I was born in the 80's so the original wins no contest. The remake shouldn't even be in same conversation. You can't reinvent the wheel. Cast is amazing. I'm actually gonna be meeting Robert Englund and the entire freddy 3 cast in November, so stoked
*Nightmare 1984* : Memorable after almost 40 years *Nightmare 2010* : Not memorable after 40 minutes That's basically the difference in all these modern remakes, they are so watered down and generic that they leave the viewer with nothing, no memories, no quotable lines, nothing.
I love the original. I also like the remake. I actually like the overtness of CM. It gives the revenge aspect a little more grounding as to why he goes after the kids instead of the parents that killed him. The Freddy Wall scene is much better in the original. In the remake, I wish they actually followed through with "Freddy was innocent" angle they started going down. The situation of falsely accused teachers by preschool kids was an actual case in California. I think they just couldn't figure out how to end it if they went that direction. So, it became a plot thread just hung there.
Yes!!! Katie Cassidy was a real missed opportunity!!! I was really disappointed (but not surprised) that her Character got killed off but she was a real shining moment of the first 1/3 of the remake.
There was a joy that Robert Englund's Freddy got out of toying with his victims that really set the tone of his Freddy beautifully. He was playing with his food, and got an almost childlike delight out of it. The audience could share in his joy. Shifting the tone to make it all sexual in nature just made it too skeezy. You can't root for that.
@@HauntedHippie I would love to see you make a comparison video between Species 1 vs Species 2 and Species 3 and which one of those 3 is the superior film.
I was about 12 when they announced the 2010 remake, and I was so upset at the time that Robert Englund wasn't playing Freddy I actually made a RUclips video complaining about it 😭 I'm 25 now and can finally appreciate Jackie Earl Haley's performance, still not a fan of the movie tho, the OG will always be the best in my eyes
Personally there are 2 things I'd change about this movie 1) the title of the movie should've been in the opening titles not after the first kill, I always thought that was weird 2) Freddy should've been falsey accused, idk how the parents could've come to the conclusion that he was hurting kids but it would differentiate it from the original, like when they were looking at the pictures instead of "Those" photos it should've been them just having fun kinda like family pictures and maybe have him say something like "I loved you kids... Like you were my own and THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?!?!?!?" or something like that I'm not a writer lol
Yeah gonna have to kindly disagree with you on the newer Freddy being scarier. Maybe it's my bias from sneaking into the living room in 1985 at 6 and watching it on VHS for the first time, and it being my favorite horror movie of all time (honorable mention goes to I Saw The Devil) but the part one Krueger was terrifying. His herky jerky movements, and that rotted teethed smile and eyeball twitch when he cut off his finger to Tina. Englund absolutely figured that puzzle out brilliantly. I just laughed at the Haley version, it was just so preposterous to me.
My God! David Warner as Freddy Krueger would’ve been brilliant. Don’t get me wrong I love Robert Englund as Freddy but just a thought of David Warner is amazing.
I'm cool with Jackie's portrayal. I think it's really solid. I think the movie though, is bad. It's all corny, bad writing/acting (minus Jackie), bad CGI. Bad plot. The plot is a middle school version of the original. I think it could have been a nice great film, if the film itself was reworked, wrote, shot, and casted. I'm not against remakes of any sort. My favorite Jason is the 2009 remake. Also, I really wish that the twist was that Fred was actually innocent, and didn't touch those children. That wokld be a cool way to do something different with the remake, without really changing anything story wise.
A audience member had a heart attack in the showing before ours. We saw them taken away in a ambulance. Quite a way to set the mood that's for sure. This movie hit big upon its release and launched a franchise.
Honestly prefer Quinton as well. Big fan of Kyle Gallner and feel he’s a bit underrated. Probably an unpopular opinion here but after The Conjuring I’ve always been morbidly curious as to what a James Wan directed Nightmare remake would look like.
Ok, I was drinking water when you did your creep walk up the stairs and I choked a little! Never laugh while drinking water! You were too funny. Loved the intro. The thing that bugs me the most about the remake wasn't so much the darker tone (if you're going to show the ugliness of people, then do that) but late in the movie they show him frolicing with the kids like some fun uncle! That was gross because they wanted to make him likeable as well as being a gross monster. They were too wrapped up in the origin story idea to see what they were doing imo. I hope it wasn't intentional! They needed to pick one idea over the other. Fun uncle or gross monster. Having both really bothers me to this day!
Omg yea it’s so weird I didn’t even get into the whole thing where they think freddy is innocent for like 2 seconds before they realize he wasn’t. They leave a lot of room for sympathy
Nancy is the OG!!! She is my absolute favorite even over Laurie. Her journey was so much harsher than anything Laurie had to endure. Like she couldn't sleep! Can you imagine having to deal with a dream killer, the death of your best friends, finding out who that killer is with no google, staying awake, dealing with her psycho mom, dealing with her controlling and distant father, all while setting up setting up booby traps around the house. And yet? She fucking did it without crying or expecting anything of a reward out of it other than being able to live. Like that's intense man. I would say only Ripley and Sidney Prescott had it just as bad if not even worse than her. The fact that Heather is suuuuuch a sweetheart 😘 and has so much pride in the character is the chef's 💋. Like if any scream queen had gumption. It was goddamn Nancy Motherf***g Thompson. 💪🤘💅🏋️🏋️🏋️ I legit got got all giddy when you started explaining how you started to reassess her character again. That's what I loved about Wes craven, his leading ladies always had a brain and kicked ass without ever suffering from Mary Sue syndrome.
As always a great review/comparison with an funny intro. What made the brilliant Mister Craven was not only style, but also a lot of substance. Thats kind of missing in the remake: it's a lot of style, not much more. But Jackie Haley is awesome in everything he does, he saves the movie. At the beginning of the video you showed an excerpt from an interview. Here one can see Wes Craven's claim and ambition to bring the real horrors of life to the screen. He really was an artist who put a lot of thought and heart into each of his projects.
I've only ever seen the remake once and in the theater. I didn't hate it but it just didn't click with me. Robert Englund IS Freddy. Jackie Earl Haley had a difficult task of bringing a despicable character who became a fan favorite back to their evil roots but fans want to cheer Freddy and you just can't do that in the remake without feeling disgusted. In that respect he did his job and maybe if Freddy hadn't become such an icon it might have worked better. Maybe I'd feel different if I could ever get myself to have a second viewing but I just can't get myself to do so.
