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Has The NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Remake Found Its Nancy???
Beaks here...
Bloody-Disgusting has confirmed that New Line cinema is in "final negotiations" with the new Nancy Thompson for their remake of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. And the lucky young woman is...
Rooney Mara!
Yes, she's the sister of Kate Mara (as well as the great-granddaughter of the founders of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants - which explains her first name). Wanna see what she looks like? Head over to Bloody-Disgusting for ">her perfectly adorable headshot.
I'm still not thrilled with the idea of Platinum Dunes tinkering with Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic (which is just a tad more cerebral than the genre fare they've successfully remade in the past), but they've at least landed the best possible Robert Englund replacement in Jackie Earle Haley. Let's just hope that Wesley Strick bangs out a reasonably thoughtful screenplay for director Samuel Bayer. What do you think?
Rooney Mara!
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all the time! so, what kind of moron names their girl ROONEY? damned unfit breeders
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Juuuuust kidding. :P
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"...so let me make this short and sweet..."
Should be interesting to see if she can pull off the goth look.
And any way you look at it, 'Rooney' is a less stupid name for a girl than, say, 'Apple'. Jesus, I hope Gwyneth is smart enough to consider home-schooling. -
...and THAT'S WRONG! Her sister's appearance on 24 still cracks me up.
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But wouldnt mind seeing her go at it with ScriptGirl.
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Elm Street movie without Englund? No thanks.
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circa 1980?
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Wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers. More attractive than Megan Fox...and yes, I'm serious.
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Apr 22, 2009 11:12:00 PM CDT
This won't work - can't just throw in stylized slicing and dicin
by juansanchez
Freddy requires more than that.
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I actually think remaking this might not be so bad an idea. They could rescue this franchise from the hellish hilarity of FREDDY VS. JASON and breath some new life into it. I'm just not sure about all the talent involved. Isn't this the director's very first feature? (Yikes.) As for Wesley Strick, he's been kind of hit-and-miss with his scripts over the years. Some of his hits have been very good, however. FINAL ANALYSIS was terrific. And I loved RETURN TO PARADISE, fantastic movie.
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Weren't there any brunettes available? Ah, well. By the way, for anyone confused as to who the "Jesse" (Thomas Dekker's) character is supposed to be, unless I'm mistaken or just blacking out the painful memory, he's actually the lead character from NOES PART 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE ("Jesse Walsh"). Which probably means that, yes, they'll be doing the same "mash all the sequels together" jazz that Platinum Dunes did to the FRIDAY THE 13TH remake.
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anyone think Harrison Ford looks like Tallman there?
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Apr 22, 2009 11:47:57 PM CDT
i wanna see freddy chop scriptgirl up
by supercowbell4therequestformorecowbell
she deserves it
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just not my thing.
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... who is going to play the "Tina" role? Amanda Wyss was smoking hot, and still is! So who is gonna replace her??
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And that's the truth.
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...in a decade of shit remakes. when will it stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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You ever notice how none of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies are good? At least she probably couldn't be a worse actress than Heather Langenkamp.
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Apr 23, 2009 2:22:58 AM CDT
I HOPE SHE IS NAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by illuminate
She is not exactly a 20ish movie star who can bring the star power. I hope she is great full and shows her tits and if not than the Producers are pussy wipped faggots. I saw her on something before and she comes off like a retard or a dumb blonde who dyed her hair dark. Just saying. Don't get me wrong I would let her swallow my cum but I would run out the door afterwards when she starts to talk chicks with the brain capacity of a rock.
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Apr 23, 2009 2:24:13 AM CDT
I HOPE SHE IS NAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by illuminate
She is not exactly a 20ish movie star who can bring the star power. I hope she is great full and shows her tits and if not than the Producers are pussy wipped faggots. I saw her on something before and she comes off like a retard or a dumb blonde who dyed her hair dark. Just saying. Don't get me wrong I would let her swallow my cum but I would run out the door afterwards when she starts to talk since chicks like her have the brain capacity of a rock
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With Johnny Depp as Fre-...
