Here is another script review for the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, this time by our good friends over at Retro Slashers.
"Before we get down to why we’re here, let’s take a moment to discuss remakes in general. The prevailing knee-jerk sentiment among many fans is that remakes are the work of the devil. And why not; the simple fact is, most remakes tend to be inferior, if not outright destructive to the beloved film that spawned it. Not all of them, of course. Some of them rise to the occasion and surpass the stigmas and pitfalls inherent in such endeavors to earn their own classic status. But it’s too easy to drag Carpenter’s Thing and Cronenberg’s Fly out for the hundredth time as ultimate proof that remakes can be just as good, if not better than their predecessors. It’s time we face up to the fact that those films are anomalies; statistically insignificant exceptions that prove the rule."
I disagree with both of you but j to a lesser extent you said jason is based on michael he isn't the series is based on the sex drugs and rock and roll formula made by halloween but not the characters.
Other guy your reasons are trerrible and bitchy
1.robert isn't freddy? ok? he even defends jackie alot and turned the role down yet you still bitch?.
2.to much of the first movie? what does that even mean? the characters names are hanged some personalities and overall it develes into the backstory more than the first.
3.This isn't a good reason either robert even stated on jackie being short saying "i always though freddy was that littledog that kept knawing at your leg " besides he's missing peices of his face and he seems darker that +good freddy.
4.bad reason again! so? i mean come on that's excuse doesn't even deserve a response.
5.New shit the collector, avatar, crash, valentines day ,repo men,grown ups,killers,salt,season of the witch,takers,yellow hankerchief,bounty hunter,paris with love,our family wedding,when in rome.Should i contiue? or do i need to list more?.Oh and book of eli.
Im hoping that you guys give Freddy the attention he deserves. I was looking at the cast for the new movie and did'nt see anyone playing as his mother, This is really upsetting to me as a huge Freddy fan, Also the same murder scenes from the 1st movie? come on people! True fans dont want a remake to be step by step, the same old crap.
Trying to understand Freddy, is the biggest most missing factor in all of the movies that were made, with a lack of reality as well, too comical, too chessy looking.
This is the greatest villain in horror history, It's time to get this right. I wish I had the position to write this movie, It would hit the box office hard and would be unforgettable, and the most feared movie of all time. With the justice that had be done for Texas chainsaw, halloween, and endless friday the 13th's, This movie has to have an great storyline because there is too many missing factors of all the other movies, here's my thoughts.
1. The movie starts out with his mother before she is pregnant, working as a nun in the hospital, she has a bad dream about a demon trying to get close to her the night before she was raped an beaten that something was going to happen to her. The next day she goes to work, gets locked in with the crazies an they raped an beat her an she sees the demon among the croud of men as they beat an rape her, an gets a few glances of the demon on top of her. She is found by co-workers almost dead. She decides to have the child an to do the right thing but certain priest try to talk her out of it an become displeased with her to have a child out of wedlock which causes her to keep a distance with the order an to deal with the emotional hardship her encounter has cause her. She gives birth to Freddy an haves a few indications that his behavior is'nt quite normal at the age of 4 years old when he stabs a kid in his pre-care school with a pencil by accident. She becomes very unstable as a parent feeling that she just could'nt hack taking care of Freddy an she could'nt help him with his behavior an single parenthood. She sets Freddy up for adoption as a teen, He gets adoption parents that only are in it for the money an treat him horrably, gets picked on in school, keeps in touch with his mother but they argue about her letting him go over the phone. This is the part when he start to grow in his perversion an darkness killing animals, spying on kids, an kills his mother for leaving him which is his first human murder. Then showing him as an adult as a grown killer, bringing kids in his jobs boiler room, killing them. Nancy's father suspect it's him, Freddy goes to jail, but gets released for a lack of evidence in court, then finally the parents burn him alive. This is what we need to see in the first quarter of the movie, period....
2. As far as the killng scenes, let's be reminded that Freddy does'nt just kill people in their dreams referred back to the 2nd movie he can also possess a person, which should be nancy friend's boyfriend, the skin the cat scene, he should be the killer that Freddy possesses due to his lack as a family-orientated, non-christian street persona, We should have the teens scared to sleep an scared to have a run in with the possessed kid who eventually gets killed by Freddy as well. Change an spice up the killing scenes compared to the original, His makeup is better than the pizza face look, but needs to look more slimey, more reality, nothing comical ever again.
3. Who dies after Freddy was burnt alive.... a few of the crazies that raped his mom, a friend of his mother, few priest, a few teachers, every kid who teased him, his adoption parents, a few cops, and then the kids of elm street, he needs to kill at least 15 people in this movie.
4. How does it end...... refer to the 3rd movie, his remains buried which only takes care of Freddy temporarily due to the fact, they didn"t bury him in hollowed ground/holy ground, then make a sequel with something new, or do a Candyman vs Freddy, but then have them double team Pinhead in the end an Freddy comes out on top an takes the throne of being the devil's most powerful an honored son, Not a Freddy vs Jason ever again, if they wanna put Jason with anyone, it should be Michael Myers, an Michael should kill Jason off due to the fact that's where the idea of Jason came from in the first place.
