They’re actually victimizing Freddy and completely removing the scariness of not knowing what he is in the process. There is NO WAY this will be anywhere near as good as the first.
so hold on a second…are they trying to say that Fred Krueger was unjustly accused? That he wasn’t really a child killer? He seems confused at the beginning when they corner him…I will be reeeeeally pissed if that is the case. I think they should’ve made him moreodious and disgusting before his capture than he even was before. I guess we’ll see.
I hadn’t thought of that. Didn’t seem that way when I watched the trailer, but I can see where you two are coming from. Personally, I don’t think it matters all that much.
What do you mean by “the scariness of not knowing what he is”? There’s no mystery to the character. We’ve known what he is since the original. Why should it matter if they show what happened to him?
Well from all script reviews, he is a child molester and not a killer whatsoever before he’s burned. So the whole Springwood Slasher thing means nothing, and I don’t have a smurfin clue why he has a knife glove for molesting.
If you were being chased by a gang of pitch fork (or petrol bomb) wielding angry parents wouldn’t you say you were innocent? I know I would, even if I wasn’t! I guess we won’t know until we see it, but I don’t hate the look of this. I’m liking Jackie Earl Halie’s Freddy though, with a voice that makes it sound like his mouth is f-ed up and in the brief glimpse of his face he looked kinda ashy to me. I think this will be an interesting remake and I don’t recall saying that for some time. That might be because I think JEH is a good actor and he has the potential to make a great Freddy.
Plus if the sound is better than the original that’ll be plus for me!
In the script, it’s apparently revealed at the very end that Freddy molested the kids, but throughout the movie everyone thinks he was innocent and is just exacting his revenge.
Wow a lot of horror fans just breathed a sigh of relief!
Now I think about it isn’t he just a child killer in the 1st one and him being a paedophile is an idea that came up in a later film? Am I remembering that right?
What do you mean by “the scariness of not knowing what he is”? There’s no mystery to the character. We’ve known what he is since the original. Why should it matter if they show what happened to him?
Because its a remake and not a sequel or prequel. He’s actually a very creepy villain with not very much screen time in the first one, which actually manages to be a really good horror movie. He is introduced through freaky dream sequences and is developed by his terrifying violence. By the time the story of Freddy Krueger is fully revealed he’s already established in your mind as this monster.
Wow a lot of horror fans just breathed a sigh of relief!
Now I think about it isn’t he just a child killer in the 1st one and him being a paedophile is an idea that came up in a later film? Am I remembering that right?
They definitely gave him the pedophile vibe in “Freddy Vs. Jason”. And yeah, you’re right about JEH, he is great, though I think he’s getting typecast as a child molester (see Little Children) cuz I think he’s got that kinda weaselly look. The look of the movie is fine to me. HOWEVER I do think he should also kill his victims cuz, as stated above, why the glove?
I’m definitely going to see it and give it it’s full chance.
And yeah, you’re right about JEH, he is great, though I think he’s getting typecast as a child molester (see Little Children) cuz I think he’s got that kinda weaselly look. The look of the movie is fine to me. HOWEVER I do think he should also kill his victims cuz, as stated above, why the glove?
I was thinking the same thing - he was great in Little Children- creepy!
That’s a good point about the glove - why would he have made it in the first place? Hopefully that will be expalined in the movie!
I’ve never really liked the original. It’s all right, but with the exception of Englund’s performance I don’t think it’s aged well. At all. The new trailer shows a lot of promise regardless of what they changed story-wise.
I think it’d be incredibly interesting to twist the story around a little and make Freddy innocent. Why not? It’d change the character to some extent, but it’s still Freddy.
Huge points for Jackie Earle Haley. He was fantastic in Little Children. I might see it for him. I have to admit I lol’d at the trailer. The step-by-step recreation of the set pieces seemed turdy to me. It does look good, but I’ve already seen those scenes and experienced the WTFness of them. The thought of just seeing the old hand in the tub scene and the dragging the claws on the metal doesn’t strike me as a reimagining, but more of a Xeroxing of memorable content.
I’ve never really liked the original. It’s all right, but with the exception of Englund’s performance I don’t think it’s aged well. At all. The new trailer shows a lot of promise regardless of what they changed story-wise.
I think it’d be incredibly interesting to twist the story around a little and make Freddy innocent. Why not? It’d change the character to some extent, but it’s still Freddy.
I can understand where everyone is coming from about the innocent vs guilty aspect. For me, it comes down to the slashers themselves. All were evil. Look at Michael Myers (prior to Rob Zombie explaining away the mystery). Dr. Loomis says that Michael was born evil. With Freddy, he’s a child molesting serial killer. He is killed. He comes back to kill the children again. Why would an innocent Freddy come back for the kids? That just doesn’t seem to do it for me. I don’t know.
I wonder if we’ll end up with a Rob Zombie like backstory, where Freddy tells us about how the mailman touched him where he pees.
