I just watched the trailer for the Nightmare on elm street 2010 remake and it made me so angry! I am really sick of these classic horror films being destroyed! Leave these films alone! They are classics for a reason! Hey, I have an idea, why don't these big time Hollywood film makers write a movie, rather then ruin a classic such as Nightmare on elm street?
So here is what upsets me. First of all, the film looks very dark, depressing and hauntingly scary. Like one of those newer horror films out today. Nightmare on elm street scared me as a little kid, but for the most part it's not a scary film, even though it was intended to be. The fact is, all these new horror films that scare you to death make these older films look like the Goose Bump films. Now that happens and I am not trying to say that making this film scary again is a bad thing, but we love it the way it is. It's not the pop ups, screaming or violence that scares us, it's the insane things that go on in this dream world and the very thought of your worst nightmare becoming a reality. The film does not need to be enhanced and redesigned to scare the day lights out of you.
The second thing that upsets me is the timing of this film's arrival. Now I have gone over this many times before and I can't tell you how much it annoys me that these films that really are not that old are being remade as if it is an old film that everyone has forgotten about, especially when the film had a sequel that is not even 10 years old! That is way to soon for a remake. They did the same thing with Friday the 13th and Halloween, it's ridiculous. Lets take a second to review these film's releases, shall we?
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Not to say this was not a while ago, but it was not long enough ago for a remake. The thing is, Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees and Freddy Kruger were never forgotten, even by kids my age. Everyone knows who they are and they are still horror icons. Every Halloween they are all over every store and every kid wants to dress up as them for Halloween trick or treating, so why is this the time to remake these films, as if they were forgotten or something. Why not just make another sequel? Now The day the earth stood still for example was just remade, and I wont fight that, because it was a film from 51, that was a long time ago. Of course as a classic horror/Sci Fi fan, I am kind of upset that this film was not left alone, because it's a classic and a real classic at that, a film from well over 20 years ago. But my point being it's not a film that any kid my age (unless they are just like me) would remember and Klaatu, unlike Freddy Kruger, is not a house hold name.
The last thing that upsets me is the Freddy Kruger character. He is nothing like the original and that is a very bad thing. Now I understand that this a remake so they should not keep the original actor in the new film, but in this case, they should consider it, because Robert England is Freddy Kruger. The face, the grin, the attitude, it's all Robert and that could never be recreated or even attempted. The new Freddy, from what I have seen, has no attitude and looks nothing like the original at all. With Jason or Michael Myers, you could find any kid from off the street to play them and it would not matter because they wear masks. But Freddy has a face that is easily recognised and we all know it. Once you lay eyes on the original Freddy, you will never forget him.
So long story short, I don't even want to check out this film. It makes me sick to my stomach and I feel as though my favorite horror film characters will now be lost in the past, overwritten and redesigned to fall in to the category of today's horror films. I understand that remakes are just what they seem, an older film that is remade. But I wish that in this case, considering that this is A Nightmare one elm street we are talking about here, this should be a film that honors and celebrates this amazing film, rather then remake it. But the one cool thing about this film is that it looks like it sticks pretty close to the original as far as remade and redone scenes that were in the original film. You don't see that regularly with remakes when you should and I like that. But if this film hits big, then one of the greatest horror film characters, one the biggest horror icons of my time and one the coolest movie characters ever as we know him will forever be dead.
R.I.P.
Freddy Kruger
1984 - 2010
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