Episode 3: A Nightmare On Elm Street

WARNING: IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANY SPOILERS ON THE MOVIE THEN SKIP THE "MAIN ATTRACTION" PORTION OF THE SHOW (from 2:35 till 1:00:20), BUT BE SURE TO LISTEN TO IT AFTER YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE OR DECIDED NOT TO!   or the direct linkhttp://ia331226.us.archive.org/1/items/Episode3ANightmareOnElmSt/05.06.10.RR.3.mp3 The Revolution Review *INSERT SOMETHING JUMPING OUT AT YOU UNEXPECTEDLY* AHHHHHHHH!!!!! And That's my review of "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Just Kidding. As a fan of the horror genre I never know if I should get excited for these re-invention of classic horror movies or scared that my childhood butcher-ers will be, well, butchered. If you don't already know, "A Nightmare on Elm St" is about a group of teenagers who all start having the same nightmares of a scary burnt faced guy with knives for fingers but things start going south when the nightmares start to become reality and the teens start dying. As the story goes on you find out all of the teenagers and the supernatural psychopath are all connected to a sorted past and if you fall asleep Freddy's going to get you. The first quandary in this much anticipated remake was if Jackie Earl Haley could take over the legacy of being Freddy Kruger that was so lengthily held by Robert Eungland for eight whole films. I say he pulled it off nicely; as nice as a burnt faced, psychopathic, nightmare haunting, razor blade fingered, monster serial killer could be. Haley was really able to creep me out and added some nuances to Freddy that really brought the character out in a new and frightening way; plus, with the addition of some golden nuggets of dialogue, he was a character that was fun to watch. Speaking of which, his face makeup/graphics were spot on. In the original films you could really tell Freddy was wearing a mask where as this time it was very life like. There were other visually stimulating moments, like when an entire classroom turns to ash (so look for that one) but there were moments that were "movie magic-ed" in the original that lost their flavor when they re-did them in C.G. for the new movie. Was the movie scary? No. Was it entertaining? A little more than slightly. If I compare it to the "scary" movies that Hollywood has been putting out lately (such as Cellular, Prom Night, My Bloody Valentine 3D, etc.) or even to the horrible classic remakes that have come out such as Halloween and Friday the 13th (Please stop, Rob Zombie, just stop it!); then I would say new Freddy comes out somewhere near the top. If I were to compare it to the classic and best horror movies of all time, then it would fall closer to the bottom. Therefore, I'm a little undecided as to how I should rate this one, so I give "A Nightmare On Elm Street" 2 and 5/8 Stabby Knife Fingers out of 5? -Tony Smith The Revolution Review, 2010