Yeah but the difference is, with specifically BB it was a BRAND NEW STORY. That's the thing: all these rehashes aren't adding anything new. They're simply reusing the same exact story.
Bingo. In addition, they also pretty much "end" the old era/franchise for good. In other words,from now on the only "Halloween" entries we will see will be a continuation of Rob Zombie's re-boot. Same with Friday the 13th. Which is sad considering I don't want to see a movie where every other word is a profanity and there are graphic depictions of rape, and everyone is naked all the time. I know the older films had the naughty bits in them, but the new F13 and Halloween by Rob Zombie cannot be watched by my kids, who are fans of these particular boogey men. Its too heavy for them, and I personally find them too heavy for me. It is possible to make a good horror film without appealing to the most extreme crowd, and still have the gore score and body count.
Besides, when you remake movies that just aren't that old to begin with, you not only end the old "mythos" for good, you change the characters to the point that they aren't the same anymore, even thoguh you use the exact same story. I don't know how I feel about Robert Englund no longer being "Freddy". The first film scared the crap out of me, and he was really scary in it.
I never thought I'd see the day when a film that came out when I was in high school was now considered old enough to be a "classic" and in need of a re-launch. Who knows, maybe it will be good.
From what Latino review said, he may be a man falsely accused of any wrongdoing. Ala Peter Cushing's Grimsdyke character from the original Tales from the Crypt movie. He was just a nice old guy that people lied on. Then they drove him to hang himself. he came back as a very pissed off ghost/zombie. To me, that would be an angle I would like.
One of my relatives was molested as a kid, and I gotta tell you, that leaves scars that never really heal all the way. Probably why the original Freddy was referred to as a serial child murderer and not pedophile.
Its just sad that there won't be any more films with Englund as Freddy, and that Michael Myers mask has changed to that ragged/jagged thing he wears now.
