Check out this Freddy Krueger tat before you read Drew Lazor's Nightmare on Elm Street review

We couldn't resist posting this picture of local artist Ryan Beck's Freddy Krueger tattoo, in honor of the release of Nightmare on Elm Street today. The tat was done by Adam Pietras at Gemini Tattoo (13629 Philmont Ave.). But without further ado, here's Drew Lazor's review of a Nightmare on Elm Street: [ C+ ] For those horror-remake viewers who carry with them the expectation that chunky Version 2.0 production budgets will translate into pitch-perfect performances and crisp character development: You do realize that Freddy Krueger is an undead, sweater-wearing burn victim with steak knives screwed to his hand who enjoys disemboweling teen cuties in their sleep, right? Let's not get ahead of ourselves, blood buckets. In Samuel Bayer's reboot of the now-26-year-old Elm Street series, a new group of fresh-faced upper-middle-class white kids are terrorized in their dreams by the one and only Krueger, given a new lease on "life" by brilliant character actor Jackie Earle Haley. The plot is basically the same: The vengeful specter stalks pretty high-schoolers (Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker) due to a gross injustice their parents collectively committed years back. There is one vital distinction, though: In 2010, Krueger is an accused pedophile, which conveys much more seat-shifting unease than the dubious, why-don't-you-just-say-molester "child murderer" title we've been fed through eight flicks. New-look Freddy sheds Robert Englund's propensity for vaudevillian one-liners, favoring instead a guttural growl not far removed from Haley's Watchmen hero Rorschach. Modern-day touches (one victim runs a "vlog," lolz!) are merely a means to a time-honored end: Watching scared kids gettin' skewered. If you like that you'll like this.

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Check out this Freddy Krueger tat before you read Drew Lazor's Nightmare on Elm Street review

POSTED: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 12:21 AM

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We couldn't resist posting this picture of local artist Ryan Beck's Freddy Krueger tattoo, in honor of the release of Nightmare on Elm Street today. The tat was done by Adam Pietras at Gemini Tattoo (13629 Philmont Ave.). But without further ado, here's Drew Lazor's review of a Nightmare on Elm Street: [ C+ ] For those horror-remake viewers who carry with them the expectation that chunky Version 2.0 production budgets will translate into pitch-perfect performances and crisp character development: You do realize that Freddy Krueger is an undead, sweater-wearing burn victim with steak knives screwed to his hand who enjoys disemboweling teen cuties in their sleep, right? Let's not get ahead of ourselves, blood buckets. In Samuel Bayer's reboot of the now-26-year-old Elm Street series, a new group of fresh-faced upper-middle-class white kids are terrorized in their dreams by the one and only Krueger, given a new lease on "life" by brilliant character actor Jackie Earle Haley. The plot is basically the same: The vengeful specter stalks pretty high-schoolers (Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker) due to a gross injustice their parents collectively committed years back. There is one vital distinction, though: In 2010, Krueger is an accused pedophile, which conveys much more seat-shifting unease than the dubious, why-don't-you-just-say-molester "child murderer" title we've been fed through eight flicks. New-look Freddy sheds Robert Englund's propensity for vaudevillian one-liners, favoring instead a guttural growl not far removed from Haley's Watchmen hero Rorschach. Modern-day touches (one victim runs a "vlog," lolz!) are merely a means to a time-honored end: Watching scared kids gettin' skewered. If you like that you'll like this.

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