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Waterfront Nightmare (2012)
Very Enjoyable
I absolutely love 'B' horror movies, and so when I found out when they were doing the first screening in the area, I bought my ticket immediately. I was not disappointed.
This movie was filmed very well, and I was impressed by a lot of the film angles along with the editing. While I was watching the beer pong scene I was absolutely amazed at how well done it was for a low-budget movie (nothing against low-budget movies, since I love them). Some of the editing done between killer/victim was overused, but for the most part it was really good.
The plot-line and acting where what I was expecting (and hoping for) for this type of movie, and thus made it fun to watch.
If this movie is screening in your area, or if it is ever put onto Netflix, I'd recommend watching it.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Not Bad, But Not Good
I can complain about how Jackie does not compared\ to Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, or how Freddy's face now looks more like an alien than a burned victim, but there is so much else wrong with this movie. I went into this movie actually excited for this, to see how Freddy Krueger changed. What I found was a massive disappointment.
***(Somewhat small spoiler) The plot itself was changed to a sort of "uh oh, we forgot what happened" thing that just made the movie sort of cheesy, and unbelievable since I don't see people forgetting about it. (Spoiler ended)*** The characters were underdeveloped, and I didn't find myself caring about a single one. The limit of their development was them saying obvious lines on what was going on. "If you die in your dreams, you die in real life!" On top of that, the only scares offered were the cliché "pop into view with loud music playing", going for trying to make you just jump rather than having the creepy atmosphere which the original movie did quite well. And it didn't make me jump once since it was rather obvious throughout the entire movie where Freddy would show up.
I think the worst thing about this movie was how boring it was. It grabbed my attention with the first scene, but after that I was just sitting there watching the same exact thing happen over and over again. The beginning and the last scenes were decent, but everything in the middle just had me checking my phone to see how much longer I had to suffer through. A Freddy Krueger movie has so many opportunities to grab one's attention, yet the directors managed to make it far too slow and uneventful.
The only reason I'm giving this movie four out of ten is because it was interesting to see Jackie's version of Freddy. His voice got a little old after awhile, and as I mentioned earlier his new face makes him look like an alien, but it provided a different version of the beloved character.