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I'm sorry but this still pisses me off. "How can you not be a little excited about Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy?" Well, the only thing they seemed to get right here is that they don't show much of his face. For me, the (mostly unseen) Englund in the Craven original ist still very, very scary. Haley is good. But he'll propably still feel like an understudy.

I agree that the acting talent here is one step above string-puppetry. It will be very fun seeing them tortured at every turn and I look forward to the levitation and bed-sucking deaths (or their better-be-sweet-ass reimaginings). Classics.

Jackie Earle Haley is going to be the tits and anyone who thinks otherwise is feeding themselves a big lie-filled shit sandwich.

Eh, I'm fine with it. Most of them are just cannon fodder anyway, as they were in the originals. Despite the presence of Depp, the first one wasn't exactly filled with future Oscar winners. So let's not put the Elm Street franchise on too high a pedestal, folks. There were three... no, let's call it 2.5 good movies. The first one, Dream Warriors (#3), and I kinda dug Freddy Vs. Jason, even though it is really, really stupid.

The rest were pretty awful, and Englund's shtick after a couple versions was just painful and unfunny.

To be perfectly honest, the only Nightmare on Elm Street film I really enjoyed was 3: The Dream Warriors.* The original is OK, mostly for Englund's performance and some good gore. So long as this isn't CGI'd to oblivion (it will be), then I don't have a problem with it (I will).

Now, if they announce a remake of 3 after the inevitable sequel, I'll be pissed. Until then, I shall bask in the warming glow of another twisted Jackie Earle Haley performance.

*Yes, I am a big horror fan. No, slashers are not my favorite sub-genre. Yes, I do enjoy some slashers, but they aren't exactly the most mainstream choices. I'd rather watch The Bird with the Crystal Plumage or The Demon--now there's a film with a razor-gloved killer that can send chills down your spine and it came out first (1979).

Interesting. I would've thought Kyle Gallner got a lifetime pass for being on "Veronica Mars," which he was awesome on.

John Connor! Thomas Dekker can and is basically awesome, lifetime pass for the Honey I shrunk the kids TV series!

Kellen Lutz is a hottie and I don't prescribe to "Twilight" nonsense. So, if he takes his shirt off at some point and then doesn't die like a pussy. I'm so there.

Also, Question:
If Freddy was in fact a child molester and wants revenge. Why doesn't he kill the parents and keep the kids for himself?

Like most previous commenters I'm going to have to flip a coin on this one.

I generally prefer my scary movies in the form of psychological thrillers that get inside my head without a lot of fake blood and guts, but I've always made an exception for Freddy. Let's face it: the guy is funny in a dry, punny sort of way and the way he kills those idiot teenagers is creative and hilarious. I saw one of the movies - which one was in 3-D? - on a date when I was 15 and remember thinking, "This is supposed to be a horror movie? It's a comedy!"

On the other hand: Michael Bay. And remake.

Jackie Earle Haley still has my goodwill from "Watchmen," but from the trailers it doesn't seem to me like he has the tongue-in-cheek wit that Englund did, which for me was about 80% of why I liked the movies.

@thrillho, nice to know studio hacks find their way to these websites.

Having said that, I'm interested enough to see it but I've got no expectations. Since its a Michael Bay produced film, I'm expecting an American flag to be flying at some point, cuz it gets his micro penis hard, and I'm expecting some form of the bed-swallowing to occur, since this is a Bay production and someone has to swallow to get ahead.

Strangely, I'm fine with this. I thought I'd be freaking out right now. Yeah it's gonna be filled with teenagers who can't act getting cut to ribbons.

So was the original.

It's going to have some gore, mostly tame in comparison to a lot of other genre pics.

So did the original.

And it's going to have the saving grace of a fantastic performance by the main antagonist.

Just. like. the. original.

So all this up in arms shit, which normally I would participate in, seems a little disingenuous. This is not Rob Zombie remaking Halloween, you guys.

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I'm actually pleasantly surprised. Its got a decent chance at being the third good Freddy movie.

For the record, the good ones are the first, and Wes Craven's New Nightmare (the 7th). A bit meta, but effective. OK, it was extremely meta, but I still liked it.