I genuinely feel that Jackie Earl Haley did a great job as Freddy. This movie held him down

I think JEH did a great job portraying Freddy, that taunting gesture of rubbing his fingers together is an interesting tick to give the character, it always stood out to me. Having the environment flicking back and forth between reality and the dream was really cool as well.

Fun fact: The actor who portrayed Dean in this film, even though his scenes were so few, decided to stay awake for two days straight prior to filming the scenes for the film. A superb example of Method Acting that gave his dialogue an exhausted, almost ragged delivery

The filmmakers approached this remake very seriously, with respect for the original and with a great about of thought. That is evident from the Blu-ray extras, which are almost depressing because of how positive and thoughtful the filmmakers are compared to how abysmal the movie ended up being. It's always important to remember that no one sets out to make a bad movie and this one is a prime example of that.

Death Reactions 5:11 Dean 11:59 Kris 14:27 Jesse 20:47 Freddy (Flashback) 30:11 Freddy (Real) 31:17 Nancy’s Mom

The scene in the store aisle where it kept flashing back and forth between the real world and the dream world was just about the only redeeming quality this movie had for me.

"What do you think she's seen?" She's seen the script for this movie. That would terrify anyone.

"That was pathetic!" I absolutely agree about the special effects.

My favorite thing about this one is the reason Freddy keeps playing around with them isn't so he can get stronger through fear of remembering him,but he torments them to pure exhaustion making every effort to stay awake useless also the lack sleep they get now the more they have to later giving him more he can do to them.

My introduction to Robert England wasn't this series but a tv series, which I believe was the 1980s mini-series "V" where he played an endearing alien named Willie. His first appearance here shows his explaining to an earthling woman that he "is just". "Just what," she keeps asking, and finally understands that he's trying to say he's lost. That is about the only thing I remember about the series, and I always remember it with affection.

So glad you catching on to the power of practical effects 🔥🔥🔥🤘🏻😎🇬🇧

Love how that one guy in this movie also plays Chewie in the Friday the 13th remake.

I like the concept of a more darker serious Freddy. If they make another Freddy movie I want it to be darker and actually scary. The opening scene in this movie is the best part. As a kid after watching this movie, I stayed awake for a little over 3 days then knocked out. Drank a lot of Mountain Dew

13:16 "You think if you get knocked out, you'll dream about Freddy?" I never thought of that 😂

when she said she’s really pretty im like sis that's your twin

Fun Fact: Jackie Earle Haley did the voice for Ruvik in The Evil Within 1 which sounds exactly like his version of Freddy. The parallels to both characters are interesting, imo

This movie could have been saved by practical effects and the alternate ending! The alt ending where he doesn’t even look burned he is so creepy that it makes my skin crawl. Much better ending and the way Nancy kills him is way more fitting.

I liked the idea of Freddy being innocent and the parents just being assholes that murdered him, but they didn’t lean into that aspect enough for it to feel really credible in this one, and then just tell you that Freddy really was evil. Thought that would have made for an interesting take on the story and really make this movie have a reason to exist. Like, if it’s just telling the same story as the original it feels unnecessary. The original still holds up. I did love Freddy’s voice this one though, it really brings a great scary aspect to the character. And I also dug the blurred lines of some of the dreams with reality, those moments were nicely done. I felt the acting as a whole was better, but the story itself ended up weaker. Which is too bad, I had pretty decent hopes for it when it released. Loved the reaction! Always a great time getting to revisit movies as you watch them and see what other peoples views of them are. Keep up the great work!

Dunno if anyone else mentioned this fun fact, but Jackie Earl Haley actually auditioned for the OG Elm Street back in the day. Didn't get a role, but his friend Johnny Depp, who apparently only went to support him did.

As a lifelong NOES fan. This film is smack dab in the middle. Love the ideas of this film. The direction is pretty good. If they only used practical effects in a couple key scenes it would've been much better.

To be fair to Jackie Earl Haley, he was awesome as Rorshach in Watchmen.

