1,2, Freddy’s coming for you
3,4, Better lock your door
5,6, Grab your crucifix
7,8, Better stay up late
9,10, Never sleep again

I’m going into this A Nightmare on Elm Street “reboot” with mixed feelings.  The 1984 original is one of the creepiest movies I think I have ever seen, and I feel Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson was one of the bar setters for the new generation of Scream Queens.

All that being said, I have to say the new trailer doesn’t look terrible, and Jackie Earle Haley (best known as Rorschach in the recent Watchmen movie) appears to make a decent Freddy Krueger, although he will have to fill the enormous shoes left by Robert Englund who originated the role.

The new Nancy is played by a relative unknown (thank goodness for that) named Rooney Mara.  Her list of credits is mostly as one episode stints on shows like ER, so at least we aren’t coming in with preconceived notions of how she’ll play the role.

While I can already see a few changes from the original (Freddy was burned in the boiler room of the school in the original), for the most part it looks spot on to the first film.  That’s even down to the glove showing up in the bathtub, so they seem to be staying fairly faithful to the source material.  And thank goodness they left the rhyme alone!  (see above) The iconic sweater, hat and glove also seem to have been left alone, so no huge “reimagining” there.

I have been pretty harsh on remakes as of late, like the upcoming Highlander remake, but so far I have to say this one doesn’t look too bad.  (Geek alert!  Clancy Brown, the Kurgan in the original Highlander is in this new Elm Street!)   I will actually probably see this one in the theater just because I am such a huge fan of the original series, but believe me, I will be watching it with a very critical eye.  The trailer is below for those that wish to check it out.

A Nightmare on Elm Street in HD