Darth Martin - The third one called Dream Warriors is a must see in the series, and Wes Craven's New Nightmare(a nice twist on the series with the original lead of the very first film, she is in Dream Warriors too).
And there were non breasts, buttocks, or sex in the entire movie. a mere soft kiss was as far as anything went sex wise.
There were none in the original from what I can remember, and you only heard the couple having sex at the beginning.
I watched Siskel & Ebert review "Dream Warriors" some time back. They described it as very disturbing and violent. That's always a good note in these sorts of films. Not the blood, but the fear scenes(nightmares). If they don't put the audience and characters in a state of peril, relying solely on torture porn and jump scenes, then the point of the film is defeated. The nightmares should be creative.
Like I said, haven't seen the original. Only Freddy vs. Jason and the 2010 remake. But Kris' death scene was excellent.
Originally posted by Darth Martin
Racist.Funny, I didn't notice this while watching. I have yet to see Paranormal Activity but would like to.
As for the film itself, it mantains an intense state but is lacking on the scares. Is the original any different when viewed now?
how is that racist? i may be stereotyping a bit cause mostly whenever black kid's around, in a horror, he's the films' comic relief, always get killed first or after the first victim, says something (humerously) racist, and when cornered by the boogeyman, he tries to act ghetto tough and funny with ebonics. just gtfo, get away, fight, and stop talking. your about to get eviscerated and disemboweled and you wanna act like a hood?, lol.
anyway, you have to see PA. aka (imo) the scariest movie i've ever seen in my life. it's the only horror i given a 10 to.
And like i said the original is better, t'has a faster pace and she reveals freddy face less frequently and with alot less dialouge which makes for a far more frightening boogeyman psychologically speaking cause you don't know wtf you're dealing with but it's attacking you; and people dreadfully fear the unknown. with this new freddy, you see him alot, kinda, and he talks to you, he gets personal.
new freddy's ok but i wish it was englud in this new one. i would've owned over all.
Originally posted by Darth Martin
How much did PA effect you after watching it?And I thought Freddy casually joked with his victims in all of the films?
i don't believe in ghosts but after watching PA, i still didn't believe in ghosts, kinda. lol, i kinda believed in the ghost in the movie.
the film did disturb me afterwards for about 3 weeks i'll admit, even with my disbeliefs which made it even more fcuked up. but i did change. my night time routines shifted a bit even to accommodate my new situation post PA. i was more aware of my surroundings and every noise seemed suspect but was just the small things that added up that made things stressful. like i'd sleep with my bedroom light on, i never do that, like i cherish pure darkness when i sleep at night. or there'd be times were i'd be watching tv, laid back, i'd hear a tiny creak or something and instantly mute my tv for 60 secs. stay dead still, (probably in hopes of hearing the noise again, or not hearing it really, or maybe to remain silent so i won't be found by the creature, lol) i'd turn around and 50% wonder if it was a ghost, followed by nonchalantly turning on the lights and sliding back onto my couch still listen for the noise while staying still, swallow away the small amount of deep hidden fright, then unmute the tv. like i never do that. even at my girls' house, we'd be upstairs sleeping and i'd have trouble sleeping cause i'd always hear something followed by quickly raising my head with one eye shut, looking towards the noise came from while being still as hell, thinking of the damn PA ghost again. i'd startle her of course, cause i was startled, and tell her that it was nothing. and her house looks just like the one on film with the upstairs bedroom door right by her stairs . but i'm already a light sleeper but watching PA had officially amplified ever single natural small noise at my house or my gf's home at night or while i was asleep.
i wasn't flipping out about it or anything, i don;'t think at least. right?. i was going through this silently by myself but i've come to find out that i wasn't alone. my cousin, whom I showed the movie to, had issues as well for about 2 weeks. at home he no longer slept in his bed but in his living room on the couch with the lights and tv on, i found out when i saw that he looked unusually tired as if he wasn't getting sleep and that's when he told me. my other cousin, his brother told me that i should've never've showed him the movie cause it's given him 3 nightmare already with in the week i showed him and my gf's gotten micro anxiety attacks during the day and nightmares at night. she was bad for a few weeks too. i can't count how many times she's said "what was that..." gods honest truth. this has all happened. it was traumatic.
I didn't like what i was going though, it was inconvenient and exhausting and frustrating, in a minor way though just stacked up but if your going to make a make a scary movie and wanna have it fcuk with people for a while afterwards, then takes notes from PA; imo, the scariest horror or ghost movie ever because of how the movie was and what it did to me and continued to do to me afterwards for a while.
I'm quite surprised by some of the opinions in here. I know there just opinions, but seriously...,Bitchiness,Kazenji, I thought you two were made of sterner stuff. Yeah, it's just a horror movie, but considering how great and impactful the original was...,damn, i just had to say something. No, this movie is not ok and yes it was a complete failure. The only good thing about the movie was Krueger. The actors performance, make-up and voice were all well done.
Other wise, this movie had no balls. It was complete and utter mainstream fluff. This remake should have been elegant and visceral, given todays resources. What we received were poor, uninspired effects, shoddy cinematography, Horrific acting, bad casting and a lazy story. The dream sequences seemed like there was no effort or creativity abound at all. This was a hack job and everyone should be offended.
Seriously, it's an Elmstreet movie and they actually tried to create a shroud of mystery around Kruegers pedo deeds until the end of the movie. What the frack..,that is a sign of a writer who doesn't know what they're doing. It's not a mystery, the fact that Krueger was pedo child murderer is what made his character relevant. Attempting to create mystery around these deeds is pointless and it did nothing for the movie Infact, it just wasted precious character development which was completely absent from this movie.
The writing and acting in this movie can't even be compared to the, television show, Buffy the vampire slayer. This movie had so much potential to be a haunting and visceral flick. Instead, it was boring, predictable, sloppy and stupid. All they really needed in order to make an equal or better remake to the original was good casting and decent writing. This movie didn't even attempt either.
Originally posted by jinXed by JaNx
Seriously, it's an Elmstreet movie and they actually tried to create a shroud of mystery around Kruegers pedo deeds until the end of the movie. What the frack..,that is a sign of a writer who doesn't know what they're doing. It's not a mystery, the fact that Krueger was pedo child murderer is what made his character relevant. Attempting to create mystery around these deeds is pointless and it did nothing for the movie Infact, it just wasted precious character development which was completely absent from this movie.The writing and acting in this movie can't even be compared to the, television show, Buffy the vampire slayer. This movie had so much potential to be a haunting and visceral flick. Instead, it was boring, predictable, sloppy and stupid. All they really needed in order to make an equal or better remake to the original was good casting and decent writing. This movie didn't even attempt either.
They also needed to do a more with Freddy's origin they skipped over some of it
i'll probably end up watching it again and giving a lower score.