My favorite thing about this remake is how they told Freddy's sick story. It was detailed in a very creepy way compared to the OG Nightmare films. People always knew Freddy's story but actually seeing his death unfold was amazing, especially considering he definitely deserved what he got. It was so satisfying to actually watch that happen in the movie. I also liked the ceiling kill and Dean's death was pretty awesome for the first kill, in my opinion. The way he died was so horrific. Kris just standing there watching him apparently slit his own throat was insane.

I can admit that the one thing that actually got to me and had my eyes bulge and had me gasp was the fact that Tina (in the body bag) laughed like that.😨 That caught me off guard

Jackie earle Haley is legendary. Hes been acting since the 70s.

7:00 In the original Nightmare movie the scene with the head coming out of the wall at Nancy they cut a hole in the wall and used spandex for Wes I believe to push through. Today no one wants to put in the work of practical effects they just go to a computer with CGI that should look better in 2022 than a movie from the eighties and nineties but they don't. A computer CGI effect is not scary no matter wat they create IMO.

My main issue with this remake was mainly the teens. You don't get to see some fun, happy-go-lucky kids who progressively lose it as Freddy haunts them. There's not even an actual group of friends who hang out together all the time. These kids here are already dead before being killed off, with expressionless faces and monotonous dialogue deliveries. You don't get to like them, and therefore to fear for them, feel sympathy towards them or just hope that your favourite one makes it, since there's not a single one who could be your favourite really. So yeah you just watch them as they mumble their lines, get killed, and repeat. Zombies limping about in a constantly dim-lit and wet set, with no blue skies or a sunny weather that would've helped a bit to get a contrast between what was cool before, and what is grim now that Freddy's around. At least that's how I feel about it. And I really really have a hard time buying that not a single one of them had any recollection at all of what happened on multiple occasions at pre-school. So upon your request, my positive comment about this movie would be that it's only 95 minutes long

When the Mrs. said "Rooney Mara", it sounded a lot like when the Dean said "Oh, Britta is in this" in Community episode "Regional Holiday Music" lol

The one shot I did like in this movie was in the pharmacy where Freddy was down the aisle and it flashed between the real world pharmacy and the dream world boiler room.

Great reaction as always! Are you guys going to watch the Evil Dead remake? I think it is one of the very few modern remakes that actually does a fantastic job and is almost all practical effects as well!

CGI has yet to scare very effectively. In LOTR, Bilbo's sudden demon face when reaching for the ring freaked me out, and the sudden dead face in What Lies Beneath worked really well, but I can't think of any other CGI scare that really got me.

I really don’t understand why everyone hates this movie. I loved it

Stuff like this always makes me wish for practical effects. I miss them. That said (and to tangent to video games) I couldn't help but see Badham and think of Dead by Daylight and what the heroes should do, haha. Anyway, I love the conversation.

22:42 "Ever micro-nap?". "I think I'm doing it right now."😅😅😅

Oh what a missed opportunity to make the green screen wood wall warp bit behind the Mrs. when she said "Don't worry, Kruger's not here."

I do love the micro-naps in this one. They made the sleep deprivation the kids go through a lot more realistic.

When she said "make brownies" I assumed it was a kinky euphemism before realizing she literally meant making brownies...

In the original Nightmare on elm street from 1984 the Freddy wall effect was done by putting up a wall of spandex. The original also used a rotating bedroom set for Tina and glen's death scenes.

Haha, the Missis mentioning the Blender Scene just makes me think about how Johnny Depp has not had good experiences when it comes to beds.

This reminds me of the time I told my wife she needed to watch Ghostbusters 2016 to truly appreciate how great Ghostbusters Afterlife was. I woke up in the hospital. The last thing I remember watching with my wife was Kate McKinnon’s queef joke.

Always enjoy your reactions, even to movies that might not be my personal favorites. I'm a Friday the 13th man when it comes to that versus Nightmare On Elm Street. I think this one will always take a bad hit because Robert Englund is Freddy. But I think it was decent as far as a remake goes. It wasn't an exact re-telling and that's always important. I'm going to end this the way that I always end it, watch Return of the Living Dead! :)

HAHAHAHA! Mr. Movies recognizes and mentions a cute dog in the movie and then immediately looks over for his own dog.

