Freddy Krueger returns in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” a contemporary reimagining of the horror classic. A group of suburban teenagers share one common bond: they are all being stalked by Freddy Krueger, a horribly disfigured killer who hunts them in their dreams. As long as they stay awake, they can protect on another…but when they sleep, there is no escape.
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Director: Samuel Bayer
Cast: Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy, Rooney Mara, Thomas Dekker, Kellan Lutz, Clancy Brown
Oh come on! They weren't mediocre, 1-3 were awesome! AFTER that they became mediocre
ok 1 yes. but the movies themselves weren't as memorable as freddy himself was. I'm just not necessarily going to write jackie earl haley off that quick.
I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this new one, actually. If Rob Zombie was filming it, then I'd be all "Yeah baby!" because his two previous remakes/reboots have been excellent. Still, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt
fuck off lol, freddy films where soooo cheesey, but i have to defend it even though I dont like it cos its another remake of an old horror which I think is stupid. Fuck your fucking remakes, give us something good, original and fresh.
I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ?
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
It was a good weekend for Freddy Krueger. The 1980s horror villain is back with a vengeance, with "The Nightmare on Elm Street" remake earning a solid $32 million, landing it in first place at the box office this weekend.
Still, even with the success of "Nightmare" -- which stars Jackie Earle Haley as the disfigured madman who kills teenagers in their dreams -- this weekend's box office still couldn't trump last year's total in early May, when "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" grossed a boffo $85 million. (Of course, Hollywood will likely make up for it next weekend, when Robert Downey Jr. dons the Iron Man suit once again; the film is already hitting across the season, where its opened in 53 territories this past weekend, taking in $100.2 million)
And though "Nightmare" earned $32 million, the film fell steeply between Friday and Saturday night, and earned a C+ Cinemascore, which suggests that the film hasn't been very well received by audiences.
Second place for the weekend belonged to "How to Train Your Dragon," which, once again, held in remarkably well. The PG-rated 3-D flick grossed an estimated $10.8 million, down only 29 percent since last weekend. Its total gross now stands at $192.3 million.
The Steve Carell, Tina Fey-starrer "Date Night" fell only 27 percent, collecting an additional $7.6 million. The PG-13 comedy has now grossed $73.6 million. Not bad for two television stars, huh?
Despite a weak opening, "The Back-Up Plan" held on fairly well its second weekend in theaters. Falling 41 percent, Jennifer Lopez's romantic comedy grossed an additional $7.2 million to put the film's two-week total at $22.9 million.
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Critical lashings failed to keep a regenerated Freddy Krueger at bay this weekend, as the scarred serial killer headed straight to the top of the box office.
The remake of the 1984 slasher classic A Nightmare On Elm Street – rebooted with Jackie Earle Haley in the (serial) killer role made famous by Robert Englund – had a dream opening weekend, taking $32m and quelling How To Train Your Dragon’s box office reign.
So even though this new Nightmare, the debut of pop video director Samuel Bayer, failed to win over the critics (its cherry picking of the best bits from just about every one of the previous seven flicks can't have helped), a sequel could be on the horizon.
OP Comment: tb hasn't high hopes for this reboot and feels it justifies his opinion that Hollywood is becoming increasingly irrelevant while concurrently International Cinema feels fresh and increasingly confident.
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+some of the cast is pure awesome 