What are your opinions on the alternate ending of the remake? Personally I would have preferred it to the one we got, as it felt more poignant to the theme of SA. Still I wish they went with the innocent Freddy idea they considered while writing the script. I can't wrap my head around how they wanted to turn the remake into a marketable franchise with the new backstory of Freddy Krueger.
I just didn’t care about the characters in the remake, and therefore I didn’t care about anything that happened to them. Disagree about remake Freddy being scarier. There was something very creepy about how much fun original Freddy seemed to be having when he terrorized the kids.
Excellent commentary on taking power away from your abuser. I feel that when I stopped letting my mentally abusive dad from controlling my life and emotional blackmailing me. He retaliated by blocking me.
I thoroughly enjoyed you’re discussions and breakdowns of the original vs the remake, I however find Robert England’s Freddy in nightmares one, 3 and new nightmare to be more terrifying than Jackie’s! But I have mad love and respect for both of their versions. The remake has grown slightly on me over the years, I still look at it as a really waisted opportunity to break new ground rather than just put it on for entertainment, I can never quite finish the whole movie because certain things just bore me or annoy me too much, that being said I appreciate the attempt and I love some of the dream sequence’s as well as the lighting which you seem to highlight in you’re assessment! Cheers to you! Thanks for the video!
Jackie Earl Haley is best thing about the remake the rest is a sad fact. The effects are in some cases worse than the original. A 26 year old movie completed on a budget that just about crossed a million. The remake released in 2010 had a production budget of 35 million. Accounting for inflation still much higher. Callbacks to the original, the wall scene, tub scene lessen the remake. With hindsight not foresight. Cannot blame the makers for the re enactments they made a seemingly logical decision. But what about the rest - story, dialogue, set pieces. They fall short. The remake isn’t bad but it’s dull and not memorable. I’ve seen it thrice maybe more accounting for individual scenes. I feel sad. I was 10 years old when the original came out. I was prevented from watching it. My cousin sister went to see it and narrated the movie to me in order. I got to see it shortly thereafter on video. A life changing experience. An original story that stays you. 12 years have passed since the remake I suppose Elm Street is a buried memory not to be revived. And I like your idea of Kris Fowler, that kind of subversion of the original would have been great.
I for One liked Jackie as Freddy, and I never understood the shying away from his Child predator persona... In general i never understood why murder/death/guts etc Are fine in horror movies... But the psychological torment of abuse, sexual abuse etc is so taboo.. To me it makes for a much more terrifying experience... Freddy quickly became a joke in later movies, but He was rather unsettling in the original, Wes Cravens New nightmare... And in the remake they played on that alot... He was much scarier when you view him as a predator, who preyed on Kids... Specificakky the same Kids he later kills.. There is nothing graphic shown, like him actually abusing Kids sexually etc... But I feel like the implication and knowledge of him being this monster, sets your imagination on fire. We can usually imagine alot more terrifying things than Are usually shown on screen... Its a shame the script wasnt All that great... I think with a better handle on things... Jackie Earle would have really made ppl uneasy... He did a great job as Rorschach... And for My part i always wanted to see him as Cletus Kassidy(Carnage) in an r-rated Venom/Spider-man movie where he goes around killing ppl Jack the ripper style as he was introduced... He always looked the part...
The original is better, the whole concept and cinematography was revolutionary for its time. Freddy isn’t just another almost zombie like slasher type character like Jason Vorhees or Michael Myers. He enjoys what he does. The ending really spoils the first one, and it’s the same in the reboot. I’m not sure why they didn’t fix it. The reboot did improve things with advancements in technology but it didn’t improve the characters, aside from the different angle they took with Freddy, the other characters are just vapid. There’s no-one to root for. Even though Freddy is likeable, you should still want Nancy, the final girl to win out and survive. With the reboot, it’s team Freddy all the way.
I prefer the 1984 version. Better than the remake. I also like A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2. In part 2 Freddy's makeup was cool. And he was very dark in part 2. Love your channel
Only ever seen the remake once although I remember thinking it was alright? The original was better but the remake was ok I do think the remake had some interesting Ideas it does if I remember correctly play with the Idea that Freddie may not have been guilty of his accusations but then chickened out at the end and said yes he did do it after all and I actually think that if they had stuck to the he didn't do it idea it would have been a much more interesting take and spoken to the danger of the mob culture mentality that is present in today's society and in killing him the perants created the monster they thought he was is an interesting concept that the remake ultimately wimped out on in my opinion
Love your content! The 1984 film wins hands down! The remake felt like a CGI retread of the original, but not as scary or effective. The death of Chris was more reminiscent of WWE than the scary nightmarish bloody scene of Tina's death in the original.
There's Something About The Original That Just Stands Against The Test Of Time Compared To The Remake To The Point Where If The Original Was Made Today With Wes Craven Still Alive In Process, It Would Continue To Be One Of The MOST Talked About BEST Horror Movies In History As It Was Praised Back Then To Even Now When Horror Fans Bring Up Horror Movies.
I'll admit I've never watched the remake; never really had the desire to. The original is one of my favorite horror movies ever. I did find this really interesting since I've never seen a breakdown like this for the remake
Very well done comparison. However, I do feel I need to respond to one particular thing you said when talking about remake Freddy at 23:21 of your video: “But what about the make up, it looks so stupid!” Bring a new thought to the table” Well, I am gonna bring a new thought to the table and respectfully disagree with you here. Now I could be reaching/being a bit over analytical here, but that comment came off a little too…”dismissive” of that criticism for me when I watched it. Yes, you CAN get used to the makeup after a while on repeat watchings, but imo it is still a valid criticism, and for deeper reasons than just the superficial complaint of “It looks stupid/ugly”. Some people have tried to defend the makeup by claiming “Well, it’s more realistic of how burn victims would actually look.” But this reasoning I think fundamentally misses the point of who Freddy Krueger is as a character. Yes, the make up isn’t as realistic and certainly looks a lot more “demonic” in the original film, but I think that was the point. Freddy has carte blanche be whoever he wants, whatever he wants, and do whatever he wants in the dream world. The makeup looking a lot more monstrous & demonic to me at least thematically makes sense; he is “The Dream Demon” after all.
Idk if his look warrants you being so analytical only because in this very video I showed the makeup artist explaining he created the look by playing around with a pepperoni pizza lol
15:45 DUDE! Ive been saying this FOR YEARS. This movie woukd have been SO MUCH BETTER if Nancy died instead of Tina, which woukd have fit the "kill the person everyone thinks is the protagonist" thing Wes/Hitchcock did AND like you said Katie Cassidy was AWESOME. So glad Im not the only one that sees this Def earned a sub for such a brilliant take :)
This is the most objective critique I ever saw/heard/read about the remake. So many fans are prompt to spit on it just because of the bad CGI. But though it's no point discussing the fact that he would never equals the original, I think it's far from being the worst of the franchise. When I saw it the first time in theater, it shook me. And this is a thing not so many horror movies could pretend having done.
