010.and i like the second trailer of nightmare on elm street much then the first one.
Yes, the second trailer is better I am looking forward to it but it unfortunately has a bad history of remakes betting against it. But this one looks the most promising of all to me.
I like Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy.I think most remakes suck I want to see this one cause of him alone.
Okay- Im gonna have to take the bullet on this one.
Freddy has NOT been scary in the past FIVE MOVIES.
Robert Englund is the man. Plain and simple.
Freddy is NOT scary, marketable or even spooky anymore.
If youre expecting something revolutionary or different, youre in for a disappointment. This is not Rob Zombie rednecking or TrailerParking up Freddy giving him some ridiculous new history which will make you go "OH well Im glad theres this character altering new spin on this entire franchise which will forever make it unforgiveable".
Its dark, dirty, kiddie touchin, classic Freddy in a new skin, like he was originally written. Not funny, not likeable, not cute, not stomachable, not P.C. and NOT something your children will want on their fucking pajamas.
Take a good idea, re-wrap it in today's world and viola.
Christmas sweater. 4 claws. Hat. Burns. Nightmares. Anti-Social Behavior.
Lets have at it, back to when you were supposed to be disturbed by and in turn despise Fred Krueger.
just read the script. and it sucks. it is predictable and typical.the ending sucked. and from what i see in the pics its not at all as bloody as writen.
In a way i understand why englund isnt in it they wanted to start fresh and how would we know this guy will suck englunds only done it mabye this guy will be better who knows. Also hes getting old he cant act forever
Also, I agree with your statement about starting fresh. It was a good thing Englund did not want the role.
well thanks for agreeing and tell me about your website when its done im a huge horror fan and will go to it
i hope its as good as the first !!!!
Disappointment...No Robert Englund. He has been Freddy Krueger for a long long time. Why?
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the 2nd trailer looks so much better than the first.Can't wait to watch this movie.
I'm giving this remake a chance. I did that with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and I enjoyed it, I did that with the last Friday the 13th film and I had fun watching it. With this film, what will kill it for me is bad dialogue and unnecessary jump scares. From what I've seen so far, Haley looks to deliver a really promising performance as Freddy. Like I've already said, I'm going to keep an open-mind and give it a chance. After all, there's still two more months before it comes out, so I don't see any real reason to make an assumption or a generalization about it.
i'm scared for this movie
I really think that this remake will be worthy of my time, nothings ever gonna beat the original but this looks pretty promising. i heard about production to be started after the writer strikes were over and a couple years later here we are so they had some time to put in work. As far as freddy, i think the new face is good, if anybody knows a person that has actually survived a horrific fire as i do then they would know that is as real as it gets. following the original script is gonna take me way back so this movie will definatly get my money! look forward to the next three as the project description details explain. maybe this will change everybodys outlook on remakes as well as mine.
I do agree that it would be nice to see some great NEW original horror movies. But, what can I say I love all the older horror movies it is what I grew up on. I will see this movie....will I like it I dont know. I didnt like freddy's voice in the new trailer, and im not to found of his new face but we'll see. As far as all these remakes...for example i never like halloween frankly I thought it was boring, but I loved halloween 2 what a great new take on the story zombie put so much into his character. I didnt see the first one though because it was just a remake of the original so, im just goin with the flow hopefully something good will come of this though I dont want a new Nightmare series its not worth it
I'm not against this movie and I like it, or at least I think I like the trailer. I'm just trying to pretend that I never saw the originals, it's the only way I can muster enough strength to not hate on this movie. Granted, I don't want to hate on it just for the fact that it's a remake. I'm not going to just jump on that bandwagon. But, you have to admit that it's getting a little frustrating when every single year begins to feel like Groundhog's day. Just more and more remakes. I'll hope for the best.
