A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 - The Cinema Snob

[@StonedGremlinProductions]

If you watched this movie a second time, years later, did the movie improve or get worse on a rewatch?

[@steveg5122]

I almost walked out on it, only reason i didn't, i gave someone else a ride. Found out afterwards that he would have joined me.

[@noahmessarge]

For me, it's like a fine wine. It improves with age.

[@darknightdetroit2006]

Without Robert Englund, it sucks. Also anything with Michael Bay's name on it will be a bad movie.

[@gyromurphy]

Honestly I don't believe I've watched this .. For shame.. I'll get on it after work

[@CraziBastid]

My issues with the movie was the characters were interesting, smart, and likable (before Freddy killed them) in the original series. All the kids in the remake were emo edgelords with little to no personality.

[@SangTheCryptek]

Oh man that had me cracking up: "Why were people upset at this film?--OOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh......"

[@Schmidt54]

well would you rather have seen Uwe Boll or what

[@Launchpad05]

@Michael Martin Imagine if Travis Knight directed an 'Elm Street' movie.

[@willgold9989]

SanguisDiabolus 😂

[@GazghoulThraka471]

Doesn't Michael bay own platinum Dunes? Platinum dunes remade Texas Chainsaw & Friday the 13th before they're rights expired they're responsible for this remake as well.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

My same exact reaction when I heard "6 Understand" was a flop and then found out that the movie was directed/produced by Micheal Bay.😆

[@policerthought5649]

Yeah, this movie sucked. But I'm not gonna lie, Jackie Earle Haley's interpretation of Freddy was terrifying.

[@ssharkbait]

That's what I thought. Too bad everything else was so bad. There were legitimately scary/creepy kill scenes.

[@Doctor_Odin]

He wasn't much of the problem the script sucked and the visuals were not quite surreal like they needed to be it was too obvious that they were in dreams. And the backstory of Freddy didn't make any sense in this context if he was a teacher and had his own house it would be more spooky and make some sense because who wouldn't let their guard down in front of the preschool teacher vs a Drifter that lives in the basement Boiler Room of the 1 floor preschool has no real ties to the city. Other than the inconsistent script he would have made a fine Freddy they still should have made him just have a bit more morbid humor when he was fucking with the kids I'm not saying Freddy's Dead level of slapstick I'm talking more holy fuck what the fuck biblical kind of Twisted. Because that's what made him scary he twisted your sweetest dreams into your worst nightmares and then went in for the kill all while laughing his ass off on how pathetic your dreams were. Otherwise the way this film is structured he wasn't really that scary he reminded me of a random battle monster in an RPG when he popped up in jump-scares throughout the film. Because the way he popped in&out reminds me of a suddenly a wild fill in the blank has appeared

[@vectorequinox6202]

I can't think of a bad performance from him.

[@Doctor_Odin]

@ValorJ Omega yeah he is more ugly than scary and is constant jump-scare appearances diminished is overall scare Factor. The OG had a cross between a burn victim and the original Nosferatu monster mixed in with an OG Crone witch. And knew when to show-up which was minimal mainly when it was kind the going for the big kill.

[@mrblonde609]

Yup. Die hard fan of the franchise for 20+ years now. JEH was not the problem, the lousy script was. Also the lack of creative nightmare visions. They had the magic of cgi. Instead of creating macabre and surreal nightmare worlds, they just gave us bland setpieces we've seen a thousand times.

[@TheKML777]

15:55 One of my favorite Cinema Snob moments: When he just shrugs and says "sure" when teenagers in the horror movies find time for something like romance instead of trying to survive.

[@yourmother7052]

Nothing quite like uncovering repressed memories of child molestation to spark your teenage romance.

[@germanvisitor2]

Suspension bridge effect?

[@scitechian]

I mean, even if a movie is boring you to tears, if you see some titties, you're gonna perk up.

[@PaceBreaker]

I get something along the lines of "happy to be alive kiss(/sex)" sparked by adrenaline and all but come on. The timing for that was almost as inappropriate as the things Freddy did to them

[@JanetStarChild]

@chad blakeford ​@scitechian Why did you start your comment with the phrase "I mean"?

[@Prettywitchiusaka]

Isn't it obvious why Clancy Brown is here? That kid is obvious a former Krusty Krab employee, and he just came to collect his will money.

[@mathieuleader8601]

the hash slinging slasher

[@Launchpad05]

'You promised us Crabby The Clown, but instead you gave us Cheapy The Cheapskate'. #SuperBowlHalftimeShow

[@rocknroll20024]

Shouldn't he be solving a case with Connor

[@TheSefirosu200x]

Don't you mean LexCorp instead of Krusty Krab?

[@TheSkully343]

He needed Freddy to curdle fear into the Metal Head armada and continue his rule over Haven City.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

6:33 - 25-year-old teenager with her 28-year-old mother.

