A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Amazon.com Michael Bay (Transformers, Pearl Harbor) produced this remake of Wes Craven's 1985 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, which means updated shocks, computer-driven special effects, and a brand-new Freddy Krueger, this time played by Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley. Unfortunately, it also means a mechanical, largely scare-free carbon of the original film--the same fate suffered by Bay's remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th. Director Samuel Bayer, best known for helming videos for Nirvana and Green Day, does well by the film's visuals, which hew toward stylized doominess, but the film itself limps from set piece to set piece, with the ones borrowed directly from Craven's original scoring the most impact. What's left are a group of dull teens on the run from Haley's Freddy, who proves unsettling, if not the dynamo that Robert Englund was in the previous franchise entries. Speaking of which, the picture ends on a note that suggests a follow-up is imminent, though some more inspiration is clearly needed if Bay's Nightmare intends to have the longevity of the first series. --Paul Gaita Product Description Nightmare on Elm Street (DVD) Don't fall asleep! Freddy Krueger returns to everyone's nightmares in this contemporary re-imagining of the Wes Craven horror classic from Michael Bay (Transformers films) and horror-script maestro Wesley Strick (Cape Fear). Watchmen's Jackie Earle Haley plays the razor-fingered iconic killer who haunts the dreams of teenagers and kills them in their sleep. Smallville's Kyle Gallner, Supernatural's Katie Cassidy, Terminator's Thomas Dekker, Twilight’s Kellan Lutz and more try to ward off the nocturnal attacks. As long as they stay awake, they can protect one another ... but once they fall asleep, there is no escape. Delving deeper and darker into the nightmare world and tortured past of the killer Krueger, this new incarnation revisits Elm Street and one of New Line’s most lucrative franchises. ]]>
ASIN: B002ZG971U
VSKU: DBV.B002ZG971U.N
Condition: New
Author/Artist:Wes Craven|Robert Shaye|Samuel Bayer|Wesley Strick|Michael Bay|Jackie Earle Haley|Mike Drake|Michael Lynne|Kyle Gallner|Eric Heisserer|Andrew Form|Brad Fuller|Rooney Mara|Richard Brener|Katie Cassidy|Walter Hamada|Kellan Lutz|Dave Neustadter|Thomas Dekker|Lia Mortensen|Connie Britton|Clancy Brown
Binding: Dvd
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