Okay, so let's be totally honest for a second. I grew up on the Nightmare movies. They are, hands down, my favourite horror movies. So, when I heard that one of my fave horror flicks was being remade? I was really, really pessimistic.
Then they casted Jackie Earle Haley. After seeing his performance in Watchmen (one of the few bright spots of the movie), I was totally sold on the idea. But I was still cautious because there was no trailer yet and...well, it's a remake.
The first trailer made me cautiously optimistic. Looks like a lot of the kills and moments are taken from various other Freddy movies and put in here. Which is fine. I actually liked the Friday the 13th remake and how they basically condensed the first three movies into one.
Now? I am so stoked. I love the idea of micro naps, which has a LOT of great potential that's never been used in a Freddy movie. I'm stoked, but not getting my hopes up too high. It'll be damn hard to replace Robert England.