[@Launchpad05]

'I DON'T LIKE THAT THIS SERIES BECAME FUNNY! GO BACK TO BEING DARK!' 'I DON'T LIKE THAT THIS REMAKE IS DARK! GO BACK TO BEING FUNNY!'

[@robotrix]

It could go dark without becoming a "How To" about child molesting

[@phantomzone2725]

"He's gonna bang that dress" Hey, that's Tommy Wiseau's work!

[@cannibalbunnygirl]

Humper of people's belly buttons

[@jennifercardwell258]

Lol! So sad. I just recently saw The Room reviews and The Disaster Artist reviews.

[@tultsi93]

YOU'RE TEARING ME APART, LISA!!!

[@duowest642]

Poor Jackie Earl Haley. Doomed to a career of being type cast as diddlers and psychopaths.

[@scitechian]

I can't even say "Hey, it's a steady income" in response to that, because... eurgh... implications...

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Eh, if anything he should embrace the psychopaths bit. Because we have tons of character actors that do okay with just playing villains.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

"I played the child molester, the serial killer, and the serial-killing child molester." - The Cleveland Show

[@Loonaticx]

@@moralityisnotsubjective5 what about the child killing serial molester?

[@hlalakar4156]

Well, it worked for Jack Nicholson

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

Jackie Earle Haley is an absolute colossus of terrifying performance. From this to Preacher to even that new (surprisingly good) live-action Tick, he is a HURRICANE of horror.

[@nurfahrer]

Actually.... It could be an interesting take on the story if freddy was actually innocent

[@sarahbird7398]

Lol it would be like the “Wicked” of the Elm Street universe

[@nurfahrer]

@Brandon Spain well... It'd be ballsy for sure, but they almost went down that path and if did made freddy innocent it would be different from the original. Sure he would still be evil, but why not make him innocent of the child molestation accusations and he was just taking revenge for being burned alive for crimes he didn't commit

[@tultsi93]

@@joshpatterson9844 Reminds me of the one episode of Supernatural, where a ghost of an innocent man killed locals who accused him for child molestations he didn't do.

[@Clara-ph7my]

No we cannot have empathy for Freddy. He must be portrayed so evil, which keeps you scared of his character.

[@mikailthomas1466]

I noticed how you said *IF*.

[@philipdarrenellwell1994]

Honestly, I think "Funny Freddy" is a bit scarier, because the idea of killing people just being jokes to Freddy is way worse than him being a regular slasher

[@scitechian]

"Hot off the success of their 'Friday the 13th' remake..." First big laugh of the video.

[@devinharbert2245]

Those both good Good films

[@willdallas53]

How is that a joke? The remake was the biggest box office film of the series. It made 65 million dollars

[@Dru2037]

It was a good movie, I prefer scary Freddy over clown Freddy.

[@TheMOVIEMANIAC13]

@@Dru2037 me too

[@Barbayat79]

I think Freddy was well cast but ultimately the weak script gave him almost nothing (except very few little moments to shine) and it ultimately just felt very flat and boring as a whole. I mean everything was predictable and the stuff that wasn't was just disappointing in its execution.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Yeah, terrible movie, but it can't be blamed on JEH.

[@ichigokage]

Jackie worked with what he had and did great. I hope he gets another chance with better material.

[@latayesha]

Khris was ok. She was the least bland of them all

[@Bjorick]

ehhh, og freddy alwasy brought it to life, even on the tv show which is super low budget......

[@taylorhensel4044]

“Ya’ll need a drug problem” Classic 😂

[@SharpDesign]

Freddy: I was innocent..ha ha..just kidding..you're dead.

[@WordUnheard]

Classic Freddy. Always with the killing and joking around. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, this movie was too depressing for me. They went for realism, when they should have been going for the surreal.

[@zeedeejay242]

Classic white knight, torch a man.... But alas, same person...

[@WordUnheard]

@@zeedeejay242 Classic wtf are you on about?

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Imagine if killing the kids actually was his way of getting revenge against the parents for falsely accusing him of pedophilia and burning him alive. What better way to punish a parent than the loss of a child? And the kids get a "sins of the father" sort of deal in the process, because the parents aren't just morally gray, but straight up morally TAINTED. And Freddy, while still the horror movie villain killing people, could also have been a cautionary tale on misdirected rage. That would be an interesting and rather timely story these days.

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@KeybladeMasterAndy Yup, no balls.

[@SAPProd]

LOVED the micronaps, “six more minutes to play”, and Jackie Earl Haley as Freddy. Everything else...yeah, typical remake issues, like trying too hard to recreate the original set pieces and not doing much different with the bland characters other than tropes. Plus, they should have stuck with “Freddy was innocent” just to be different and give a genuine twist to the proceedings.

