Rewatched the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street remake and it made me appreciate the original even more

I gave it another shot last week after not seeing it since theaters and man, Jackie Earle Haley tried but they made Freddy way too serious with none of the dark humor. Why remix a classic when the original still holds up 40 years later? Has anyone actually found a remake that improved on a horror classic?

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violamurray13d ago

Honestly, have to disagree a little here - the remake had a totally different vibe that works if you stop comparing it to the original? The serious, no-joke Freddy made him feel like a real threat instead of a punchline, which is what the 80s camp turned him into over time. Tbh, I'd rather watch a dark take that tries something new than sit through another rehash of the same wisecracking dream demon.

skyler4317d ago

oh man the 2010 one is like a bad tattoo you try to cover up but it still haunts you. i showed my little cousin the original after we watched the remake and he was like so you just like old stuff and i told him no i just like stuff that doesnt suck. you know what i mean? Jackie Earle Haley was basically the only good part but they gave him no room to be funny, just creepy in a boring way. come to think of it the only remake i actually liked was The Hills Have Eyes because it had that sickening tension the original missed.

rose_hart17d ago

you said "sickening tension" about Hills Have Eyes and that's exactly right, I think the scariest part of that movie is the gas station guy fixing the RV - somehow that one normal moment is more unsettling than all the jump scares put together.