Omg I’m so glad this wasn’t a video of you trying to convince me somehow the remake was actually better. I just always felt the remake was terrible imo. And I like that you’re not a Wes Craven hater because believe it or not there are actual horror “fans” that are. Love your personality and channel
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about these two films. Many of the tidbits/facts you brought up I've known for many years. Like yourself, I can never get enough of ANOES. Of course I love the original. I pretty much don't like the remake. But I do like Jackie Earl Haley as Freddy. He is the only reason to see this movie IMO. Thanks again haunted hippie, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more content like this. Love your intro as Freddy. You looked adorable tip toeing up the stairs like the Grinch. Keep up the great work. Your fellow Nightmare fan.
Something I like about the remake is how they talk about how he might have been wrongly accused and was maybe an innocent man. Then they didn’t do that😐
The music from the original is by far one of the greatest horror themes of all time. From the dirty synth dives to the iconic nursery rhyme it listening to it is goose bump city.
They cannot even compare, remake is simply garbage. It was directed by dude who had no idea what he was doing, he only directed some music videos prior to this, which explains his godawful non-existing direction when it comes to actors. All of those actors were talented, yet they are completely wooded and clueless in this movie. Just to give an example, Rooney Mara was so wooden in this movie, then next movie she gave amazing performance as Lisbet Salander, and she's one of those actresses that consistently get better with each movie. Kyle Gallner is also great when he has proper script and direction, I remember him playing super creepy serial killer in Criminal Minds and he was amazing in "Red". Story was all over the place, but what put screwdriver into my ear every time was the fact that about 95% of Freddy's dialogue was just recycled lines from other movies, it was like "Freddy's best" compilation. Rest of the dialogue is just nonsensical most of the time. When he actually has original lines, he's just whining and being petty. Then we have kills, which are incredibly dull. Every kill was exactly the same, teen falls asleep, teen wakes up and environment changes via CGI, Freddy shows up and slashes\stabs them and that was about it. Nancy was incredibly dull and typical mid 2000s edgy "art emo student", however like I said, this wasn't really Mara's fault, she's incredible actress, it's just that this guy had no idea how to direct her. Compare this to original, which had amazing direction and story narrative, dozen of creepy moments, great atmosphere, descent acting, incredible menacing presence by Robert Englund, creepy soundtrack and every kill in the movie was so creative and unique.
What I can find creepier in the original isn't that Freddy has an implied sexual nature to him, but that Nancy and her friends most likely had older siblings they forgot about. Nancy at least had to have one since her mom is dealing with everything the worst.
@@B1Kobe0824 Just because it was a deleted scene doesn't mean it's not true. That's why I said implied rather than saying they outright announced it. The movie is written and filmed with that in mind so when it's cut out, it's still felt.
@@B1Kobe0824 most scenes get cut for time and pacing because it's what the studio wants (which is why a movie like terrifier 2 is so long since it didn't have limitations). If you look at the movie as is, then I guess you can come to that conclusion, but I always assumed she had to have had an older sibling. I didn't even know there was a scene that actively said so for a while. It just made sense because why else would Nancy's mom have the glove? Why would she take it the hardest? Why would her dad be so void? They're responding to the trauma of losing a child and killing the man who did it and realizing it didn't solve anything. With a good story, there's another story within that can be found. Taking a scene like that out let's the audience piece it together through the context clues that do still exist. When you write a reveal like that, it seeps in other parts of the script. You could take out the twist of the 6th sense and people will still grasp that Bruce Willis was dead throughout the film.
@@SirNerdLeroy If there's a plot point that's only in a deleted scene, that plot point becomes irrelevant - therefore, I get what you're saying but this particular instance there is no sibling nor implied sibling.
@@mattdad8429 It's not irrelevant, it's just not shown. Nancy having an older sibling isn't confirmed nor denied. It is implied, though, since that was the original intent and it shows throughout the movie. Deleting the scene could have just been for pacing. The scene adds lore more than pushing the plot forward. It's not needed since it's something the audience can gather through context clues. Which is why I always thought she had an older sibling before knowing there was a deleted scene. I've dealt with a bunch of movies and shows saying there was a secret sibling all along or even taking a sibling away with no explanation. Saying Nancy most likely had one isn't far fetched. Especially from a movie where they actively pulled back elements and let them be implied rather than pointed out directly.
The actor who Robert Englund replaced was respected british stage and film actor David Warner.His acting career started in in 1962 and at the time of his death this year had 227 credits on his imdb page... among his many credits were Titanic and the voice of Ra's Al Ghul in Batman The Animated Series.
As a life-long Fredhead, my main issue with the remake was how absolutely lazy and uninspired it was. New Line and Platinum Dunes had a chance to do something really cool and potentially lucrative: reinvent and reinvigorate a classic character for a new generation of fans. There are a number of ways they could have approached this and, as long as they were respectful of the lore and the essence of what made the original such a classic, they might have succeeded. This is not what they did. Instead of hiring a director who could have presented a really innovative and imaginative approach to the project, instead of bring in Wes as a consultant, instead of doing anything to really move the genre and lore into some really cool and truly frightening areas, what did they do? They hired Michael Bay, they did shot for shot recreations, added laughably bad cgi, and changed just enough to give the appearance of originality while regurgitating inferior retreads. I still hope that a good remake can be done, but it would take a director like James Wan or Guermo Del Toro to do it justice.
Probably a bit lost on new -ish audiences but this film came out right after the recession and the housing bubble burst. I remember going into theaters to watch it and they had all those big "McMansion" style house glory shots in it, juxtaposed to hearing how everyone was losing their houses in the past couple of months. This is also juxtaposed to the original, which had shots in poor urban areas, including some that were supposedly gang-ridden in Italy. No one really talked about it back then, but I immediately took note that it was yet another thing presumably stroking audiences the wrong way. Also thanks for all the Heather/Nancy love! She's so wildly under appreciated!!
I don’t think that there’s any doubt that the original Nightmare On Elm Street is better it’s supreme in every conceivable way you can imagine. Story wise, writing, acting and especially directing. The remake’s plot is confusing, the writing is atrocious, the acting is phoned in and soulless in fact the only two actors who actually try are the actress that plays Tina and Jackie Earl Haley as Freddy. The directing is unquestionably the worst part of the remake whereas with the original it was a strength. I see the Nightmare On Elm Street remake as a soulless cash grab nothing more.