[@KingCobra582]

I remember seeing this in theaters and being fascinated with the "Did he or didn't he" debate I had internally. And then the movie ruined it. Booooo!!!

[@AnInsideJoke]

KingCobra582 -- Imagine if they did some kind of double twist, where Freddy WAS a child molester, but he wasn't the one who molested THIS group of kids, it was someone else.

[@scitechian]

@@AnInsideJoke ...Oh god. That could even lead into the reboot's sequels as a tie-in to the "silly" Freddy of later sequels. Maybe the townsfolk realized their mistake shortly after the fire was started, and (still in torch-and-pitchforks mood) did the same to the one who did actually molested their kids. Or maybe instead of shuffling the kids off to a boiler room he invited them to dinner on, say, a family farm, where one of his family members (or even a hired laborer) would actually molest them -- without Freddy's knowledge. (Though the extent of his knowledge could be used as plot fodder for further sequels!) And when the townsfolk cornered him in the barn, the actual molester was one of the onlookers, potentially riling up the mob to throw off suspicion from himself. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER!

[@bulbafett5001]

@@scitechian Don't know if it would've worked or not, but fuck, would've at least been an entertaining ride one way or another.

[@robinhay43]

That makes no sense though. He targets kids, all kids, rarely adults. He's made consistent sexual innuendos. The kids didn't kill him, the adults did, so what's his obsession with kids if he's innocent?

[@lazarussoul8221]

“The brain keeps functioning” line got an applause when I watch it at the theatre....only one it got......

[@moxiemaxie3543]

Ok, its not the type of movie you cheer at

[@erikwilliams1562]

That one got me. Jackie was great

[@Rocketboy1313]

I really like the metaphor in this one. The idea that Freddy as a nightmare demon showing up as these kids grow into adulthood is a good analogy to recalling past trauma as you grow up, especially is that trauma related to sex and you enter into a new sexual relationship. In a way it works better than the original because kids getting murdered by a ghost as a way to punish the parents for vigilante justice doesn't really resonate the same way, it is not really analogous to anything.

[@jadeandjesse5908]

That was initially the entire concept behind the original, but it was dropped from the original because a recent scandal had occurred with a chain of schools reportedly abusing the kids. As Robert Englund said himself, that choice actually helped the original because the sexuality of it became subtext. I've always read into the original Nightmare that way, so I wouldn't give the remake the credit of conceiving this idea, more so just realizing it.

[@danteinferno4785]

Well Freddy was a pedo anyways. It was hinted at then in the sequels it goes into more detail

[@reaperjane2180]

Freddy's a demon, but i see what you're saying

[@greenkoopa]

Freddy didn't touch kids. Well he did when he killed them but he's more like a bully that got superpowers

[@Dru2037]

​@@greenkoopa in the original he did

[@zachcaudell3081]

You're old when you remember Brad talking about this movie when it first came out and now it's a Cinema Snob episode. Was it even called Midnight Screenings back then? I feel ancient. And it's nice to see the NOES remake being defended. Sub-par special effects and some lackluster acting here and there not with standing, I've always thought it was pretty solid.

[@randalgraves6979]

Is this in the same universe as Street Fighter 2010. 🤔😏

[@bulbafett5001]

Why did you have to remind us all that movie existed? I kept waiting for Tom Welling to show up and fight crazy Lana.

[@randalgraves6979]

I was talking about the game 🤨

[@mr.wolfenstein8861]

I know you review the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre are you going to complete the series after you're done with the Halloween and Friday the 13th reviews

[@noahmessarge]

In Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Freddy Krueger's father is played by Alice Cooper. In Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part 6, we hear the song He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask) by Alice Cooper playing on a car's radio. Freddy vs Jason would imply that these two franchises take place within a shared universe. Now is it just a coincidence that Freddy Krueger's father looks identical to Alice Cooper or is Alice Cooper a relative of Freddy Krueger within this universe? Also, who is "the man behind the mask" that Alice is singing about in this universe? Is Jason well-known enough for a song to be written about him? But why would Alice Cooper sing about him being back before Jason has returned? And that's not even mentioning the fact that the Freddy vs Jason vs Ash comic book (and scrapped sequel) would imply that the Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Evil Dead franchises all take place within a shared universe. In Ash vs Evil Dead, we see an Alice Cooper poster in Ash's bedroom. Of course, in this shared universe, the events of Ash vs Evil Dead wouldn't happen since the timeline would've split when he fought Jason and Freddy. However, there's no reason that this would effect Ash having an Alice Cooper poster in his childhood bedroom, as this would've taken place in 2003 at the earliest. So what could all this mean? It's simple. In the Freddy vs Jason universe, Alice Cooper is a god.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Alice through the looking glass

[@GabyGeorge1996]

“The Man Behind the mask” refers to Jason Vorhees

[@shis1988]

Now I want to see Alice Cooper deus ex machina himself into one of these movies and just kill the bastard. Or in the case of Jason, un...un-unkill him?