5. The first 3 movies are factors that need to be in the remake, take from that an build something hot........ part 4 an up, it just gets stupid after that. Keep it dark, real, with a believable story line, even show Freddy trying to fight his issues as a teen, but eventually gave in that he is one of the devil's sons once he went to hell.Im hoping that you guys give Freddy the attention he deserves. I was looking at the cast for the new movie and did'nt see anyone playing as his mother, This is really upsetting to me as a huge Freddy fan, Also the same murder scenes from the 1st movie? come on people! True fans dont want a remake to be step by step, the same old crap.
Trying to understand Freddy, is the biggest most missing factor in all of the movies that were made, with a lack of reality as well, too comical, too chessy looking.
This is the greatest villain in horror history, It's time to get this right. I wish I had the position to write this movie, It would hit the box office hard and would be unforgettable, and the most feared movie of all time. With the justice that had be done for Texas chainsaw, halloween, and endless friday the 13th's, This movie has to have an great storyline because there is too many missing factors of all the other movies, here's my thoughts.
1. The movie starts out with his mother before she is pregnant, working as a nun in the hospital, she has a bad dream about a demon trying to get close to her the night before she was raped an beaten that something was going to happen to her. The next day she goes to work, gets locked in with the crazies an they raped an beat her an she sees the demon among the croud of men as they beat an rape her, an gets a few glances of the demon on top of her. She is found by co-workers almost dead. She decides to have the child an to do the right thing but certain priest try to talk her out of it an become displeased with her to have a child out of wedlock which causes her to keep a distance with the order an to deal with the emotional hardship her encounter has cause her. She gives birth to Freddy an haves a few indications that his behavior is'nt quite normal at the age of 4 years old when he stabs a kid in his pre-care school with a pencil by accident. She becomes very unstable as a parent feeling that she just could'nt hack taking care of Freddy an she could'nt help him with his behavior an single parenthood. She sets Freddy up for adoption as a teen, He gets adoption parents that only are in it for the money an treat him horrably, gets picked on in school, keeps in touch with his mother but they argue about her letting him go over the phone. This is the part when he start to grow in his perversion an darkness killing animals, spying on kids, an kills his mother for leaving him which is his first human murder. Then showing him as an adult as a grown killer, bringing kids in his jobs boiler room, killing them. Nancy's father suspect it's him, Freddy goes to jail, but gets released for a lack of evidence in court, then finally the parents burn him alive. This is what we need to see in the first quarter of the movie, period....
2. As far as the killng scenes, let's be reminded that Freddy does'nt just kill people in their dreams referred back to the 2nd movie he can also possess a person, which should be nancy friend's boyfriend, the skin the cat scene, he should be the killer that Freddy possesses due to his lack as a family-orientated, non-christian street persona, We should have the teens scared to sleep an scared to have a run in with the possessed kid who eventually gets killed by Freddy as well. Change an spice up the killing scenes compared to the original, His makeup is better than the pizza face look, but needs to look more slimey, more reality, nothing comical ever again.
3. Who dies after Freddy was burnt alive.... a few of the crazies that raped his mom, a friend of his mother, few priest, a few teachers, every kid who teased him, his adoption parents, a few cops, and then the kids of elm street, he needs to kill at least 15 people in this movie.
4. How does it end...... refer to the 3rd movie, his remains buried which only takes care of Freddy temporarily due to the fact, they didn"t bury him in hollowed ground/holy ground, then make a sequel with something new, or do a Candyman vs Freddy, but then have them double team Pinhead in the end an Freddy comes out on top an takes the throne of being the devil's most powerful an honored son, Not a Freddy vs Jason ever again, if they wanna put Jason with anyone, it should be Michael Myers, an Michael should kill Jason off due to the fact that's where the idea of Jason came from in the first place.
5. The first 3 movies are factors that need to be in the remake, take from that an build something hot........ part 4 an up, it just gets stupid after that. Keep it dark, real, with a believable story line, even show Freddy trying to fight his issues as a teen, but eventually gave in that he is one of the devil's sons once he went to hell.
I agreed with the first part of what you were saying. I disagree with incorporating anything from any of the old movies. From what I heard, Freddy in this movie, gets framed by the kids. This idea along with a whole new look makes this it's own movie. The problem of course is that they went for the same shit that they did in the original. I agree killing scenes should be new and scary. I hope that they don't give him that over-the-top voice either. In the preview, You hear him say, "This won't hurt one little bit." I thought it was so much more creepier with his real voice that some low ass talk box thingy. I think this movie will fall short of being a great horror movie. Here is why..........
1. Robert England isn't Freddy.
2. It has too much of the first movie involved into it.
3. Fred Kruger looks like a pussy with pocket knives. I always thought they should of gave
him a much larger appearance.
4. We've seen this story before.
5. Finally, why do we want another remake of a classic horror movie. I understand the concept but we last saw him in 2003. Sounds like Hollywood needs to put down the cell phones and pick up some paper and a pen and write some new shit already.