First ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Review

The first screening test for Samuel Bayer’s A Nightmare on Elm Street remake happened last week in El Segundo, California and a review from the boys at Ain’t It Cool News are mixed. You can check out the full story here, however, Skin Peeler’s breakdown of the film is as follows:

Liked

- Some nice dark visuals, locations & makeup

- any scene with Clancy fuck!n Brown & Jackie Earle Haley.

- the talking bloody corpse in the bodybag at end of hallway. that was cool. more like that, plz

- flashbacks, just remove the naked gimp in the Speedos. (Ew)

Disliked

- cheesy, unrealistic 29 year old teen characters (amen)

- cheesy, unrealistic dialog of above characters with some unintentional laughable moments

- no original Johnny Depp blood fountain or phone tongue? you kidding me? (ARGH!)

- too much reliance on scare moments
- not enough psychological horror, the dude’s now a freakin child molester for jeebus sake.

- needs some more tightening work in the editing room

- film sadly doesn’t yet live up to the exciting trailer

- no bathroom boo-tay? we likie the bootie.

- the webcam scene with the token Asian guy? …

The 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Samuel Bayer, stars Jackie Earle Haley (Freddy), Kyle Gallner, Thomas Dekker, Rooney Mara, Kellan Lutz, Katie Cassidy, my boyfriend Clancy Brown and Connie Britton.  Freddy Krueger is a serial child molester who is murdered and then returns as a crispy critter to terrorize teens in their dreams. The film opens in theaters April 30, 2010.