Robert Englund also mentioned that James Cagney influenced Freddy as well. Cagney was an actor in the 1930s who did a lot of crime /gangster films. Cagney had a whole swagger to him that Englund wanted to bring to Krueger.
First, I love how you break them down into categories and analyze them with facts. Second, I'd take the original all day. While I love Jackie's voice for Freddy, I wasn't a fan of the directorial decisions with the story and Robert was able to make it fun because of Wes. The fact that Wes wasn't even asked about the remake also kind of rubs me the wrong way, but I agree with you on Tina and Glen getting an upgrade in the new one.
Wow, had no clue about that National Film Registry list. Interesting only 1 movie in the last 30 years has made it considering the frequency the older movies show up. I see it has to be at least 10 years old to qualify. Would be an interesting topic to see if any more horror movies from 1981 - 2013 deserve to be there and any 2013+ that should make the list when their 10 years hits.
The original is perfect apart from the ending. Proper creepy. There isn't one single thing better in the remake, in fact there isn't really anything good about the remake at all.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏. It's almost always those of the Shit-Head generation who love the remake, but then again the Shit-Head generation also have ATROCIOUS taste in food and music.
This is just the second video of yours I've seen, but you REALLY know your stuff. I'm super impressed. There's not a lot of deeper breakdowns of horror on RUclips.
Katie Cassidy was brilliant in supernatural but they should have kept her in this for longer and killed bland Nancy off. The actress was just so wooden 🤔🤔
Whoa! Hot take incoming from Haunted Hippie! An upgrade from Glen to Quinton! 😲😲😲 Here comes the Johnny Deppp stans! I will pray for you, Kylie. 😄 jk I prefer the 1984 cast because they're more likeable, imo. They're written as fun loving kids which is always more enjoyable to see. It feels more shocking when they die. The 2010 version was just too bleak for me. I did like the EpiPen idea, tho.
Love the originals the remake was decent and worth a watch here and there. Aaand imo never have any contact with an ex. Just leave it in the rear view. Don’t look back while your driving you’ll crash 😉 aaaand another solid fun well informed entertaining vid. Thank you my fellow horror movie friend! (Btw now I have must watch both movies and The People Under The Stairs)
I definitely enjoy both the original and the remake for different reasons. I appreciate the remake trying different and new things. As you mentioned in your breakdown the exploration of micro-naps was really awesome and if Nightmare on Elm Street ever returns that's definitely something they should take from the remake. I also enjoyed Freddy's mannerisms in the remake, the way he'd just toy with his bladed glove is cool and it makes the glove feel like an extension of Freddy rather than an accessory. One other thing I would like to tackle is that you mentioned that remake Freddy is scarier, and while I do agree that compared to the original films Jackie's Freddy is scarier, however, I'd like to point out Robert Englund's portrayal as Freddy in both New Nightmare and Freddy vs. Jason. Specifically Freddy vs. Jason. I feel like Robert's portrayal in Freddy vs. Jason was peak Freddy, imo, Robert took everything he learned as Freddy over the years and perfected it. I would love to have a new Nightmare on Elm Street film with Robert as Freddy but portrayed how he was in Freddy vs. Jason. If we can get that someday that it'll be my perfect Nightmare film. Overall, yeah original still takes it the win.
the original nightmare on elm street 1984 is an absolute classic. one of the best horror films. the 2010 version doesn't even compare to the slightest. no debate needed.🎃
Even though I'm not a fan of the remake, I enjoy seeing someone at least be able to defend it and the video was well made!
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I also like the remake and the original
I was born in the 80's so the original wins no contest. The remake shouldn't even be in same conversation. You can't reinvent the wheel. Cast is amazing. I'm actually gonna be meeting Robert Englund and the entire freddy 3 cast in November, so stoked
In other words you only put this above the remake is because you grew up with it, not because it’s actually better but i guess.
*Nightmare 1984* : Memorable after almost 40 years
*Nightmare 2010* : Not memorable after 40 minutes
That's basically the difference in all these modern remakes, they are so watered down and generic that they leave the viewer with nothing, no memories, no quotable lines, nothing.
Original will always be better
I’m more of a fan of the remake, idk y, I love it
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I think a lot of movies have been better than the original. Especially in horror, like The Thing and The Fly. And It: Chapter 1
@@123rockfan John Carpenter’s The Thing was more of a reimagining and less of a remake
@@123rockfan did you just say that the thing is better then the original?
I love the original. I also like the remake. I actually like the overtness of CM. It gives the revenge aspect a little more grounding as to why he goes after the kids instead of the parents that killed him. The Freddy Wall scene is much better in the original. In the remake, I wish they actually followed through with "Freddy was innocent" angle they started going down. The situation of falsely accused teachers by preschool kids was an actual case in California. I think they just couldn't figure out how to end it if they went that direction. So, it became a plot thread just hung there.
Yes!!! Katie Cassidy was a real missed opportunity!!! I was really disappointed (but not surprised) that her Character got killed off but she was a real shining moment of the first 1/3 of the remake.
There was a joy that Robert Englund's Freddy got out of toying with his victims that really set the tone of his Freddy beautifully. He was playing with his food, and got an almost childlike delight out of it. The audience could share in his joy. Shifting the tone to make it all sexual in nature just made it too skeezy. You can't root for that.
Yea too mean spirited for my taste 🤧
I don't get why the remake did the "was Freddy innocent and wrongly accused" subplot because it's revealed he was guilty and a paedophile anyway.
@@HauntedHippie I would love to see you make a comparison video between Species 1 vs Species 2 and Species 3 and which one of those 3 is the superior film.
@@HauntedHippie If you were to make a future Nightmare on Elm Street Movie, what concepts would you like to put in the film?
You root for him to kill children?
Freddy from “Freddy Got Fingered” is ten times scarier than the great value version of Freddy from the Elm Street remake
"You guys, that was me, Kylie."
First laugh of the day.
I just feel like Kylie really embodied the physicality I look for in a Freddy. Is that controversial?
Hahahahah
@@B1Kobe0824 me genius. Very obvious you didn’t watch the video and are just bugging my subs in the comments
I was about 12 when they announced the 2010 remake, and I was so upset at the time that Robert Englund wasn't playing Freddy I actually made a RUclips video complaining about it 😭 I'm 25 now and can finally appreciate Jackie Earl Haley's performance, still not a fan of the movie tho, the OG will always be the best in my eyes
Always the original. Freddy don't even look scary in the remake!