Somequestions are answered in remakes and some directors like to show where these characters came from and what makes them tick. example Texas Chain Saw, why the family is the way they are you saw in a remake, Hope fully with this new franchise of Nightmare On Elm Street they will stick to one story line as suppose to 5 other reasons Freddy is the way he is. I like that it gives the next generation a way to enjoy horror movies the way we did. Our generation remade movies from black and white films. why cant teenagers enjoy classic horror movies in modern times. It is only fair. Dont get me wrong i will always love the classics and i will watch the classics and remakes.
i dont understand why they keep pumping out these shitty remakes. its like all these remakes of foreign movies like let the right one in, rec, etc. the original foreign movies are awesome and then hollywood rapes them. quarantine was a piece of shit, pretty much scene for scene the exact same as rec. wats the point? its stupid. its just cos these lazy fukin morons who know nothing about horror cant read subtitles. i mean you watch any of the original foreign movies and they are ALL better than the shitty hollywood sell-out remakes. and all these remakes of american horror movies are pointless too, we've seen them before, they were good, why are you remaking them? people who go on about how the fact that theyre making horror remakes is gd know nothing about horror, you just wanna see the same shit over and over again. i mean, dnt get me wrong, some of them were descent movies (dawn of the dead being one of them, and the crazies looks promising) but theres no need to completely drop originality and just make remakes.
There is not been just remakes being pumped out. There are plenty of good horror out there that are original. I really dislike your "did it first so a remake will mostly suck BEFORE THEY EVEN SEE IT!" mentality lighten up give it a chance they got the real Freddy doing it.
From reading the information above their taking it very serious.
Digging into the roots of one of the greatest horror icons. In my opinion Freddy is the all time champ of kick ass killers. Yeah Jason never dies or regenerates.. But!
Freddy's power grows by fear. Visiting while you sleep scaring the shit out of slowly. Tearing you down mentally before he digs that glove into your stomach and drags and writes his name on the ceilling with your bloody body. Edward Scissor hand doesn't have shit on Freddy.
do you even know what hollywood is, cause you sure as shit don't sound like it? do you think hollywood is some kind of company? and you know everything about horror movies? if being such a horror expert results in being that stupid about every thing else in general, then i pity you. and no, being able to read subtitles does not require much intelligence either, so don't try hanging your hat on that; just settle for being the tallest midget and watch your crappy old school vhs movies that you call classics.
I completely agree I'm sick of remakes too. I want something fresh if I want to see Nightmare on Elm Street I'll watch the original.
I wouldn't mind remakes if they weren't all a bunch of lazy formulas. Most suck and Michael Bay's remakes especially suck balls
true story
how does something new and independent, and completely different turn something else into shit? it doesn't... that's why you anti-remake nerds don't make any sense. i'm frankly tired of the drivel that yall leave on every fucking remake page. what a bunch of pompous, condescending shit. it's not about the remake. it's not about your sacred fucking originals. it's all about your inflated egos and how hell-bent you are on arguing about how bad something is gonna be before it has even been created! go cry to your mom...
i miss Robert Englund
( as Freddy Krueger, he is my fave actor,freddy scary me when i was a kid..he still is only the old freddy,the new freddy will to funny.doesn't like that good not to scary..i hope robert englund would come back to play as freddy krueger.. 
i will give the remix a try..if it good or not
Only time will tell but I'm mostly excited because the director has made some of the most artistically praised music videos in history.
you know i find it real funny. everyone is going on about this remake..... STOP!!
"why they doing remakes, why this why that, we going to hate it, i'll be going to watch it, but i know its gonna suck, cuz' the classics stay the best..."
cummon' people if you really hate remakes and have something to say about it, THEN WHY WATCH IT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!
the only remake i have seen to date that was a load of crap was halloween+H2.
yes they leave out alot of things in these movies, but they getting, extra, more intense scenes in there..
i don't mind that Freddy has realistic look now, atleast he won't be looking like plastic anymore, (NOES 5+6) and i do hope that he will be scary again, ive been a huge fan of these movies, and i cant get enough of them, atleast they carry'n on with them!!! YAY for that!!!
i really do think that with Rob England not returning as freddy is sad for most of us, but do keep in mind, he is getting a bit old for it!
so all i really wanted to post, was that people shouldn't torture the movie if its not even been released yet!! and as for all the other Horror/Thriller remakes ive seen so far here is what i have to say!!