Wait a minute, Johnny Depp in a Nightmare on Elm Street movie? Ridiculous! -
After The Fog and Halloween they should have learned.
And Rob Zombie should have a lifetime ban from directing. -
But I am a firm supporter of Zombie's HALLOWEEN.
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He was the bong for sure. Loved that guy even if he couldn't karate kick his way out of a paper bag. last time I saw him and his lovely tupee was in Dusk Til Dawn. Don't tell me he's dead.
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I actually liked "his" original stuff, seeing how a monster is created through neglect and abuse, but the "remake" part was just a plodding scene for scene retread with extra gore. But I am really, rally amped for H2. Can't wait to see what Zombie does now he's free to do what the hell he likes.
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Apr 23, 2009 2:42:03 AM CDT
Last thing I saw Saxon in was Tarantino's CSI episode
by caruso_stalker217
He buried Evel Knievel. He buried him ALIVE!
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I will actually pay admission for that.
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I just can't see a Nightmare on Elm Street movie, circa 2009...all the horror movies now are questionable, and they're too self-referential(I wonder if Freddy will kill one of the kids via their iphone, and/or he'll mention Twitter..."Hey everybody...just killed somebody..LMAO)..Well, at least my city Chicago will look good in the new film...
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The pointless, shitty remakes will end when dumbasses stop flocking to the theater opening weekend to see them (and it's pretty much the "we made our meager budget back opening weekend!" scenario that keeps these abortions getting made). Once the remakes stop making easy money for studio execs who just can't let go of the third mansion, they'll move on to the next "sure thing", like tween musicals or talking cat movies or a sudden and odd Western resurgence or whatever. But for now, kids and overly-nostalgic adults will flock like lemmings to see NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Redux because everybody knows who Freddy Kruger or Michael Myers or Jason Vorhees is. Stop going to see these goddamn things! It's the only vote we get!
THE FOG remake was not only pure excrement, it was senseless, in that the original didn't exactly set the box office on fire, either. It's amazing that John Carpenter, three million dollars, the great Dean Cundey and Rob Bottin managed to do with practical effects and an all-adult cast surprisingly lacking any jive-talking what the remake, with today's technology, Graeme Revell on the score and a significantly higher budget could not. Not even the dual power of both Maggie Grace and Selma Blair in a thong managed to help things be any more watchable there (as an aside, why would Selma Blair be walking around in a thong in front of her goddamn kid?!?). And Bottin's (and Cundey's) "Blaine" remains just as effectively creepy today as it was back in '80.
As for Zombie's HALLOWEEN ... it could have been worse. I hate Zombie's movies, and since the original HALLOWEEN is one of my top ten all-time favorite movies, I walked into that one prepared to utterly hate it, but I have to concede it had one or two inspired moments, all of which being things that had nothing to do with the original film. It's a rotten abortion of a film, don't get me wrong, but I think that was a given from conception. Imagine if, say, Paul W.S. Anderson or Brett Ratner had directed it. -
I think she will do for this new film. I hope she's willing to be naked or half naked in the film. She does have an everyday teen look and I hope her acting skills are as good as Lindsay Lohan
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f13 was not that good!
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The reason that Heather Lagenkamp worked has a foil against Englund is that she looked vulnerable and sympathetic. She looked like the sister you never had, and YOU would want to protect her.
I dont get that vibe from Mara. she looks like an LA spolit brat. The writing is going to have to be REALLY GOOD!!...... -
By the way it was nice that this really excellent movie was given fuck all support by so-called genre fans and sites like this while it gathered dust and was generally shat on by Warner Cocks. Did you know that there was even a petition to try and get the thing released? Did anybody support it? No. And you want me to give a shit about an Elm St remake? Fuck off.
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with a name that daft. The ones with weird names always do!