Personally there are 2 things I'd change about this movie
1) the title of the movie should've been in the opening titles not after the first kill, I always thought that was weird
2) Freddy should've been falsey accused, idk how the parents could've come to the conclusion that he was hurting kids but it would differentiate it from the original, like when they were looking at the pictures instead of "Those" photos it should've been them just having fun kinda like family pictures and maybe have him say something like "I loved you kids... Like you were my own and THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?!?!?!?" or something like that I'm not a writer lol
Yeah gonna have to kindly disagree with you on the newer Freddy being scarier. Maybe it's my bias from sneaking into the living room in 1985 at 6 and watching it on VHS for the first time, and it being my favorite horror movie of all time (honorable mention goes to I Saw The Devil) but the part one Krueger was terrifying. His herky jerky movements, and that rotted teethed smile and eyeball twitch when he cut off his finger to Tina. Englund absolutely figured that puzzle out brilliantly. I just laughed at the Haley version, it was just so preposterous to me.
My God! David Warner as Freddy Krueger would’ve been brilliant. Don’t get me wrong I love Robert Englund as Freddy but just a thought of David Warner is amazing.
"I know a thousand gay people just panicked" LMAOOO so true. Fantastic vid as always, and yes the OG reigns supreme!
I don't get it. What's that referring to?
Honestly this is one of the few remakes I don’t go back to, but holy hell Jackie Earle Haley was a menacing Freddy, also that was some good spanish
the og will always be superior! have no clue into why they made a remake 🤦🏻♀️
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I'm cool with Jackie's portrayal. I think it's really solid. I think the movie though, is bad. It's all corny, bad writing/acting (minus Jackie), bad CGI. Bad plot. The plot is a middle school version of the original.
I think it could have been a nice great film, if the film itself was reworked, wrote, shot, and casted. I'm not against remakes of any sort. My favorite Jason is the 2009 remake.
Also, I really wish that the twist was that Fred was actually innocent, and didn't touch those children. That wokld be a cool way to do something different with the remake, without really changing anything story wise.
A audience member had a heart attack in the showing before ours. We saw them taken away in a ambulance. Quite a way to set the mood that's for sure. This movie hit big upon its release and launched a franchise.
Oh jeez
That sucks
@@B1Kobe0824 Original in 1984.
Honestly prefer Quinton as well. Big fan of Kyle Gallner and feel he’s a bit underrated.
Probably an unpopular opinion here but after The Conjuring I’ve always been morbidly curious as to what a James Wan directed Nightmare remake would look like.
I’d love to see that. And I love Kyle Gallner he’s one of my favorite scream kings
I always thought he was a bitch and wanted him to get killed quick
Ok, I was drinking water when you did your creep walk up the stairs and I choked a little! Never laugh while drinking water! You were too funny. Loved the intro. The thing that bugs me the most about the remake wasn't so much the darker tone (if you're going to show the ugliness of people, then do that) but late in the movie they show him frolicing with the kids like some fun uncle! That was gross because they wanted to make him likeable as well as being a gross monster. They were too wrapped up in the origin story idea to see what they were doing imo. I hope it wasn't intentional! They needed to pick one idea over the other. Fun uncle or gross monster. Having both really bothers me to this day!
Omg yea it’s so weird I didn’t even get into the whole thing where they think freddy is innocent for like 2 seconds before they realize he wasn’t. They leave a lot of room for sympathy
Curse the Red/Green combo LOLOL, I’m red green color blind hahaha also known as Proton !
Christmas must be a real bummer for you then. 😄 jk
@@robk.6591 honestly, yeah lmao, not cause the Color’s tho. Xmas just brings me down , its weird! Halloween all year for me hahaha
The 1984 original remains supreme in terms of content, execution and uniqueness.
Again with the kick ass intro 😎 , stoked for this one!
You can't remake a Wes Craven movie without Wes Craven any more than you can remake a Hitchcock movie without Hitchcock. It just doesn't work.
Nancy is the OG!!!
She is my absolute favorite even over Laurie. Her journey was so much harsher than anything Laurie had to endure. Like she couldn't sleep! Can you imagine having to deal with a dream killer, the death of your best friends, finding out who that killer is with no google, staying awake, dealing with her psycho mom, dealing with her controlling and distant father, all while setting up setting up booby traps around the house. And yet? She fucking did it without crying or expecting anything of a reward out of it other than being able to live.
Like that's intense man. I would say only Ripley and Sidney Prescott had it just as bad if not even worse than her.
The fact that Heather is suuuuuch a sweetheart 😘 and has so much pride in the character is the chef's 💋.
Like if any scream queen had gumption. It was goddamn Nancy Motherf***g Thompson. 💪🤘💅🏋️🏋️🏋️
I legit got got all giddy when you started explaining how you started to reassess her character again.
That's what I loved about Wes craven, his leading ladies always had a brain and kicked ass without ever suffering from Mary Sue syndrome.
The bottom line is, there is no reason for this newer version to exist, apart from corporate greed.
As always a great review/comparison with an funny intro. What made the brilliant Mister Craven was not only style, but also a lot of substance. Thats kind of missing in the remake: it's a lot of style, not much more. But Jackie Haley is awesome in everything he does, he saves the movie. At the beginning of the video you showed an excerpt from an interview. Here one can see Wes Craven's claim and ambition to bring the real horrors of life to the screen. He really was an artist who put a lot of thought and heart into each of his projects.
The original movie was a master peace the remake sucked no Robert Englund no Freddy
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I've only ever seen the remake once and in the theater. I didn't hate it but it just didn't click with me. Robert Englund IS Freddy. Jackie Earl Haley had a difficult task of bringing a despicable character who became a fan favorite back to their evil roots but fans want to cheer Freddy and you just can't do that in the remake without feeling disgusted. In that respect he did his job and maybe if Freddy hadn't become such an icon it might have worked better. Maybe I'd feel different if I could ever get myself to have a second viewing but I just can't get myself to do so.
What are your opinions on the alternate ending of the remake? Personally I would have preferred it to the one we got, as it felt more poignant to the theme of SA. Still I wish they went with the innocent Freddy idea they considered while writing the script. I can't wrap my head around how they wanted to turn the remake into a marketable franchise with the new backstory of Freddy Krueger.
I just didn’t care about the characters in the remake, and therefore I didn’t care about anything that happened to them. Disagree about remake Freddy being scarier. There was something very creepy about how much fun original Freddy seemed to be having when he terrorized the kids.
