At first I thought “Ouch!”, but they are seriously loving Jackie’s performance. I guess they’re just saying what we’re all thinking…
We saw a clip of Jackie Earle “Rorschach” Haley playing the new Freddie Krueger, and he’s like a shining ball of amazing deadliness. So we know Jackie can do Freddie, but does this movie deserve him?
Haley said he was thrilled to play the beloved, undead dream killer from Nightmare on Elm Street, which is returning as a rebooted of the original Wes Craven classic. He enthused, “It was a crazy opportunity to play one of the most iconic characters in the world – after playing Rorschach!”
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The question is, do we really want a serious Nightmare on Elm Street? The original film was so creepy partly because Freddie had a twisted sense of humor that seemed to echo the teens’ own sarcastic reactions to the world around them. As great as Haley is, I think he’s wasted in this flick. No amount of his hardcore scare power can save a movie that wants to be seriously frightening but just (at least in what I saw) managed to look like every other horror movie about teen slaughter and vengeful ghosts.
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