aladinsyne

The original 1984 "NIGHTMARE" is and will always be the best of the "nightmare franchise",which WES CRAVEN both wrote & directed. This REMAKE, well...director Samuel Bayer did absolutely that...he made a remake...AND by doing so, he failed to incorporate what WE CRAVEN created, the scary alternate world of a nightmare, a world where FREDDY KRUGER reigned supreme & the "ESSENCE of EVIL" from the original. This remake failed to carry over the intensity of the scenes, the FEAR that Robert Englund conjured as FREDDY. All the CGI and special effects in the world failed to resuscitate this "all ready dead by Fred" at the gates effort of a remake. HOWEVER, a stellar performance by Kyle Gallner, a role originally played by Johnny Depp, his medicated yet righteous take on teen angst stole the thunder from everyone, including the lead. This movie failed to even scare a single hair from my body....I gave it 3 stars simply because, it had the original in mind.....sorry folks, no nightmare here....

Happy Town came as a pleasant surprise, however I just could not help but wonder if the writers dipped their hands into one of Stephen King's creepy classic "NEEDFUL THINGS". Sam Neil's role as "Merritt Grieves", is so seemly similar with Max Von Sydow's sinister "Leland Gaunt". Hey, as long as the formula produces a creepy yet delicious dish for TV. M.C. Gainey who played the Town Sheriff (he also played as the pilot in the movie CON-AIR) was my MVP for the 1st episode, great acting, I would have given it to Sam, but, his role in this series looks wickedly good.The pilot episode started slow BUT soon picked up pace, I am looking forward to next week's show....The ladies living in the B&B resembles a coven, don't you think?