[@johnkirby8939]

I find your theory intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter...

[@fiendwithoutaface6833]

wat 😂

[@daltonanderson3718]

I get the feeling Brad has a liking to this movie.

[@bobbletcher17]

Markie Mark in the happening:What No...

[@louschwick7301]

just coz he didnt hate it doesnt mean he liked it

[@DisgaeaFan707]

Brad actually did say (I think it was on Josh Hatley's Radiodrome podcast) that he likes this movie. So yep.

[@samb8744]

This is the dullest Elm street movie easily. The Riverdale comparison was on point

[@redmage7716]

at least riverdale tries to be fun trash, this is just an empty soulless ghost of a movie.

[@Avigorus]

The whole "the brain stays alive for 7 minutes" thing is at least pop culturally based on some guy I forgot the name of who got decapitated during the French Revolution and made a last request that once he was guillotined someone hold his head up so they could clock how long his eyes continued to blink before he went completely still.

[@lorenzoestrada2428]

Wow, this guy new world records would amount to something someday 👏

[@TheBermudaMan]

9:25 I'm glad there's someone else who appreciates that "we've got six more minutes to play" scene. Say what you like about the rest of the movie, but holy SHIT did Jackie Earle Haley own the audience for one precious moment.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

"The gritty reboot of Clarissa Explains It All" I love it

[@TheAlienmorph]

I kept thinking back of Phelous humming "Teddy... Teddy... brother of the Freddy!" throught the whole video lol

[@grfrjiglstan]

Man, you cut out the best Freddy quip in this movie. "What game should we play this time?" "Fuck you!" "Ooh, sounds fun."

[@PapaTaurean]

Uh oh... alternative universes... that leaves the door open back up for The Linkara Snob complaining about how Batman v Superman had them being Superfriends.

[@mackdebruin999]

This film almost made Rooney Mara quit acting.

[@AevasHouse]

I would love to see another Nightmare On Elm Street in this continuity because it seems way closer to what Wes Craven really wanted to do originally

[@notsyzagts7967]

You wouldn't ask for a sequel if you truly believe that statement. Because a standalone, single movie is "way closer to what Wes Craven really wanted to do originally". I'm sorry, but those are the facts.

[@francarrey7501]

The series ended with 1994's New Nightmare which was a sequel to the original 1984 movie. Everything that came after was unnecessary when the story was already complete with either the original 1984 version as a standalone movie depending how you interpret the ending or the 1994 version.

[@LittleMissLounge]

Maybe it's because I'm thinking of his role in Little Children, but at first blush Jackie Earle Haley sounds like a great casting choice for Freddy Krueger. I think... he might've been too good for this movie. I feel like I should ask "what is an actor of his caliber doing in Pretty Little Liars?" Edit: As much as I love Rooney Mara this wasn't a showcase of her talent.

[@Katiekooleyes]

I quite liked this version of Nightmare on Elf St. It gave Freddie his intimidation back. Plus, the micro-sleep angle added an extra layer of danger to the situation.

[@soundnfury]

As a fan of the original series...I really liked this movie. I would love a sequel to this one.

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

Same. The closest we got to a sequel is the added lore for Quentin and Freddy in the horror game Dead by Daylight. And if BHVR had been allowed to make a sequel to the reboot based on their added lore, then the movie would have been awesome.

[@MrStath1986]

Looking at stuff like this, Halloween 6 and the Rob Zombieween movies, I'm actually really surprised by how much Brad/Snob's opinion diverges from Phelous' takes on the same films. I'd say Brad is actually much, much fairer at giving a more.. well-rounded look at the movies, rather than accentuating the negative.

[@billjacobs521]

Brad likes bad movies. That's always been his thing. He can enjoy the goofiness, the cheapness, the shortcuts. A movie has to be truly awful for him to legitimately hate it.

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

Agree. Also the biggest problem with many longtime fans is, that nostalgia is often blinding, not letting you see the problems of the older movies/series and not seeing the good things in newer stuff. They don't look at Remakes as a totally different universe, but always try to compare it with the OG and are never happy. If it's too different, they complain, but if it is too similar they complain as well. I also love Halloween 6 Pcut and really like the Nightmare Reboot. But I hate the newest Halloween trilogy and I also see the flaws in the OG Halloween (bad pacing) and OG NOES (the kids not even looking like they had tons of nightmares the previous nights, the all looked like they had a good night of rest, it just feels unrealistic and the "tiredness" looks fake).

[@SAPProd]

How come The Trump Prophecy is a better Elm Street Remake than the actual Elm Street Remake?

