A new nightmare.Follow

Occasionally I like to do random searches. I'm not entirely sure why I like to, but I do. This morning it was a search for upcoming movies. Now, I knew this movie was going to happen eventually. It happened for Mike and Jason, so obviously Freddy was going to get the same treatment.

I must say, initially I was quite excited. I've never hidden the fact that I'm a huge fan of campy horror flicks. The cheesier the better. Granted, I'm sure this will be similar to the first movie of the legendary series, in that it'll be pretty much serious business. That's not a bad thing, I remember when I first saw the first Nightmare movie I didn't sleep for a week. Okay, I was like six (FYI: I didn't see it when it first came out. I was 2 when it did.), but still.

So I did a little reading into this. First, it isn't being written by Wes Craven, which is a real shock to me. I mean, the man invented Freddy, and now he isn't involved? It comes as no shock that he's not entirely happy about his baby being taken from him.

Not only that, but Robert Englund isn't playing Freddy. Another shame, really. I can't think of anyone that could get the mannerisms down, considering Englund played the role through 8 movies and a 40 episode TV series. The new Krueger is being played by Jackie Earle Haley, who's only role I recognize is Rorschach from The Watchmen. Frankly, he's got large shoes to fill as far as I'm concerned.

In fact, I don't recognize any of the actors, or the director, which isn't such a bad thing. Everyone needs a place to start off, and a Nightmare movie is a pretty good place to start. It'll be an uphill battle for them, as the roles they are taking over are pretty legendary, but for a movie like this I'm willing to give them a chance. And hey, its where Johnny Depp got his start, and he seems to be doing pretty well now, right?

I don't know what to think about it. On one hand, the very soul of the series is going to be missing: No Robert Englund or Wes Craven. On the other hand, everyone other than Freddy is essentially B rated in Hollywood. I'm not saying they're all new, but they're not Grade A Hollywood Must Haves either. This might (a huge might) breathe some new air to a pretty stagnant pool.

In the end, I'll see it. I don't care how old I get, or how far removed I am from that initial shock I had when I was six, not being able to sleep for a week from the scare. I know it'll chill me, just the idea that I could go to sleep one moment and then die the next. Its like childhood trauma, it just doesn't go away. I'm hoping, BEYOND HOPE, that my daughter doesn't aspire to be a singer. I still get chills down my spine when I hear little girls singing.

One, two, Freddy's coming for you...

Edited, Oct 6th 2009 11:42am by lolgaxe

Oh holy crap, THIS. I was traumatized when I saw this movie as an 8-year old. I didn't get over it until I was like 10 or 11. I had a dream with Chucky, where I found out that his life's ambition was actually not gruesome murder, but to tap-dance. So I taught him how (in my dream I knew how, I guess), and we became friends, and to repay me he promised to never visit me again.

The little ******* lied, but none of the other dreams with him were nightmares.

My unconscious mind works is VERY odd ways.

Child's Play gave me the big "scare".

I was probably between 5 and 6, my father was watching it and told me "stay in your play room (yea, I had a room just for my toys when I was a kid. And then a bed room), this movie is scary."

Me being a "big boy" I sat and watched it. After the movie was over, I was a little antsy. I hid all my stuffed animal toys that were "looking at me".
A family friend came over and, at the time, her son was my Best Friend. I was asked if I wanted to go to a carnival and spend the night.

Me being me, I was totally for it.

Well me get there and I had to use the restroom. It being a carnival, they only had Johnny on the Spots/Outhouse (I have a thing about public bathrooms, but that is another story). Well I go in, do my thing, and go to get out.

The door won't unlock.

I start beating on the door, to get the people outside to help. Door won't unlock.
I start freaking out, thinking Chucky is coming to get me, going to pop out from the *******. Or climb in from the top.
FREAKING OUT, people outside were able to get someone with a key (or something) to unlock the door.

Turns out there was a sign on it "Do not lock". Yea, guess who couldn't read it because the sign was above me head?

Worst Night Ever.

All my issues are like this, I never actually have Nightmares, I just get freaked out and can't sleep until my body passes out XD

Michael Bay; the same guy that made transformers. He is pretty well known for always using a lot of special effects and explosions.

I was never able to get into any of those movies. They just never really appealed to me.

That being said, why are people excited to see that no one in Hollywood is coming up with anything even slightly original and are instead continuing to make bad remakes of less than amazing movies?

I'd rather Hollywood try to remake movies I already enjoyed than to make yet another Fast and the Furious or Saw 987342.

I had always heard that they were going to go up to 7.

I see. I remember when 5 came out last year, the commercial said "See how it ends".

And then over the summer, what is this! A Saw VI preview . . .

I saw the trailer when I went to see Zombieland, and I hope they fix the new Krueger's face. He looks more like a lizard then a horrible burn victim; I can see Jackie Earle Haley making a good Freddy though.