'A Nightmare On Elm Street' (10)

'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (10) (R) 1/2*

Writers: Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer
Director: Samuel Bayer
Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Connie Britton, Clancy Brown, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy

The remake of "A Nightmare On Elm Street" might be the biggest waste of talent and screen time of any movie ever made. On the heels of the "Friday the 13Th" remake which was pure crap, this is another movie remake that will have you scratching your head. Why did this movie have to be made? The "Friday the 13Th" remake was more tolerable because the original is the worst horror movie ever made so who cared if they screwed up that remake. The original Nightmare was a somewhat better movie than the Friday the 13Th movies so I don't know why you need to remake it. There have been a plethora of Nightmare sequels even very recently and the series is worn out. Though if you are going to remake a so called classic you shouldn't make it as lazy and lackluster as this remake is. This is a horrendous and insipid remake that has not one scary moment, bad makeup and so many boring moments. Ironically I almost fell asleep watching this snooze fest. I am not a fan of the original movie because I found it too complicated and never really scary. It was actually a gimmick movie with a weak story and Freddy never became an interesting killer until the third movie. Compared to this remake though the original is "Psycho". We all know that "Halloween" is the role model for all slasher films so maybe someone should come up with a fresh and scary new monster and horror franchise that is actually scary. The slasher film is dying with all these retreads and remakes.This is the worst of all the horror remakes because it is lifeless, boring, not scary at all at any moment and Freddy's makeup looks like a kid in grade school applied it on. I love that Jackie Earle Haley has made an acting comeback but playing Freddy in a very terrible movie is a step back down. Anyone could have played him and the dialogue he has to say is tenth rate and Freddy does not look scary at all. What is also amusing is that the special effects are actually no better than they were in the 1984 original. This is a terrible time waster and I only give Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights) a half star because I like her, the movie Zero stars. I really hated this movie and I am not a fan of the original. I can bet that people who love the Nightmare series will be more pissed off than I am.