[@gingersnap6004]

Because our political climate is the ultimate nightmare

[@MisterDangerousX]

Tell me more about it

[@adamhenry6793]

Because it's got a god orb?

[@ccateni28]

Wait what?

[@adamhenry6793]

@@ccateni28 A glowing god orb.

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

"You all need a drug addiction." is something I never thought I'd hear in my life, but I'm glad I did :)

[@OneColdMonkey]

HO. LEE. SHIT. A Nightmare Cafe reference! Brad you just made my day. Still one of my favorite opening theme songs to a show.

[@JakeDaSnake54]

The problem with the "twist" is that if they wanted to play with the idea of Freddy being innocent, they already had him acting so creepy to Nancy and Kris that it just kind of gives it away. As Deadpool would say, "That's just lazy writing."

[@TDog14126]

Hope you review the Child's Play remake after it comes out!

[@dudesk099]

@Brandon Spain I actually liked the sequels. Well. Some of them. 2 and 3 we're good enough. Bride is amusing. After that it's all shit

[@03bgood]

Curse was okay. Cult, not so much.

[@kylekelly8720]

"I don't like that these movies are funny. Go back to being dark." "I don't like that these movies are dark. Go back to being funny." Sounds like star wars fans changing their minds on movies

[@ccateni28]

Or any fan. Stop trying to make it all star wars fans...

[@kylekelly8720]

@@ccateni28 sorry. I've never explored other fandoms before

[@jeruhenderson3950]

So true. They go from "go back to the original ones. I don't like it being different". "I don't like being like the original ones. Go back to being different". Basically Star wars fans can't be happy.

[@Flaris]

@@jeruhenderson3950 Or simply realize that fanbases...have more than 1 person in them! And those people may have different opinions and preferences.

[@jeruhenderson3950]

@@Flaris I'm not saying that all Star wars fans have to like the same movies. I'm saying there is a lot of people in the fandom that are angry about 2 YEAR old movie that you shouldn't be angry about anymore. Most of all of Star wars have really bad moments even the original trilogy has some bad moments. But the fandom make it as if the sequels are the only part in the series that has problems when all of them have problems.

[@jennifercardwell258]

I really loved the remake. Jackie Earle Haley is a great actor and a very creepy Freddy Krueger. I grew up watching the original ANOES series, Freddy's Nightmares and Nightmare Cafe. Robert Englund has always been awesome and gave me loads of nightmares. He has been Freddy so long that he seems to be stuck in typecasting. Dance of the Dead (Masters of Horror episode) and The Phantom of The Opera are examples. He played a bit of a hillbilly in Strangeland but most often, he is Freddy playing other characters. I know people don't like the remake, mostly because of their loyalty to Robert Englund. But, I loved it. It made Freddy Krueger scary again.

[@notsyzagts7967]

At this point, it's better to just reboot it again with someone else. It's been too long.

[@afrog2666]

Biggest problem? Freddy looks like a silly putty scarecrow. No wait, it`s Rorschach! Even sounds like Rorschach! Wait.. It IS Rorschach..

[@ManicWolf]

While Freddy being innocent might have been an interesting take, I'm glad they didn't go down that path. Freddy really shouldn't be a sympathetic villain.

[@AdmiralAwsm]

Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy was top-notch casting, but that's the only really good takeaway I got from this movie.

[@madhatter984]

The snob returns with more golden content.

[@SatoXian]

Watching Phelous' review before this shows the major contrast of perspective. Thank you, I might want to watch this one down the road.

[@MrCaerbannog]

The director complained about how most of the people criticizing the movie were doing so without having watched it. Unfortunately, instead of saying that fanboys were trash-talking the movie just because they were offended about the very concept of a remake (which would have been 100% accurate), he basically phrased it as "anyone who had actually watched my movie would see how incredibly awesome it was!", completely destroying any point he might have had.

[@caffeineadvocate]

Everytime you do one of these, I'm like, "wait, is this a re-upload?". No idea why..

[@mackdebruin999]

I thought the exact same thing lol.

[@thomasgallipoli8376]

Jackie’s performance was absolutely chilling and it’s a very stylish movie. If this was an original IP, it would get a lot more love and respect. But because it’s a remake, it’s automatically compared to the original, which blunts it too much.

[@oren1305]

The biggest problem with the remake wasn't Freddy; he was mostly quite creepy and menacing. The main characters lack, well, character. The original gave the audience time to get to know people before killing them; it's what makes movie-goers actually care about the characters and plot.

