In 7 words or less: New cast, new Freddy, same old storyBest bits? Fred's make-up is pretty good
Did it make you think thoughts? Looking back on the whole elm street franchise I now actually have a (small) fond spot for numbers 1, 4 and 5. Did the world really need a Freddy remake? Well, yeah, sure why not. However, what we didn't need is this particular version. An almost scene by scene carbon copy of the original but devoid of character, charm or scares was not on my check list. A decision was obviously made to remove the horror/comedy element from the 80's run and that left a real opportunity to ramp up the venom with grungy sets and striking-from-the-shadows jumpiness. Alas this doesn't materialise and we're left with a non-scary Mr Krueger who doesn't even entertain us with any inventive kills.
Would you watch it again? It's not an all out calamity fest but I'd rather watch the best of the originals
Rating (out of 100%): In this day and age I expect to at least jump once or be left with some kind of gruesome image to take to bed with me. I give this an under performing 35%
On a side note, having watched 9 Fred flicks I am now seeing his ugly mug everywhere. AArrggh, there he is. No wait that's just the mirror. Whooo. Hang on a sec, that's only the neighbour's dog. Shazam! False alarm, just a couple of slices of last nights meat feast pizza I left at the end of my bed........better pass me a double espresso please.