I remember going to see the remake on its second weekend and literally being the only one in the theater. Enough said...
Bet that word of mouth was 🗑
1 is still too many.
Excellent commentary on taking power away from your abuser. I feel that when I stopped letting my mentally abusive dad from controlling my life and emotional blackmailing me. He retaliated by blocking me.
So sorry to hear about that
I've seen the remake once and that was one too many. Too much CGI and the actors were bland and lifeless.
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I thoroughly enjoyed you’re discussions and breakdowns of the original vs the remake, I however find Robert England’s Freddy in nightmares one, 3 and new nightmare to be more terrifying than Jackie’s! But I have mad love and respect for both of their versions.
The remake has grown slightly on me over the years, I still look at it as a really waisted opportunity to break new ground rather than just put it on for entertainment, I can never quite finish the whole movie because certain things just bore me or annoy me too much, that being said I appreciate the attempt and I love some of the dream sequence’s as well as the lighting which you seem to highlight in you’re assessment! Cheers to you! Thanks for the video!
Jackie Earl Haley is best thing about the remake the rest is a sad fact. The effects are in some cases worse than the original. A 26 year old movie completed on a budget that just about crossed a million. The remake released in 2010 had a production budget of 35 million. Accounting for inflation still much higher. Callbacks to the original, the wall scene, tub scene lessen the remake. With hindsight not foresight. Cannot blame the makers for the re enactments they made a seemingly logical decision. But what about the rest - story, dialogue, set pieces. They fall short. The remake isn’t bad but it’s dull and not memorable. I’ve seen it thrice maybe more accounting for individual scenes. I feel sad. I was 10 years old when the original came out. I was prevented from watching it. My cousin sister went to see it and narrated the movie to me in order. I got to see it shortly thereafter on video. A life changing experience. An original story that stays you. 12 years have passed since the remake I suppose Elm Street is a buried memory not to be revived. And I like your idea of Kris Fowler, that kind of subversion of the original would have been great.
I for One liked Jackie as Freddy, and I never understood the shying away from his Child predator persona... In general i never understood why murder/death/guts etc Are fine in horror movies... But the psychological torment of abuse, sexual abuse etc is so taboo.. To me it makes for a much more terrifying experience...
Freddy quickly became a joke in later movies, but He was rather unsettling in the original, Wes Cravens New nightmare... And in the remake they played on that alot... He was much scarier when you view him as a predator, who preyed on Kids... Specificakky the same Kids he later kills..
There is nothing graphic shown, like him actually abusing Kids sexually etc... But I feel like the implication and knowledge of him being this monster, sets your imagination on fire. We can usually imagine alot more terrifying things than Are usually shown on screen...
Its a shame the script wasnt All that great... I think with a better handle on things... Jackie Earle would have really made ppl uneasy... He did a great job as Rorschach... And for My part i always wanted to see him as Cletus Kassidy(Carnage) in an r-rated Venom/Spider-man movie where he goes around killing ppl Jack the ripper style as he was introduced... He always looked the part...
I thought I was the only one who would've loved to see Jackie as Cletus Kassidy.
A confident entertaining girl who knows her horror and can see the good in the remakes despite the issues. I'm sold, new subscriber gained
Robert England is the one and only Freddy Kruger anyone else
in the costume is just somone dressed like freddy
Original is way better, the remake had great ideas, but execution was poor
In the never sleep again documentary they said Robert England's lopsided stance was from how heavy the original glove was.
Prefer the original as it felt more atmospheric and had a dash of camp and originality that the remake severely lacked.
The original is better, the whole concept and cinematography was revolutionary for its time. Freddy isn’t just another almost zombie like slasher type character like Jason Vorhees or Michael Myers. He enjoys what he does.
The ending really spoils the first one, and it’s the same in the reboot. I’m not sure why they didn’t fix it.
The reboot did improve things with advancements in technology but it didn’t improve the characters, aside from the different angle they took with Freddy, the other characters are just vapid. There’s no-one to root for. Even though Freddy is likeable, you should still want Nancy, the final girl to win out and survive. With the reboot, it’s team Freddy all the way.
I prefer the 1984 version. Better than the remake. I also like A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2. In part 2 Freddy's makeup was cool. And he was very dark in part 2. Love your channel
I think it’s very cool to look at the remakes, even when they’re not very popular.
Only ever seen the remake once although I remember thinking it was alright? The original was better but the remake was ok I do think the remake had some interesting Ideas it does if I remember correctly play with the Idea that Freddie may not have been guilty of his accusations but then chickened out at the end and said yes he did do it after all and I actually think that if they had stuck to the he didn't do it idea it would have been a much more interesting take and spoken to the danger of the mob culture mentality that is present in today's society and in killing him the perants created the monster they thought he was is an interesting concept that the remake ultimately wimped out on in my opinion
honestly Freddie looked stupid and that's why I didn't watch lol
Love your content! The 1984 film wins hands down! The remake felt like a CGI retread of the original, but not as scary or effective. The death of Chris was more reminiscent of WWE than the scary nightmarish bloody scene of Tina's death in the original.
There was a remake? No, there wasn't. It doesn't exist (erasing it from my mind).
There's Something About The Original That Just Stands Against The Test Of Time Compared To The Remake To The Point Where If The Original Was Made Today With Wes Craven Still Alive In Process, It Would Continue To Be One Of The MOST Talked About BEST Horror Movies In History As It Was Praised Back Then To Even Now When Horror Fans Bring Up Horror Movies.
I'll admit I've never watched the remake; never really had the desire to. The original is one of my favorite horror movies ever. I did find this really interesting since I've never seen a breakdown like this for the remake
It really pissed me off that they made Freddy a child molester in the remake.
Original is better and music score is better .
Hey Hippie Skippy have u seen horror movies Terrifier 1,2 .those movies kick fucking ass mannn
Very well done comparison. However, I do feel I need to respond to one particular thing you said when talking about remake Freddy at 23:21 of your video:
“But what about the make up, it looks so stupid!” Bring a new thought to the table”
Well, I am gonna bring a new thought to the table and respectfully disagree with you here. Now I could be reaching/being a bit over analytical here, but that comment came off a little too…”dismissive” of that criticism for me when I watched it. Yes, you CAN get used to the makeup after a while on repeat watchings, but imo it is still a valid criticism, and for deeper reasons than just the superficial complaint of “It looks stupid/ugly”. Some people have tried to defend the makeup by claiming “Well, it’s more realistic of how burn victims would actually look.” But this reasoning I think fundamentally misses the point of who Freddy Krueger is as a character. Yes, the make up isn’t as realistic and certainly looks a lot more “demonic” in the original film, but I think that was the point. Freddy has carte blanche be whoever he wants, whatever he wants, and do whatever he wants in the dream world. The makeup looking a lot more monstrous & demonic to me at least thematically makes sense; he is “The Dream Demon” after all.