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

I think the biggest problem with the characters is, that they killed Kris (who we got to know throughout the movie) and focused on Nancy for the later half. And with Roony Mara not even trying to do a good performance, it hurt her character and the movie. They should have either killed Nancy and let Kris live or should have focused more on Nancy and Quentin beforehand. If they had switched Kris and Nancy that would have made the movie so much better, since Katie Kassidy and Kyle Gallner did a very good job. They did their best. Roony Mara being so much in focus was the problem. Really every character was better than Nancy. Kris was awesome, Quentin was good, JEH did an excellent job with what he was given, and Dean was good for what we saw of him (his actor actually not sleeping for 3 days before filming to let his character's tiredness look as real as possible).

[@kaydenpat]

The end of the road for Knifey Hands. Works for me.

[@VikingFyre]

My biggest gripe about this movie (when it was released and now) is that, while the performance of Jackie Earl Haley is absolutely sinister and could give Robert Englund a run for his money, I felt actually being blunt about him being a diddler was unnecessary. Like you joked, the idea of him being innocent or being wrongly accused would have made for a compelling arc, and that the kids he killed are the ones who falsely accused him. Also even in 2010 the effects were far from convincing. It was so jarring that the “burn” effects switched from practical to CGI throughout. Unrelated, do you think they should do a remake of “The Burning”?

[@robinhay43]

I'm disgusted at how many people are butt hurt over a serial killer actually being a bad guy. You think directors really should've went there with the whole narrative that "kids just falsely accused him as a molester"?? What for? Funsies? Or that the adults in a town were randomly blood thirsty and convinced kids to lie so they could burn someone to death on a Friday night, for funsies? Him being innocent wouldn't match his character at all. He rarely sought out the adults that burned him, and often went after any kids he could. Why would he do that for "revenge"? And again, why would a ton of kids completely lie? In real life, kids molested have to give details before anyone attacks a molester. It would sound ridiculous if every single kid said "he molested me", just cause, I guess? And adults reacted that way without hearing details to back it up. None of that makes sense. It's clear multiple people for that approach have no idea what normal reactions are & how that could go down. In real life, adults would ask more questions before burning a guy to death. Multiple YOUNG children wouldn't collaborate on that story for fun.

[@mikailthomas1466]

"I don't know why people hate this-oooooooooooh" that was actually funny.

[@darthrowsdower3554]

I never understood the concept of bringing Freddy into the real world to kill him. Isnt killing him how this all got started? On another note the special effects were bad in this film. Hollywood seems to think that cheesy computer effects are better than practical effects. Well better luck with the next five remakes. Maybe we'll be blessed with a Freddy played by The Rock...

[@jorgenlundin8100]

Although the movie was pretty bad, as most of the A Nightmare on Elm Street sequels, Jackie Earle Haley gave a excellent and creepy portrayal and brought back the truly dark and scary Freddy that we lost after the two first movies...

[@blueblue930]

The things I actually liked in this was JEH (even though I still like Robert more) and Clancy Brown I also kinda liked the Pharmacy scene, with the worlds flickering in and out, it looked pretty decent

[@Avigorus]

Am I horrible for part of me wanting the twist of this remake to be that there were no concrete statements as to whether Freddy actually did anything wrong before he was killed leaving it to the viewer's imagination, albeit with a mild implication that while Freddy did in fact have the criminal impulses he was accused of indulging, he had never physically done anything to the kids, and then after he was killed he kind of went, "so you want to see me be an evil bastard? Let me show you an evil bastard," going off the deep end post-mortem?

[@hallowseve5801]

I don't care what anybody says, I loved this remake!

[@enlightenednormie242]

Me too! 😇

[@598superchris]

Me too

[@Dru2037]

It's one of the best remakes

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

Same here. Also Quentin is my fav NOES character. Nacy Thompson is so overrated

[@JustinCoasters]

Movie starts with a person in a diner at night, while its raining Never seen that in a movie ever

[@mathieuleader8601]

seeing that kid with the hulk mask in the Wizardworld promo made me think that Verne Troyer was cast as the hulk

[@slothstradamus89]

Aw rip Mini-Me. Still can't believe he passed.

[@heynae2016]

14:17 Why is it so funny to me that he pulled her out the car like some angry dad? Like, "GIRL GET OUT THIS CAR"

[@tskmaster3837]

15:02 Is it normal that I have no idea what character Jason Statham's name is in any movie so I just think of them as all the same character named "Jason Statham? To me, that's Jason Statham from Crank, that's it.

[@AdmiralAwsm]

Fun Fact: I met Thomas Dekker during filming for From Within. I lived locally to the filming, so I did extra work for a couple of days. I actually had no idea who he was at the time, and was just being polite and held the bathroom door open.

[@tskmaster3837]

"You look just as beautiful as ever", the pedo says to the statuesque blonde. I don't think it's creepy, it's just confusing. If, in her dream, she regressed back to a kid and this Freddy said the same line to a ten year old girl, THAT would be creepy. And it'd never make it pass the censors.