Happy early Mothers Day Mrs. Movies! BTW I totally own that *MONSTERVISION* shirt as well. It's really awesome! Thank you for all that you guys do and cheers to another wonderful episode.

My favorite recreated kill is Kris's death and 1 positive thing about the movie is Jackie Earle Haley's Freddy Krueger to me. Overall I absolutely love this remake

My favorites were the jump scares. Not really scary. Just loud and sudden enough to shock my nerves. I also like Jesse's death and how his prison mate freaked out. Incidentally, I just learned from this video that the guy who played Dean was the same guy who played Emmet in Twilight. Thanks for the info!

Her jump scares are still classic. Her "WTF" was hysterical. That scene made me jump too. Lol

I actually like this movie , idk but it doesnt bother me that much the problems it might have. The problems are there of course and one can tell but ive become like ok about them and still enjoy it.

I loved your reaction to this, i had exactly the same disappointments when I first watched it and I even fell asleep halfway through (the irony:-) To quote Sidney from the Scream movies “don’t f**K with the originals”

Having the hero discover pictures of herself being molested is one of the most reprehensible things I’ve ever seen in what is ostensibly intended to be a “fun” big-studio horror movie.

Well, to me, Robert's Freddy is fun but creepy while Jackie's Freddy is darker and give you the chill when listening to his voice and also jump scare.

As someone who is currently getting a visual effects degree and fell in love with practical effects from watching 80’s horror as a kid, CGI is much cheaper to create, you really only pay for time pretty much, the more time, the better the effects essentially, unfortunately more and more companies rather do visual effects with CGI now because of cost and time

I like the way this version of Freddy told a few one liners wile also staying serious unlike the og Freddy that became pure comedy, not that it was a bad thing I just prefer the balance.

I think they should’ve explored the idea that Freddy was innocent and he was taking out his revenge I love that idea

I'm a huge fan of ANOES, and actually liked this movie. I liked Haley's darker take on Freddy and I would have liked to see where the story went in sequels. I completely understand the criticism, but overall I just want more Freddy! Love your vids, btw!

I thought the darkness of it was authentic,This Freddy's Evil Laugh really creeps and is very in your ear😮 and everybody did a good job being afraid ❤️ always scary with that seeing her friend in the bloody body bag

Regardless of how you feel about the movie as a whole, Jackie Earle Haley gives a great performance.

Positives- the micro naps was a nice touch, the possibility that Kruger may be innocent was inventive, Jackie Earl Haley's performance was damn good & returning Kruger to his more horrific roots was needed. Cons: the CGI was unneeded & horribly fake, a lot of scenes were very cookie cutter from the original and for a movie that deals with the possibilities and potential of nightmares, this movie was very unimaginative. Not the worst of the bunch (still looking at you, Freddy's Dead) but probably tied for second worst with number five.

The original practical effect of Freddy leaning out of the wall was done with a huge piece of spandex stretched out to be the wall with a light shining in front of it. Robert England just leaned into the spandex until it caught the light shining up.

Some really good actors in this (including Jackie Earle Haley) & they did some interesting things with the story, but at the end of the day, the CGI really took me out of it.

Happy you started this with a clip of the Mrs saying how the CGI was NOT GOOD (to say the least)! You guys rock will all these great watch/reviews!! I've read reviews where people say the Remake ending is better because they don't like the "cheap looking dummy through the window" effect in the Original. But the CGI is so bad in THIS ending I'd argue it was worse considering the 1984 movie had a $1.1Million budget and the 2010 Remake had a $35 Million budget.

The amazing thing is that we are still witnessing studios invest in CGI, even today in 2022, that still looks worse.

Mr & Mrs: Tell us what you think they did well. Everyone Else: ......... cricket noises......

