I really wanted to enjoy this movie and my hopes were pretty damn high. After all, Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy? Seemed like a fantastic choice!
However, what was promised – like as little CGI as possible and as much fake blood as could be mustered – wasn’t delivered. And the story became an MTV shiny remake that delivered zero scares and zero likable characters.
However, the worst aspect of this movie was the wasted potential. There was a possibility brought up in this movie that Freddy was innocent and his killing sprees were his form of revenge. How fucking brilliant would that have been?! Freddy was innocent this whole time?? I was SO behind this movie when that was a real chance.
Oh, wait. Nope. He’s a child molester. Never mind. Opportunity missed.