[@cocolime6496]

I think it implies she looks as beautiful as she did before, as a child. Plus he's saying it in a creepy way, so...

[@cannibalbunnygirl]

Well when he says "Ready or not here I cum"

[@billjacobs521]

I thought the same thing when he said that dress was his always his favorite. Uh, she never wore that dress around him, so...?

[@slothstradamus89]

@@billjacobs521 I think it's pretty clear that it's just an adult-sized version of the same dress she wore as a child whilst he molested her.

[@Dru2037]

They don't want to show that in a movie. He remembers her as that child is creepy enough.

[@FadeDragontear]

5:27 I had completely forgotten about that one time Freddy turned into a badly CGI'd bong-smoking caterpillar.

[@shis1988]

I like how the movie is more serious than a standard Elm Street film post 2 and before New Nightmare, unfortunately it has so many screw ups in writing because I like the concept of an outright evil Freddy or slasher villain seeking revenge. Friday sort of plays it with Jason aiming at the people having sex specifically. Honestly though, I think this type of movies should stick to practical effects.

[@theAngryscotman]

It's funny I was getting Jon Bernthal Punisher vibes just as he said that. Hmm Rorschach and Punisher. Now there's the buddy cop movie we all want.

[@_The_Worst_]

Yeah, I had hoped for a sequel to this, but no dice...🤷🏻💯✔️

[@thecriticalcrocodile2469]

I’m not normally a fan of horror films because they tend to use the same technique in trying to make the audience jump rather than outright scare them. Sadly this series is no exception.

[@Ratciclefan]

I never knew Bichael May was involved in this

[@PatheticApathetic]

Juan D'Marco Platinum Dunes is his production company

[@Ratciclefan]

@@PatheticApathetic Didn't know 🤷

[@Rhomega]

I dunno. It's interesting that they emphasized Freddy's pedophilia, but he's the Springwood Slasher. Did he kill anyone?

[@thechosenones4375]

I didn't understand all the hate for Freddy being a child molester (seeing how he's THE BAD GUY and all) until I wanted to dress up like him for Halloween. Then I got it. That's what it's all about. It's selfish. But I understand lol

[@jacobrengen]

Thank you for bringing joy while I am trapped by snow

[@jeruhenderson3950]

If only Chris had her black Carnary costume then she would be able to beat Freddy.

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing review of a nightmare on elm street remake and I somewhat enjoy this bit more then Friday 13th remake one.

[@practicalmagic9]

(5:17) the effect of the wall was not just better in the original HOW they made it was innovative and on the cheap.

[@ThatCrissCrossGal]

13:19 I don't know why that made me absolutely lose it laughing but it did. You've done it again, Snob.

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

The guy who played Freddy in this was /God. Damn. Terrifying/ He’s so genuinely creepy.

[@victorm152]

Is it bad that my idea of an Elm Street Remake would involve changing the location to Chicago and having the plot be somewhere along the lines of Exorcist 3?....and with Willem Dafoe as Freddy and Michael Keaton as Nancy's dad as a detective investigating the recent bizarre murders?

[@saloz9483]

People can hate the movie all the want, but you are lying if your saying Jack Earle Haley did not make a good freddy. The clips here alone show that. Also I found the overall movie fine and the only real bad thing I can say about it is that awful wall cg. I also like they didn't make him innocent and that it was a trick and only done to bring the teens down to despair even more.

[@Wildboy5699]

there's only one Freddy. and he's Robert Englund. Jackie Earl Haley did a shit job

[@iKadaj]

i agree with phelous on it, it's more like freddy's dumb cousin teddy who tries too hard

[@saloz9483]

@@Wildboy5699 No one is saying he replaces robert, but he still did a great job giving off the fear freddy always inspires. Even robert himself likes this portrayal. If the OG freddy is giving you props then your doing something right.

[@saloz9483]

@Cory Thompson I dont get the height thing. Freddy never came off as this tall guy and the height never really factor into what the character is. Thats more in line with jason who has always looked huge brick house of a man in every movie.

[@billjacobs521]

Define "good Freddy". Scary? Yes, he got that. Memorable? Unique? Fitting to the established character? Not so much. He's just...boring. Scary, but boring. Lame special effects and a killer who just seems like a mean mob enforcer is kinda the opposite of Freddy. It'd be like if Jason was short, fast, and killed people in the most efficient way possible--that would be terrifying in real life, but not a good Jason.

[@Amber_xo_133]

For his big scene in the opening sequence, Kellan Lutz chose not to sleep for a few days to get himself into character. Samuel Bayer directed such classic music videos as Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Blind Melon's "No Rain," and Garbage's "Only Happy When It Rains," and commercials for brands like Chrysler and Nike. Nightmare on Elm Street was his first break into directing a feature-length film, but his leading man had some experience behind the commercial camera too. Jackie Earle Haley started his career as a child actor, most notably in The Bad News Bears (1976), but his awkward teen years hits his career pretty hard. So, he quit acting, moved to Texas, and made his living directing TV commercials.

