If you hadn't guessed, the new Nightmare on Elm Street is a bust.
While trying to reinvent the franchise for a new generation, the filmmakers have abandoned just about everything that made Wes Craven's original so successful.
Most distressing is that Jackie Earle Haley, Oscar-nominated for his stellar work in Todd Field's Little Children, reduced himself to participate in such drivel. I sincerely hope he got a hefty pay day for this.
And Hollywood continues its recent trend of exploiting the innocence of children for swift dramatic impact-- and in this case, for humor as well. Because surely there's no knee-slapper quite like child abuse!
Read my full review at THE DAGGER!
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