Disclaimer: Contains spoilers!
Plot Summary: Freddy is exacting revenge upon the children of the parents that killed him in this unnecessary remake.
Review: And now, we finally conclude the Nightmare franchise with this latest and most pointless entry. I will quickly address what little was done right here: the acting is decent, the atmosphere and set designs were impressive, more emphasis and exploration of the child molester aspect to Freddy's character, and, finally, the best thing going for this film is that it boasted the sexy Katie Cassidy. Everything else in this movie was either a failure, waste of time, or just plain stupid. Every scene this film tried to recreate it failed miserably at and could not even equal the quality of the original let alone come anywhere near surpassing it; it seriously annoyed me to see cgi used when the practical effects worked just fine the first time. There are many instances where the camera jerks suddenly with a lame effect that only further demonstrates the superiority of the original. I often found myself wondering "why" regarding many creative choices where this film had a chance to do something different or improve upon the original. Freddy, despite a respectable portayal by Jackie Earle Haley, looked pathetic. He is not scary at all, and I have no idea what compelled these idiots to apply cgi to his face rather than just makeup! They claimed they were moving away from the comical nature of Freddy from the sequels yet this Freddy is still joking around albeit with slightly edgier jokes. I would have preferred a totally different interpretation of the character to even warrant this remake. In fact, this film pretends as though it is going a different route whereby Freddy appears innocent and might genuinely deserve his revenge, but then they still decide to make Freddy a sadistic child molester/killer. Why did they even pursue this plotline at all if it was never meant to pan out? Was this meant to come as a shock that Freddy is a bad guy?! There were a few interesting nuances added to the Freddy character, but it's all wasted when the overall film blows. They didn't even have the sense to use the main Nightmare theme music except during the opening title screen; why oh why would you not incorporate such an iconic piece into the film more? The ending scene is so bad I was actually laughing the first time I saw it. Ugh, this movie just sucks! It felt so uninspired and you could sense it was just a cash-in since all the other slasher icons were getting remakes. They didn't even put in any cameos from previous installments or any real acknowledgements or fan service that could have made this waste of time more enjoyable. I probably rated this too high (thank you Katie Cassidy), but I would not recommend this to anyone who likes the original franchise. Yes, it's better than shit like "Freddy's Dead" but come on, what isn't? Stick to the original Nightmare or just do what I do and imagine 1, 3 and 4 as a trilogy and end it there.
Notable Moment: When Kris is all bloody and in a body bag taunting Nancy. This scene is similar to the original which was my favorite scene in that as well.
Final Rating: 5/10
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