Never Sleep Again.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, Kellan Lutz, Clancy Brown, Connie Britton |
Director |
Samuel Bayer |
Screenplay | Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer, based on characters by Wes Craven |
Music | Steve Jablonsky |
Cinematography | Jeff Cutter |
Editing | Glen Scantelbury |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2010 |
Produced by | New Line Cinema, Platinum Dunes |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Horror |
Language | Strong, infrequent, in context |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Strong psychological horror violence, bloody, graphic, gory, gruesome slayings |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | Mild, in context, infrequent |
Drug abuse | Brief abuse of drugs and prescription drugs |
Comments | None |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Debashine Thangevelo More snooze than scare | 10 | |
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Nuwe 'Nightmare' laat nie veel aan verbeelding oor | 10 | |
Cape Times Chridty Lemire Ready for Freddy? | 5 | |
Box Office Pete Hammond Oh, the Ho-Ho-Hokum | 5 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert he movie consists of a series of teenagers who are introduced, haunted by nightmares and then slashed to death by Freddy. So what? Are we supposed to be scared? | 5 | |
eye Weekly Chris Bilton As far as Elm Street is concerned, a Freddy-vs.-Jason sequel is probably the best we can hope for. | 5 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Do we really need a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic that spawned six sequels? | 8 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Fails to do much of anything new or interesting with the original material and thus nearly put yours truly to sleep. | 7 | |
Metacritic.com 25 critics | 7 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Visually faithful but lacking the depth and subversive twists that made the original so memorable, the Nightmare on Elm Street remake lives up to its title in the worst possible way. | 3 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 11409 Netizens | 11 | |
Average .. 35% | 7 |