Fans of the original – prepare to be majorly disappointed. This brainless flick does no justice to the original, is devoid of personality and depth and frankly, couldn’t scare an 8 year old.
The Plot
A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality
Nancy, Kris, Quentin, Jesse and Dean are all having the same dream – of the same man – Freddy and one by one, he terrorizes them within the curved walls of their dreams, where the rules are his, and the only way out is to wake up. Functioning on little to no sleep, they struggle to understand why them, why now, and what their parents aren’t telling them.
Buried in their past is a debt that has just come due, and to save themselves, they will have to plunge themselves into the mind of the most twisted nightmare of all… Freddy Krueger.
Starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruger and Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy Thomas Dekker and Kellan Lutz as the young ‘uns and directed by Samuel Bayer – so you can put the blame on him.
The Thoughts
The first minute til the very end, the film was packed full of atrocious cheap scares that are equivalent to shouting “boo!” in your face. You almost feel like the director is having a laugh, mocking your IQ if you will. With absolutely nothing inventive about it, the film sets about delivering the worst dialogue, pretty bad acting and rubbish horror gimmicks that don’t even make you flinch.
Whilst the only thing to commend is Katie Cassidy’s first star role – since Melrose Place (her biggest TV role to date) saw her fashionista bombshell character, flaunting the most fabulous dresses known to mankind, I’ve always loved her for her smooth style, shimmying sexy body and a mouth that will sweet talk you into doing anything she pleases. It is such a refreshment seeing her in this role that is completely different and she handles it very well. The biggest shame is that she is the first person is get killed off – making the film void of anything entertaining at all. Rooney Mara who survives til the end is one of the worst actresses I’ve seen on screen this year.
Completely lacking in imagination, Freddy Kruger deserves better than this. The true nightmare is having to sit through a showing of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
The Film Buzz Rating: 
(3/10)
UK Release Date: 7th May 2010
Director: Samuel Bayer
Writer’s: Wesley Strick(screenplay), Eric Heisserer(screenplay)
Links: IMDB, Official Site
