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Rooney Mara

Kyle Gallner

Jackie Earle Haley

Katie Cassidy

Thomas Dekker

Kellan Lutz

Clancy Brown

Connie Britton

Lia D. Mortensen

Julianna Damm

Christian Stolte

Katie Schooping Knight

Hailey Schooping Knight

Leah Uteg

Don Robert Cass

Kurt Naebig

Kyra Krumins

Brayden Coyer

Max Holt

Andrew Fiscella

Bob Kizer

Pete A. Kelly

Jason Brandstetter

Rob Riley

Scott Lindvall

Dominick Coviello

Parker Bagley

Jennifer Robers

Tania Randall

Logan Stalzer

Christopher Woods

Aaron Yoo

Christine Crawley

Brad Fuller

Jeff Cutter

Samuel Bayer

Eric Heisserer

Steve Jablonsky

Michael Bay

Andrew Form

Wes Craven

Glen Scantlebury

Wesley Strick

Carrie Bush

Phil Miller

Mari-An Ceo

Lisa Fields

Natalie M. Meyer

Bradley James Allan

Walter Anderson

Lisa Hoyle

Allen Hall

Karin Silvestri

Robert Shaye

Walter Hamada

Dave Neustadter

Michael Lynne

Richard Brener

Mike Drake

Leighton Greer

Joan Philo

Lizzie Cook

Mark Ginther

Vanessa King

Stella Cottini

Kurt Bryant

Tiffany Busche

Patrick Cusack

Katherine Rose

Annemarie Griggs

Mickie Paskal

Eileen McCahill

Grace Lambert Pyke

Michael Payne

John Barba

Patrick Caulfield

Nancy Nugent Title

Michael Miller

Daniel S. Irwin

Stephen P. Robinson

Karl Dondlinger

Stuart Provine

Beau Borders

Andrew DeCristofaro

Marc Kolbe

Sukari McGill

Jed M. Dodge

Scott Wolf

Christine Hawes

Julie Yrjanson

Jennifer Rudnicke

Paul Aulicino

Dan Hegeman

Glynna Grimala

Michael Hertlein

David Farmer

Lisa Pinero

Kevin O'Connell

Timothy Olson

Melissa Grzybek

Amy Glenn

David Obermeyer

Tim Walston

Nerses Gezalyan

Gina Panno

Ronald L. Wright

John C. Stuver

Charlie Campagna

Melissa Pryor

Jon Title

Geoffrey G. Rubay

Craig Jackson

Bart Mixon

Todd A. Marks

David Tolsky

Mark Purkart

Andy Clement

Kathleen Fatigato

Earl Nicholson

Karen Frick

Tony Mirante

LaTrice L. Edwards

Jody Williams

Cheri Minns

Ross Martucci

Earl J. Nickolson

Kristin Hanson

Mary 'Dugan' Buono

Jacques Jouffret

Timothy Jipping

James Johenning

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This is a pretty movie. Its apparent from the start, that this remake of the 1984 classic, has a pretty good sized budget to work with. In fact the budget for this incarnation was $35 Million according to Wikipedia. The budget for the Wes Craven original, $1.8 Million. You don't always get a better movie if your budget is huge, look at Avatar. You just get a really pretty movie that looks polished and has flawless special effects. Again, see Avatar. That movie was nothing but flash. The story is unoriginal and weak... and don't try coming at me with this whole "Shut up man! Avatar proved itself!" shut up! The larger budget in this case makes the movie look too polished to be takes seriously. Why the hell are we caring about watching clones of the Twilight teens being chased by Freddy Kruger? Were not. This movie didn't need a budget of $35 Million. It feels wasted. Some of the appeal of the original came from watching the director be a director and figure scenes out. This movie didn't do that. It felt trite and forced.

Freddy Kruger is less of a movie villain in the horror industry and more of an icon. Everyone I knew growing up all had Freddy Kruger nightmares when they were a kid. Perhaps this new version of Freddy will serve to scare the shit out of kids these days. I would hope so. Maybe when they remake this movie again in twenty years they will bitch about it then as well. Who knows.

***A more realistic and morose version of the original film & franchise***

The specter of a dead pedophile fatally haunts the dreams of the children of his self-appointed executioners who burned him to death years earlier.

Released in 2010, this is a reboot of the original 1984 movie, freely throwing in elements from other flicks in the franchise. I think Jackie Earle Haley works well as creepy Freddy Krueger and I like the more realistic tone, which some say makes movie bland and boring. Rooney Mara (Nancy) and Kyle Gallner (Quentin) are decent as the main protagonists and I think the bedroom scene is superior to the same attack scene in the original; it’s more shocking. The prison scene’s great too.

Unfortunately, the concept of Freddy is a bit of a mess. For instance, his bladed-glove is never explained. And what was the point of the boiler room since he was just a gardener at a small preschool? The filmmakers just threw in these elements because it's Freddy, figuring people knew the character. But how do these components fit into THIS movie? And what about viewers who never saw the original flicks?

The film runs 1 hours, 35 minutes and was shot in northern Illinois and nearby Gary, Indiana, with reshoots done in Los Angeles.

GRADE: B-/C+

Andre Gonzales

I really liked this new nightmare. I wish there was more action in it but still pretty good. I hope this is the start of a new Freddy movie series.

**Unfairly Misunderstood Masterpiece.**

I cannot express how unfairly judged and misunderstood this remake is. Instead of being another Elm Street sequel with the sole purpose of creative kills, jokes, unnecessary characters, and lazy revelations. The filmmakers decided to take a risky creative decision by reinterpreting Wes Craven's original ideas and retelling the story with a much more realistic tone.

The dream sequences are more symbolic and atmospheric. The story explores real-life portrayals of teens dealing with childhood trauma that has been repressed into adulthood. You get to witness their confusion, coping mechanisms, and strained relationships with their parents. The kills are more grounded and eerily reminiscent of suicides or tragic accidents. Freddy himself is given a proper origin, motive, and personality that isn't just a bunch of plastered-on sequel lore. You witness Freddy's transformation from a pathetic loser with a dark fantasy to the dream demon that has no restrictions.

I love the original and even gave it a 5/5, but this remake even surpasses that. I think many people might enjoy it far more if they truly gave it a chance.

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