Dawn of the dead - zombies aren't blue anymore
Sorority Row - Not bad at all
Stepfather - still dragging
Halloween - Shit
Friday the 13th - so much betta'
The Amityville Horror - Lots of eye candy (HOT HOT HOT)
The Hitcher - Much betta and suspenseful
TCM - Wow Great
Prom Night - was ok
Last house on the left - Brilliant
Hills have eyes - awesome
Psycho - Shitty
When a stranger calls - not to bad, was dragin'
Black x-mas - not to bad, original was betta tho
The omen - they have never been good movies
thats just to name a few i've seen, but hey we all are have different taste in movies....
Us people complain because we love the originals and don't want to see them turned to shit. Yes they can do a lot with special effects these days but they can't seem to capture the horror feel that scares people like all the originals did.
you complain because you're not very bright. you complain because essentially you would like to see art be censured. move to russia or china if you like censorship and not having a voice.
I know its like what Jeff Goldblum said in Jurassic Park just because you have the technology to do something doesn't mean you should
I hope this remake will be better than some of the other remakes done. I look forward to find out if it bombs. I will go see it with low expectations and hope it will be good or better. Especially when not the original actor for Freddy won't be in it. We will see won't we?
We can only wait, but soon...
oooooooooo im excited.
I am a huge Nightmare fan, I have always known the originals just could not be remade. In the 90's after Wes released Scream it got me thinking about it, I mean back then I honestly thought by about this time Robert Englund proberbly would have passed away well thats wrong but they still aint using him! People are hell bent on making all of these remakes, sequels and prequels darker and more indepth with more meanings and more effects! Some ways its good, I found nothing wrong with Aliens vs Predator and the new Friday 13th, but realistically you cant go wrong with Friday 13th, Jason has no lines to say, he is just a flat out killer, Fred is an egotistical killer, he plays with his victims before killing them, he's like a cat with a mouse but funnier! I am certain with no egotism and more realistic burn scars and of course no Robert, I think it will still be a great movie looking at him in a totally different way but it wont be anywhere near as good as the original!
As I started back in the 90's and Scream got me thinking of remakes, I always knew if Freddy was remade or scream which in years time it will be, they would never be better than the originals and in approxiametly 3mths I will be proven right once again in my own eye's and many others so the idea is not to look at this as a remake of the original, imagine it as the original Freddy created again through the eyes of just another director and writer, the fact of the matter however it evolves and we perceive it, the original Freddy films are always going to be there when we get back home!!!
I've seen the remakes, some do the original justice, some just ruin a good thing. The halloween and friday the 13th remakes were big jokes. I can't believe they took those classic characters and turned them into the soup label boring killers that we see everyday. Hopefully they make freddy frightning and not into a commerical serial killer. Keep the funny edge but make him just a little more ruthless and leave the blood buckets at home. Make it look real to scare not a big joke like Zombie did with Halloween. And don't make Freddy into a loser like they did with Jason. Sceptical but I'm willing to watch. So amaze me
i think its funny how people say they hate this movie even though it hasent came out yet i think its going to be better than the original just like the last house on the left remake was better than the original you have to see it before you start talkin down on it
I saw the trailer and I heard they were going for a more realistic burn victim look, I have to say at first glance (could be wrong) He looks kind of weak sauce, I wasn't stricken with fear when I saw him I more felt sorry for him. I wanted to throw a nice warm blanket on him and discuss his personal problems, rather than shit myself.
So here's hoping the rest of his face makes my chiptole stain my underwear, and not have us some crappy trade off where old Freddy acted funny but tore up shit, while new freddy looks funny while tearing up shit.