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10 years from now you'll be covering remakes of the remakes. Congress must of passed a law banning original movies. Anyway, for those who say that girl isn't cute, wha....? Now the question is whether she has a nude scene.
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Was associated with the NY Giants. But he had nothing to do with the Steelers. I know you guys are nerds but come on....
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Freddy vs. Jason 2, at least it wouldn't be a remake.
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it's easy to be nothing and afford to chase your acting dreams when your family is loaded. also easy to get them when your family is connected. seems like way too many new actors/actresses that make it are the offspring of the socially wealthy, or other actors. but, i can't think of better people to be in REMAKES, ironically. children of nepotism are to humanity what remakes are to hollywood.
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I hear ya pal. It's enough to make the rest of us just give up.
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That FRIDAY THE 13TH remake was awful. Worst than the MY BLOODY VALENTINE remake. Okay, not as bad as the Zombie HALLOWEEN remake ... but still. I think you guys need to re-evaluate what constitutes a good horror film. Especially when you say thing like, "I wasn't that big a fan of the original series, but this new film is better anyway." I'm paraphrasing, but that's like the stupidest thing I've ever heard, and somebody here on the writing staff, might have been Harry, said that about the FRIDAY THE 13TH remake. Coming from someone who grew up with the original films and from someone who followed the series and love something about everyone of its sequels until the one where Jason gets blown up by a swat team and body jumps through his mask, I found that to be a fairly ignorant thing to say. If you're going to compare an original film to a remake I think you really should at least appreciate the originals. Afterall, these successful horror franchises become successful horror franchises for a reason. The fans. You can't just dismiss the success and history of a franchise because this remake seems much more up your alley. Be it because of the casting (I like the lead because she's hot), the directing (I know the director and he really knows what he's doing) or the upgrade in production value (must be a better film because Platinum Dunes is involved with it). Okay. Rant over. AICN, stop encouraging these people. Nobody should do a remake for the sake of doing a remake.
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Same goddamned story as the first one, only full of shit. The only original addition is a non believable "Freddy touched us as kids" subplot, that feels tossed in. None of these fucking parents took their kids to the gynecologist or doctor? No they couldn't do that... because if they did the doctor would force them to report it to the police, and then they couldn't keep playing this bullshit "What if someone touched me" angle.
The Nightmare sequences are boring. You only get 3 deaths before the end of the film. Dean dies 5-10 minutes in. It's a fucking dumb ass death.
"He's Back...." Oh fucking hell!!!! Kris gets her hooked halfway in and her her boyfriend Jesse dies in jail. Oh wait you've seen this one before... Really. More on that later.
Oh and Marcus and Kris's dog- I must not forget about these non characters. R.I.P you non existent fucks.
Marcus used to work at the Preschool where Freddy worked as a Groundskeeper. Anyone else getting a Simpson's Groundskeeper Willie vibe??? Freddy got rake!
Well. Marcus somehow managed to post a webcam video of his murder on his website. It's not a live stream. It's a pre recorded/old uploaded stream of him filming himself when he falls asleep which leads to his murder/death/message for nancy from the K-man.
Marcus also uploaded a Nightmare map to help whoever google searches his name find the clues they need to stop Freddy. Yeah... it's not exactly National Treasure. The map just tells these two dumb fucks to go to Elm Street to the house that doubled as the Preschool they went to.
See.. these Teens think Freddy's after them because of their taped childhood confession of them accusing him of touching them in the dirty zones. Freddy tells Nancy's in one her nightmares, "As long as your little voices call
me a monster, I will never stop"
When Nancy and Quentin get to house. The map tells them to go into the boiler room. Where the molestation files and confession evidence is. They needed a cryptic map for this shit. There parents could tell them that the school was on Elm Street. Really??? Marcus couldn't post Preschool- Elm Street- In the Boiler room- Files..
Turns out some unseen file Nancy reads proves that Freddy is infact a child molester.