Idk if his look warrants you being so analytical only because in this very video I showed the makeup artist explaining he created the look by playing around with a pepperoni pizza lol
@@HauntedHippie Tut, tut! Demon pizzas are nothing to mess around with. Once you summon one from the sketchy looking pizza place, it's over!
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At the time (2009), I was just hype we were finally getting a new Freddy movie at all so I just enjoyed it despite the flaws. It really isn't that bad
15:45 DUDE! Ive been saying this FOR YEARS. This movie woukd have been SO MUCH BETTER if Nancy died instead of Tina, which woukd have fit the "kill the person everyone thinks is the protagonist" thing Wes/Hitchcock did AND like you said Katie Cassidy was AWESOME. So glad Im not the only one that sees this
Def earned a sub for such a brilliant take :)
This is the most objective critique I ever saw/heard/read about the remake. So many fans are prompt to spit on it just because of the bad CGI.
But though it's no point discussing the fact that he would never equals the original, I think it's far from being the worst of the franchise. When I saw it the first time in theater, it shook me. And this is a thing not so many horror movies could pretend having done.
The remake was the worst movie remake I have seen in my life
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Omg I’m so glad this wasn’t a video of you trying to convince me somehow the remake was actually better. I just always felt the remake was terrible imo. And I like that you’re not a Wes Craven hater because believe it or not there are actual horror “fans” that are. Love your personality and channel
Seriously?? What did he ever do to them 😭
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about these two films. Many of the tidbits/facts you brought up I've known for many years. Like yourself, I can never get enough of ANOES. Of course I love the original. I pretty much don't like the remake. But I do like Jackie Earl Haley as Freddy. He is the only reason to see this movie IMO. Thanks again haunted hippie, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more content like this. Love your intro as Freddy. You looked adorable tip toeing up the stairs like the Grinch. Keep up the great work. Your fellow Nightmare fan.
The only one who tried in the remake was Jackie Earl Haley
I know I feel bad for him :(
@@stonegasman3866 oof well he's wrong about that
I'm like the one person in the world that prefers Jackie earl Haley's Freddy over the original.
@@dfhorrorproductions9691 YOU are not alone my friend!
The OG is my favorite movie ever!! Words can’t describe how much I love this video.
Something I like about the remake is how they talk about how he might have been wrongly accused and was maybe an innocent man. Then they didn’t do that😐
Kylie is the ultimate version of Freddy Krueger and/or Nancy Thompson!!
Nancy...Krueger?! SPIN-OFFFF!
The music from the original is by far one of the greatest horror themes of all time. From the dirty synth dives to the iconic nursery rhyme it listening to it is goose bump city.
We all like the original film better than the remake
Elm Street was the street JFK was assassinated on
Yeah, count me out for the remake. Original is best.
They cannot even compare, remake is simply garbage. It was directed by dude who had no idea what he was doing, he only directed some music videos prior to this, which explains his godawful non-existing direction when it comes to actors. All of those actors were talented, yet they are completely wooded and clueless in this movie. Just to give an example, Rooney Mara was so wooden in this movie, then next movie she gave amazing performance as Lisbet Salander, and she's one of those actresses that consistently get better with each movie. Kyle Gallner is also great when he has proper script and direction, I remember him playing super creepy serial killer in Criminal Minds and he was amazing in "Red".
Story was all over the place, but what put screwdriver into my ear every time was the fact that about 95% of Freddy's dialogue was just recycled lines from other movies, it was like "Freddy's best" compilation. Rest of the dialogue is just nonsensical most of the time. When he actually has original lines, he's just whining and being petty. Then we have kills, which are incredibly dull. Every kill was exactly the same, teen falls asleep, teen wakes up and environment changes via CGI, Freddy shows up and slashes\stabs them and that was about it. Nancy was incredibly dull and typical mid 2000s edgy "art emo student", however like I said, this wasn't really Mara's fault, she's incredible actress, it's just that this guy had no idea how to direct her.
Compare this to original, which had amazing direction and story narrative, dozen of creepy moments, great atmosphere, descent acting, incredible menacing presence by Robert Englund, creepy soundtrack and every kill in the movie was so creative and unique.
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What I can find creepier in the original isn't that Freddy has an implied sexual nature to him, but that Nancy and her friends most likely had older siblings they forgot about. Nancy at least had to have one since her mom is dealing with everything the worst.
@@B1Kobe0824 Just because it was a deleted scene doesn't mean it's not true. That's why I said implied rather than saying they outright announced it. The movie is written and filmed with that in mind so when it's cut out, it's still felt.
@@B1Kobe0824 most scenes get cut for time and pacing because it's what the studio wants (which is why a movie like terrifier 2 is so long since it didn't have limitations). If you look at the movie as is, then I guess you can come to that conclusion, but I always assumed she had to have had an older sibling. I didn't even know there was a scene that actively said so for a while. It just made sense because why else would Nancy's mom have the glove? Why would she take it the hardest? Why would her dad be so void? They're responding to the trauma of losing a child and killing the man who did it and realizing it didn't solve anything.
With a good story, there's another story within that can be found. Taking a scene like that out let's the audience piece it together through the context clues that do still exist. When you write a reveal like that, it seeps in other parts of the script. You could take out the twist of the 6th sense and people will still grasp that Bruce Willis was dead throughout the film.
@@SirNerdLeroy If there's a plot point that's only in a deleted scene, that plot point becomes irrelevant - therefore, I get what you're saying but this particular instance there is no sibling nor implied sibling.
@@mattdad8429 It's not irrelevant, it's just not shown. Nancy having an older sibling isn't confirmed nor denied. It is implied, though, since that was the original intent and it shows throughout the movie. Deleting the scene could have just been for pacing. The scene adds lore more than pushing the plot forward. It's not needed since it's something the audience can gather through context clues. Which is why I always thought she had an older sibling before knowing there was a deleted scene.
I've dealt with a bunch of movies and shows saying there was a secret sibling all along or even taking a sibling away with no explanation. Saying Nancy most likely had one isn't far fetched. Especially from a movie where they actively pulled back elements and let them be implied rather than pointed out directly.
The actor who Robert Englund replaced was respected british stage and film actor David Warner.His acting career started in in 1962 and at the time of his death this year had 227 credits on his imdb page... among his many credits were Titanic and the voice of Ra's Al Ghul in Batman The Animated Series.