The thing that puts this film beyond the original Nightmares is the fact that they went with the original back story intended for Freddy as a child molester. They decided against it in 1984 and just went with him murdering the children out of revenge against the parents killing for him (for revenge on killing kids) whereas this actually has a better reason for Freddy hunting the kids, having died because of the kids exposing him for his abuse. Everything is just creepier as a result even though it wasn't as good visually without certain practical effects. If it wasn't for the nostalgia of fans this would be a top 4 Nightmare film (1st is Nightmare 3 Dream Warriors, 2nd is New Nightmare, and tied for 3rd would be Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)). I do have nostalgia for the originals having grown up on all of them (and having had several real life nightmares where Freddy showed up which I hated while sleeping but loved upon waking up) but I am willing to admit that this reboot was solid and brought a more depraved and humanized Freddy Krueger.

It depends on the study but roughly around 7 minutes the brain dies after death has occurred. It's around the 5 or 6 minute mark that the majority of nervous system shuts down. Some state the brain can technically function up to 10 minutes but 7 is considered the usual limit due to what happens at around 6 minutes after death

Technically, this remake is more properly depicting of Wes Craven's idea for Freddy.

I have a feeling guys that this remake hasn't aged well because, Robert Englund will always be Freddy Krueger. So, no one can gets over him, he's GOAT "The greatest of all-time.

When Wes Craven was writing the original, Freddy was a child molester. But there was a high-profile child molestation case in LA at the time, and Wes was afraid people would accuse him of trying to make money off of the case. So, he changed him to a child killer. I like that they cast doubt on Freddy's guilt, but I think they should have gone all the way with that plotline and actually made him innocent. I do agree with the poor CGI. Practical effects should always be done unless it is just impossible to do it any other way.

There really needs to be some sort of Dave Rod channel merch. Seriously, real talk.

funnier enough first kill of the movie, we're supposed to believe 5'5 Freddy is forcefully slicing a 6'1 tank of a dude like that. I'm actually rolling

Kyle Gallner who played Quentin is in Red State. Thats the first of Kevin Smith's horror movies. Its also my favortie of those.

I like the sound track of the remake it’s like a creepy throwback

I realize this is A controversial opinion, but Wes Craven owed the success of his nightmare franchise to Robert England. He knew how to sell it. He knew how to make it scary, and fun at the same time. They said new line cinema studios was the house that Freddie built.

Jackie Earle Haley’s voice is spooky 😳

Fun facts , the actress mara is the younger sister of kat mara who was in the terrible fantastic four movie and their grandfathers were the original owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants

I do actually like this movie. I mean it would be hard to surpass the original but I think they did a good job. I think it was very unfair to compare Jackey Earl Haley to Robert Englund but I think he really did a good job making this Freddy his own without trying to just replicate Englund’s performance. One last thing, LOVED the instant replay.

09:10 - 09:15 „She‘s very pretty“ „Thanks“

LOL. I remember seeing this at the movies as well. I also haven't watched since as I was disappointed. watched the remake of Carrie last night (didn't like it the first time) thought I'd give it another try....still didn't like it...LOL. have a safe, pleasant dream weekend :)

I'm a Fredhead, i love a Nightmare on Elm Street and its sequels, despite the flaws of the later parts, and Robert Englund as Freddy is something you couldn't replace. Granted the remake brought a few things into the movie that were interesting, micronaps, a darker Freddy backstory..., Wes Craven originally wanted Fred to have a backstory as a molestor, but was ultimately. There are just many things that don't make it a good remake, despite Jackie Earle Haley's efforts. Also i felt that many of the characters were not likeable, and the parents were even worse. I'm glad they didn't end up making another sequel to this.

There was a rumour that a pitch that Freddy was innocent was considered ....

Fun Fact: the Director of the remake was also the Director of The music video for Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit, and he was hired for the MV because his test reel was so bad they thought it would make the video “punk” and “not corporate”

Still have the occasional nightmare in that boiler room.

Jackie Earle Haley auditioned for the part of Glen in 1984.