I hope to god that this remake puts Freddy back on the map. Freddy vs Jason was unjust bullshit that ruined the Robert Englund era and so fans will remember him as a lousy cocksucking sellout. If Jackie Earle Haley can make us remember why we were afraid to go to sleep for those of us who grew up in the 1980's such as myself, Then the other Freddy fans who were pissed at the crap fest that Freddy vs Jason was will be like Robert who?
The old ones sucked big time. they were to playful and light harted and not scary at all. Im hoping this movie will be darker and actually scary. Freddy seemed more like a comedian than a villan and i was bored after the first one.
Why mess with a classic???? seriously we know the stories already and if somethings different in the story it just ruins it!
I'll see it with great hope, I don't care that Englund isn't a part of this it would've been cool had they included him I think the comedy element that he supposedly brought to the role was more the director and writing staff's doing than his own, More to the point I would be super stoked but Micheal Bay has a way of adding shitty noble teens into his stories.
The Friday the 13th remake was one wispy hair flick away from being a dawson's creek episode...though Jason did murder the shit out of those kids so... never mind.
I'm gonna have to say I love the original Nightmare On Elm Street movies and I will forever be a fan but this "remake" doesn't seem to bad of a thign to me simply for the fact that it's giving freddy new life, so we will have more freddy for many more years to come hopefully.. and who knows maybe after this wether it does good or not, somebody will actually make a sequel? to the original movie timeline, that would be pretty cool, dream warriors return in dreamworld or some shit like that.
I don't understand why everyone says this movie won't be the same without Robert England. Without Robert England this movie will improve. I do think Robert England is a great actor but he always brought too much comedy while portraying Freddy. This is a horror movie and that is what they are trying to acheive.
I'm really looking forward to seeing this one, it should be interesting to see what Jackie will bring to the character of Freddy Krueger.
I don't like what Bay's done to the genre but Jackie as Rorschach was the only good part of Watchmen. I don't think there's anyone else I'd wanna see in this role. I'm not a fan of remakes and Platinum Dunes sucks but I'll give this a shot despite the bullshit put in front of me the the Friday The 13th remakes, Halloween remakes and so on. the only real reason anyone should be skeptical about this is because of the track record of remakes. This has a better shot than most in my book.
This movie will suck out loud...
Why the hell would anyone pay good money to see this crap is beyond me. Horror Fans stop accepting this this artistic laziness and demand quality and originality.
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REMAKE!? When I first heard they were doing a remake- I was a little discouraged- when I heard Robert Englund was not to play Freddy- I was even more discouraged. The only thing that saved me from boycotting this movie from the get- is the trailer.
When I saw the trailer, and how the story was from the very beginning of how Freddy the dream entering demon came to be- I was a bit inspired. So, I am looking forward to see how this particular story plays out. I am going to see this movie with no expectations to be anything like the 80's gag horror films (dont get me wrong, thats why I DO love them) but to think of this as an extention of the NMOES legacy.
Oh, also- I think Jackie Earle Haley brings a more sinister, unforgiving feel to Freddy- As Robert Englund will always be the original- I think for this movie- There needs to be a more dark, loathesome quality- rather than the cartoonish devil from the originals.
It's funny. Almost everybody hates it, but it is still first in the most wanted section.
Personally, I don't have anything against remakes. And I hope that it will be good, BUT without Robert Englund, i don't know.
Really excited about this (although i'm split when it comes to the platinum dunes company - i like texas chainsaw and amityville, friday the 13TH was just okay, and the hitcher sucked (in my opinion) But i won't judge this whole movie based on a 3 minute trailer. Just holding onto hope. And i don't know why anyone would expect Robert England to be be Freddy in this movie when it's a remake. With Jason and Michael, it's always been different people because they're masked. England's always been Freddy, but being a remake, of course they wanna go in a different direction, so giving us a new Freddy fits into that.