He also played the photographer in The (original) Omen.
As a life-long Fredhead, my main issue with the remake was how absolutely lazy and uninspired it was. New Line and Platinum Dunes had a chance to do something really cool and potentially lucrative: reinvent and reinvigorate a classic character for a new generation of fans. There are a number of ways they could have approached this and, as long as they were respectful of the lore and the essence of what made the original such a classic, they might have succeeded. This is not what they did. Instead of hiring a director who could have presented a really innovative and imaginative approach to the project, instead of bring in Wes as a consultant, instead of doing anything to really move the genre and lore into some really cool and truly frightening areas, what did they do? They hired Michael Bay, they did shot for shot recreations, added laughably bad cgi, and changed just enough to give the appearance of originality while regurgitating inferior retreads. I still hope that a good remake can be done, but it would take a director like James Wan or Guermo Del Toro to do it justice.
Probably a bit lost on new -ish audiences but this film came out right after the recession and the housing bubble burst. I remember going into theaters to watch it and they had all those big "McMansion" style house glory shots in it, juxtaposed to hearing how everyone was losing their houses in the past couple of months. This is also juxtaposed to the original, which had shots in poor urban areas, including some that were supposedly gang-ridden in Italy. No one really talked about it back then, but I immediately took note that it was yet another thing presumably stroking audiences the wrong way.
Also thanks for all the Heather/Nancy love! She's so wildly under appreciated!!
I don’t think that there’s any doubt that the original Nightmare On Elm Street is better it’s supreme in every conceivable way you can imagine. Story wise, writing, acting and especially directing. The remake’s plot is confusing, the writing is atrocious, the acting is phoned in and soulless in fact the only two actors who actually try are the actress that plays Tina and Jackie Earl Haley as Freddy. The directing is unquestionably the worst part of the remake whereas with the original it was a strength. I see the Nightmare On Elm Street remake as a soulless cash grab nothing more.
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Robert Englund also mentioned that James Cagney influenced Freddy as well. Cagney was an actor in the 1930s who did a lot of crime /gangster films. Cagney had a whole swagger to him that Englund wanted to bring to Krueger.
First, I love how you break them down into categories and analyze them with facts. Second, I'd take the original all day. While I love Jackie's voice for Freddy, I wasn't a fan of the directorial decisions with the story and Robert was able to make it fun because of Wes. The fact that Wes wasn't even asked about the remake also kind of rubs me the wrong way, but I agree with you on Tina and Glen getting an upgrade in the new one.
I’m a self obsessed expert on this franchise and can talk about it all day long , great video I think I found a new favourite RUclips channel 😊
Oh man the remake is so bad. Great video though!
Wow, had no clue about that National Film Registry list. Interesting only 1 movie in the last 30 years has made it considering the frequency the older movies show up. I see it has to be at least 10 years old to qualify. Would be an interesting topic to see if any more horror movies from 1981 - 2013 deserve to be there and any 2013+ that should make the list when their 10 years hits.
It would be a fun livestream maybe to present our cases for the movies we think deserve to make the registry haha
The original is perfect apart from the ending. Proper creepy. There isn't one single thing better in the remake, in fact there isn't really anything good about the remake at all.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏. It's almost always those of the Shit-Head generation who love the remake, but then again the Shit-Head generation also have ATROCIOUS taste in food and music.
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original is such a comfort movie! also, will you do a review for the midnight club? really loved that show
Not a solo review but I’ll dedicate plenty of time to it in my october wrap up!
This is just the second video of yours I've seen, but you REALLY know your stuff. I'm super impressed. There's not a lot of deeper breakdowns of horror on RUclips.
The original is still better. But the Remake would have been a lot better if they hadn’t cut anything out.
And as far as the best out of the entire series? New Nightmare 🤠
IT WAS YOU!!? The whole time ? 👁👄👁 hahahaha great intro
Got you didn’t I 😌
@@HauntedHippie yep! Good ol’ classic game of throned me! 🥲👻 hahahaha
That was the very first vhs video cassette i ever rented. It's great to see your passion for the movies !
80s remakes are wht trash
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Katie Cassidy was brilliant in supernatural but they should have kept her in this for longer and killed bland Nancy off. The actress was just so wooden 🤔🤔
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I just see the ending as a nightmare letting us know Freddy's not dead.
Whoa! Hot take incoming from Haunted Hippie!
An upgrade from Glen to Quinton!
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Here comes the Johnny Deppp stans!
I will pray for you, Kylie. 😄 jk
I prefer the 1984 cast because they're more likeable, imo.
They're written as fun loving kids which is always more enjoyable to see.
It feels more shocking when they die.
The 2010 version was just too bleak for me.
I did like the EpiPen idea, tho.
Pls Glen was so useless 😩😩
Love the originals the remake was decent and worth a watch here and there. Aaand imo never have any contact with an ex. Just leave it in the rear view. Don’t look back while your driving you’ll crash 😉 aaaand another solid fun well informed entertaining vid. Thank you my fellow horror movie friend! (Btw now I have must watch both movies and The People Under The Stairs)
I like both the Original and Remake I like the 2010 Freddy Krueger voice glove and the song and I like the Micro Naps Sleep idea too.
I've never been a big fan of the original but I have to choose it over the remake
The remake was dumpster juice.
I definitely enjoy both the original and the remake for different reasons. I appreciate the remake trying different and new things. As you mentioned in your breakdown the exploration of micro-naps was really awesome and if Nightmare on Elm Street ever returns that's definitely something they should take from the remake. I also enjoyed Freddy's mannerisms in the remake, the way he'd just toy with his bladed glove is cool and it makes the glove feel like an extension of Freddy rather than an accessory.
One other thing I would like to tackle is that you mentioned that remake Freddy is scarier, and while I do agree that compared to the original films Jackie's Freddy is scarier, however, I'd like to point out Robert Englund's portrayal as Freddy in both New Nightmare and Freddy vs. Jason. Specifically Freddy vs. Jason. I feel like Robert's portrayal in Freddy vs. Jason was peak Freddy, imo, Robert took everything he learned as Freddy over the years and perfected it. I would love to have a new Nightmare on Elm Street film with Robert as Freddy but portrayed how he was in Freddy vs. Jason. If we can get that someday that it'll be my perfect Nightmare film.
Overall, yeah original still takes it the win.
the original nightmare on elm street 1984 is an absolute classic. one of the best horror films. the 2010 version doesn't even compare to the slightest. no debate needed.🎃
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