Dun Dannn Dahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Oh did I ruin it for you.... Trust me, you'll thank me later when you pay to watch this piece of shit.
Look the damn thing is so fucking dumb. Quentin has a dream of Freddy's demise, and it involves his father and the other kids parents chasing Kruger into a small chemical storage building at a chemical refinery plant.
One of the parents. Nancy's mother, just happens to have a bottle of vodka in her hands during this chase scene. So convenient... They turn it into a molotov and toss it into a broken window they make in the small building Freddy runs into, and it blows the fuck up, almost instantly.
Fucking suckage man!
The whole damn script sucks.
Kris doesn't even check on her dog after Krueger kills it in her Nightmare. Krueger cut off a lock of her hair in the last nightmare she had about him, and it was resting on her book when she woke back up in class. So this bitch knows that the shit that happens to her in her dreams is also happening in the real world. Don't even get me started with the scenes involve her sneaking around in her own attic with a flashlight hoping to find childhood pictures and information. Bitch it's your fucking house!!! You don't need to sneak around in your own fucking house!!!! Fuck....
Quentin does this as well. Only he sneaks around in his moms study. She was part of city council once. She has all the names of the parents that worked at the Preschool. Just pump her for the info and be done with it. Thats all I could think about by the time I was reading this scene. God I fucking hate this screenplay!!!
There's like 3 or 4 shoulder grab cat scares. Nancy is a non character until the halfway mark. She's described as anti social Goth and she's always wearing an ipod. It's a good excuse for her not hearing all those cops outside her house after Tina' opps I mean Kris is killed and Jesses accidentally sets of Kris's house alarm when he races out in fear... Nancy like to draw dreamscapes like environments and charcoal shit on her bedroom walls. She drawing a big picture of Jesse on her wall when he breaks into her room. To beg her for help...
Unfortunately this little ism about her never becomes part of the story in a cool way. You would think they would use it somehow in a dream or something. Nahhh, It's just a tacked on character trait to show us how removed she is from the world and people around her.
The worst crime of the film is watching them try to pull one over on you by making you think Kris is the main character. She dies exactly like Tina did at the halfway mark of the film, and she has 4 of the lamest, mostly boring dreams every conceived for the franchise.
They just are not scary. I know some other dream sequences in the previous films have sucked, but at least they were interesting. This bitch has no imagination, so her dreams suck.
Whoever wrote this. I know, I know- You wrote Cape Fear for Marty, another remake and a good one too, but you've sucked since Doom. This has to be the crown for you. This is the biggest piece of shit you've made so far.
Look Kris is Tina, and her boyfriend Jesse is Rod. He takes the blame for her death yet again. He breaks into Nancy's room after he runs away, after Kris is killed. He begs Nancy to help him. This is when Nancy magically becomes social.
From here on out, Her and Quentin play Nancy Drew and come to the conclusion that Freddy might have touched them when they were too little to remember.
It's a Warner's film. I don't expect this site to talk turkey about it in an unfavorable fashion. Just be ready fans, cause this Rape is going to be Epic! Your going to taste taint flavored cock in your mouths while watching this, and no matter how much soda you drink and popcorn you eat. I promise you it wont wash it away. -
shes cute
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So she'll probably be a good Nancy.
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Looked good to me when I saw her on ER...I'm down..http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4060911104/nm1913734.
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not a bad week for the sisters
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The funny/sad thing is I was kind of looking forward to it.
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I'd rather watch one of the first seven other movies
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I fell in love with that old version of Nancy. Especially when she got the grey hair look.
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The father took off, leaving Nancy, her mom, and granddad. Saxon was in the Tarantino directed two-part CSI a few years ago. His part was small, but pivotal, and he was great.
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You beat me to the CSI thing. I guess I'm getting slow in my old age, and you're swiping the uppers from the Wally World pharmacy : )
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No John "They earned it" Houseman, and no Adrienne Barbeau (even if she wasn't naked in that one) equals crap.
