CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
Samuel Bayer
Blu-Ray Review: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Remake Fails Completely
Submitted by BrianTT on October 7, 2010 - 2:59pmCHICAGO – The irony of Samuel Bayer’s remake of the Wes Craven classic, “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” is that most viewers will have more trouble staying awake than combatting actual fear. The saddest thing about this failed effort is that it could tarnish the reputation of Wes Craven’s brilliant original for a new generation. Ignore the new film. Just go rent the original.
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Remake Plays Like a Bad Dream
Submitted by BrianTT on April 30, 2010 - 1:59pmCHICAGO – Samuel Bayer’s remake of Wes Craven’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” may be about repressed memories coming back in horrific ways, but it ironically ends up one of the least memorable films of 2010 to date. Not as abrasive as the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” remakes and not as dumb as “The Amityville Horror,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street” is merely forgettable; something never said about the influential original.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Chicago Passes to ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ With Jackie Earle Haley
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 24, 2010 - 4:39pmCHICAGO – In our latest horror edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new “A Nightmare on Elm Street”.
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Casting Agency Confirmed For Chicago Filming
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 13, 2009 - 2:38pmCHICAGO – The 2010 reboot of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” which will be directed by Samuel Bayer with characters from Wes Craven and Jackie Earle Haley (Rorschach in the recent “Watchmen” film) starring as Freddy Krueger, is filming in Chicago.