The man that played freddie was in the original bad news bears. Also the original nancy was in a tv show called Just the 10 of us

One thing I really REALLY like about this film is the fact that they didn't make any sequels!!!

I think the best part of this movie is the actor who plays Freddy. He’s such a great actor and while no one can top the original, this one is honestly scarier for how disturbingly real he acts

@21:20 that's actor Aaron Yoo. Who's also in the Friday the 13th(2009) remake which you'll watch next week.

"The Hat adds inches" Now I know the reason for the hat. 🤪

I had 1 or 2 of those spiral shaped burns on my finger as a kid. I can still remember how it felt.

I liked the Claw glove in this movie. looks like a proper weapon than the OG glove. Jackie is 5'5" while Robert is 5'10" tall. Robert is the same height as Johnny Depp and me.

I like the guy who played Freddie and thought he done a good job with what he had to work with.

Starting off with Dave Rod early 1:11

Mrs movies in the original 84 film the wall was spandex with Freddy coming out of it, above Nancy's bed and I agree with you looked way way better as practale effect.

I already knew the Ms was gonna hate this movie like she doesn’t like this franchise already but this remake definitely sucks. It has its moments of gold like the best scene is Jessie’s death cause of what Freddy says “Did you know that went the heart stops beating the brain functions for 8 mins we still got 6 more minutes to play” something along those lines and the opening . The Friday the 13th remake is the best.

i didn't even know she didn't say "dave rod" until ya'll were making fun of it in the original. One of my favorite movies all my life, seen it dozens upon dozens of times, always just thought his name was dave rod and he went by rod...

A year or 2 after this movie came out i watched this film pretty religiously. I didnt hate it at all then. The CGI also didnt look all that bad when i was a kid, the wall scene actually freaked me out a bit. As an adult now i keep some of my same feelings towards this film. This movie is still imo better than at least 3 of the Englund ones for premise alone, but i like how that really cemented that this freddy aint goofy. Some people say thats a downside but i like both exist. Im big into horror comedy, but also love a good dark movie. The things they did right were The Opening, Most of the kills, Jackies Freddy Voice, The flashback scenes in entirety, and the addition of the "Child Molester" sub-plot. Some people wont agree with that last one but i feel like if theyre gonna make a "Child Killer" scarier, the only thing they could do is make him a Child Diddler. Its something were all afraid of happening in real life which adds that sense of realism and resentment for the killer. It helps you root for the protagonists here, which they desperately needed as these characters monotone deliveries really dont give much in the film. Kris IMO wouldve made a better final girl and i think they shouldve ran with her being the main character. I dont mind this Nancy, but they already didnt give us much most of the movie and i much prefer Kris' attitude most of the film. That being said her death scene is great though. All in all this movie isnt really that bad, not nearly as bad as people give it credit for. I give it a solid 6.5/10 average score. Theres things i love and things i dont care for but you really can feel the amount of love and effort the filmmakers put into this movie even if it didnt turn out amazingly.

DOCTOR: You daughter needs to be sedated. MOM: I want her to be out of pain. DOCTOR: Good. Sign this. MOM SIGNS DOCTOR: Ok nurse this this the good stuff the vet puts dogs down with, cuz we can't have Nancy waking up again, Her mom wants her to have no more pain. MOM: WHAT!!????

Not trying to self promote or anything but I love seeing people wear the MonsterVision shirts because I'm currently working on a job that is a direct descendant of the MonsterVision series, with the man himself Joe Bob! Having a blast with this gig and I often watch your videos on another monitor as I work. You're actually helping to fuel, in part, the content you react to and don't even know it lol.. Keep up the great work guys!

I’m glad the Mrs. pointed out that’s not how Epi Pens work. Movies get that wrong so often.

The look on the thumbnail says it all: "What the Fuck is this!?" Lol!!

The only remakes I like are the Texas chainsaw massacre with Jessica biel, the hills have eyes and the evil dead

This was supposed to be a 3 part series. And Jackie earl Haley was actually supposed to play Freddie in the original.