[@Kentrc11]

Great review - this remake was excellent and should have went for the sequel.

[@yuishishido8780]

I agree, I’ve been a massive NOES fan ever since I was a little kid. I remember seeing the trailers for the movie and hating it. “He looks disgusting”, “why is Wes Craven not involved”. I gave myself every excuse to hate it. I watched it years later and holy hell, I think it might be my favorite one.

[@Dru2037]

It should have a sequel

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

Totally agree. I would have loved a sequel focusing on Freddy and Quentin (would have likely been without Nancy, since Roony Mara hated acting for Horror). The closest we have to a sequel is the lore for Freddy and Quentin that we get in the horror game Dead by Daylight.

[@standanddeliver24]

My favorite thing to come from these reviews is finding out Snob was secretly Freddy’s son lol

[@SeptienPatterson]

“This Riverdale show is hardcore.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@jonasking9587]

Funny story: Jay Bauman from Red Letter Media was Jackie Earl Haley's stand-in for this film. When Haley said that he had only just watched the first movie the night prior to the shoot and that he thought it was terrible trash, Jay did not show up again.

[@TheLowBrassDude]

I'm glad he acknowledged it was just okay and that he's seen far worse. I actually kinda like this remake. It's more enjoyable and clever than the Halloween remakes

[@JoeyJ0J0]

Freddy went from funny uncle to creepy touchy uncle

[@jameswhite3799]

It's not panned because it was horrible. I think it was disliked because it was so middle of the road. Why remake a movie if you aren't going to make a good movie? Meh, is worse than terrible.

[@ItsMatticusFinch]

Precisely, if it was downright terrible then at least it would be memorable. This is just so painfully average and forgettable.

[@Athenabutt]

It was also panned because people really, really hated the idea of a Freddy that wasn't Robert Englund. It's still one of the primary criticisms most have with it even now.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

@@Athenabutt Which I thought was a really shitty reason to hate it honestly.

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

​@@moralityisnotsubjective5 Totally agree. I thought the same for some time, but after I finally gave the movie a chance, it became my second fav movie in the franchise only best by Dream Warriors. And Quentin became my fav NOES character.

[@annadau8612]

Johnny Depp accompanied his friend Jackie Earle Haley to auditions for A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Instead of Haley being chosen for a role, it was Depp who was spotted by director Wes Craven, who asked him if he would like to read for a part. Depp got a part in that film, Haley didn't, but Haley would go on to play Freddy in this remake 26 years later.

[@lanni5]

I know how it feels to discovery that you used to be a creep kid. Its harsh.

[@AnInsideJoke]

Lol, fellow former weird kid here too, though I'm not sure if I ever managed to achieve full "creep" status.

[@slothstradamus89]

@@AnInsideJoke The fact that you think you probably weren't THAT creepy..is assuredly a sign that you WERE that creepy. Lol

[@limely-8811]

Well Clancy Brown in Highlander as the villain Kurgan used an alias name in the future called “Victor Kruger”. I always fantasied Kurgan vs Freddy too...

[@cannibalbunnygirl]

Aww the kurgan was my first crush as a child

[@caligirlNita94803]

I like this guy. He's funny! Good critic. I have to sub.

[@PaceBreaker]

Despite me going on a one hour rant about this film, it had pretty good ideas and handled them mostly well enough. The whole false accusation/possible false memory thing just didn't need to be in it. Just made Quentin (especially) and Nancy look really stupid when there was already proof. Nah, they needed more proof. Shame we didn't get a sequel or at least a better script. Jackie Earle Haley was a great Freddy for a more sinister tone.

[@Clases3d]

I actualy like it, I´m the only one? I love the whole saga and this is only a reintepretation, like another universe, for me that is fine

[@TheMouseAvenger]

That's my attitude to everything, including "Star Wars" & all Disney direct-to-video sequels. ^_^

[@TheSefirosu200x]

Isn't it nice that John Connor is in this movie? Honestly, seeing Thomas Dekker in the trailers was the only real reason I even slightly wanted to see it.

[@kaylacolgan]

Sorry, as a kid from the late 90s, I love the original from the late Awesome Wes Craven.

[@slothstradamus89]

What do you think about New Nightmare? As a child from '89, it was basically the only Elm Street film released during my lifetime I was old enough to remember seeing as it was new (not really counting Freddy vs Jason).

[@lanceturley7745]

Honestly, this movie has some interesting twists on the formula with the micro naps, and the part about the brain staying alive for seven minutes after death. If they had focused more on the new stuff, and less on recreating iconic moments from the first movie, this could have been pretty solid.