What makes “A Nightmare on Elm Street” a PCBS?
It was pretty obvious to me that this was a big time blind spot in my pop culture knowledge when I read that they were rebooting the series with all new actors and hopefully an all new script. If something is big enough to get the reboot and I’ve not even seen the original, that’s a blind spot. It’s also of note that going into this, my only real detailed knowledge of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” cannon came from “Treehouse of Horror VI” where Groundskeeper Willie steps into the Krueger role and begins murdering the students of Springfield Elementary. Again, if it’s big enough for Groundskeeper Willie to get involved with then I should at least know what it was. How does it look in the rear view mirror? Well, I’m sorry to say that “A Nightmare on Elm Street” didn’t give me nightmares. It didn’t even give me trouble sleeping (which is amazing as a mis-guided and pre-spoiled viewing of “Paranormal Activity” last fall had me sleeping with the lights on for weeks). In fact, the movie made