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Apr 23, 2009 10:21:01 AM CDT
No, Rooney Mara is not pretty enough for me to acknowledge.
by leafar the lost
If a woman's looks are average or below, then I will not acknowledge their existance. Rooney is just an average looking girl AT BEST! The picture I saw made her look a bit below average. An average looking girl isn't good enough, because a C just makes you the second loser. I hope Freddie rips her to pieces in the movie.
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so says comingsoon.net
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If he was to be in this movie, and not be Freddy, I think the only other role he should have is Lt. Thompson. I would much rather see him as Nancy's father than in some 5 second cameo.
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That's OK, women of hot or average appearance just ignore you in turn. I know you're a big man on your computer in your parent's basement, but pull your head out of your ass. If a decent looking woman talked to you, you'd probably shit and die. (Cue assertion that you're really good with the ladies and get so much action all the time - sure, wanker).
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Good for you Jackie Earle Haley. It's nice to see you getting some decent roles.
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Make the shit darker though.
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I even watch mediocre shite like Shooter just to stare at her.
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I'm agreeing with Stuntcock Mike...fyi Kate Mara in We are Marshall with Al Fuckin Swearengen!
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I seriously have a celeb crush on her. Too bad the only thing I remember her in is Shooter.
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I mean being able to sneak into girls' rooms and all you'd think he'd take off that damn glaive glove once in awhile and do the willy bobo. Maybe it's burned off.
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Thomas Dekker. If you've heard him talk off camera you'd know what I was talking about.
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What's sad about this situation is that people are so unbelievably naive to Platinum Dune's marketing schemes. It does not matter who they get to replace Englund. Actors cannot save a lousy script. For those of you who didn't read it, it might be a wake up call for you to do so rather than putting blind faith into this lazy cashcow. For those that like wasting money anyway, it's not the same Nancy. Apparently, naming a random paperthin, stereotyped character after Heather Langenkamp's character is enough homage for the fans.
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Many hate it. Not I.
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Nice to see that the grandchildren of of the owners of two football dynasties are unaffected by the global recession.
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and for the record rob zombie's halloween sucked donkey dick!
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Go Steelers!
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it's not one of those CW gossip bitches.
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Seriously, just everything about the movie is wrong...the cast, the script, the terrible effects, Blake, the fishermen, it was all horribly ill-conceived.
And aren't horror movies supposed to be scary? I was laughing my ass off at just how horribly wrong the movie was, I simply had to see the end to see how bad it could get.
Fucking fisherman that looked like they were posing for catalogue photo's, they made Blake into a pussy - they couldn't stick to the original idea of them being lured to their deaths by the locals intent on stealing their gold and not having scabby lepers living nearby, no, they practically had his wife butt-fucked in front of him while the other villagers played hacky-sac with the remains of his puppy. Fucking bullshit!!!! And this is shaping up to be no better.
I pity kids nowadays, I grew up with the Goonies, Robocop, Predator, Aliens etc. Great movies, kids today have remade dross like this and "original" shit like Twilight and Hannah Montana....no wonder kids are anti-social little fuckers nowadays. -
Goonies never say die.
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--back to yer show--
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this winds up PG-13
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...she was begging me to come over and satisfy her in ways Fatty Knowles cannot. I just told her, "Sweet dreams, bitch!"
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wow what a downgrade :( Heather Langenkamp was (and is even more-so now) freakn gorgeous.. now we get some girl with a rat face... nice.
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She has a better look than this Rooney chick. Either way if the movie doesn't fucking go all out the way "F13" did NOT, then I won't see this. Stop remaking movies if you aren't going to give it a shot of adrenaline. And I don't mean that in a Rob Zombie let's cram the original Halloween into 30 minutes of screentime kinda deal. I mean more like the way The Ring is to Ringu. If you can't scare people, pump up the action and deaths.
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I'M DREAMING ABOUT YOU! err wait....
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