Release: Krueger

Krueger
Genre: Horror/Crime
Director: Ari Aster
Writer: Joshua Collins
Based on the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
Cast: Rhys Wakefield, Mia Wasikowska, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Trevante Rhodes, Olivia Holt, Rylea Nevaeh Whittet





Budget: $39,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $53,333,449
Foreign Box Office: $34,285,922
Total Profit: $13,756,575

Reaction: While not the sizable hit of other recent horror reboot, Friday the 13th, Krueger still managed to turn a decent profit.

"When Krueger stays close to the established lore of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, the film works for the most part. Rhys Wakefield is the highlight of the film, giving an appropriately sinister performance as Freddy Krueger (even if he is maybe a bit too pretty - though that should soon change if he gets to continue as the character). Plot-wise, the film does start to fall apart in the end with vague action and too much time spent away from its most interesting character in favor of a couple of generic detectives." - Dave Manning, Ridgefield Press

"So many prequel films to horror icons turn out rotten, Krueger stays to it's slasher roots to sometimes uneven fashion. While Aster's direction, Wakefield's performance and Collins' script serve justice to the property in interesting ways. But sadly as the film goes with the on-going bloodshed, it quickly begins to normal prequel levels of silliness. Shame who knew Orphan: First Kill did it better." - Ryan Kerrigan, RobertEbert.com

"Without his supernatural powers, Freddy Krueger completely loses his unique draw/hook as a character. This demystification of a classic horror icon without that hook becomes yet another basic cop flick. That could still potentially work if the cops are interesting, but the detectives played by Trevante Rhodes and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are mind-numbingly dull. I like the idea of Freddy Krueger back on the big screen - and I'm not even against the idea of a prequel - but I don't think this was the right angle." - Cooper Wilson, The Earl Hays Press

Rated R for bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity