and it's partially hit, mostly miss for me.
I watched the trailer when it came out and I thought it was derivative of other projects, but seemed to be shot well. The film was released online recently so I decided to give it a watch.
Well... I think this is a fairly decent attempt, but I think I was right about it borrowing a bit too much from what's already been done in regard to a prequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Three things about the film stick out in my mind.
1) The grungy, dirty homeless outcast Freddy was attempted a few years ago in a film called "Son of a Hundred Maniacs" that was never made. I didn't think that version of Freddy worked then and I don't now. It's way too obvious that this drifter version of Freddy would be the Springwood Slasher. It would be no surprise and way less frightening to the police and the people of Springwood and what child would be lured away by this Freddy? Yes, I know that there is a short story that portrays Fred this way but it is not canon.
2) There are quite a few scenes that seem lifted directly out of the short film series "Krueger: Tales from Elm Street". Most of "The Confession of Fred Krueger" revolves around an interrogation scene (done in "A Tale from Elm Street"), plus there's some exact same cinematography such as Freddy stalking in a playground (done in "Another Tale from Elm Street"), Freddy slinking along a building in daylight (done in "A Walk Through Elm Street", the detective being dragged out of the interrogation room (again done in "A Tale from Elm Street") and more. Confessions even has it's Freddy say "pretty please" during the interrogation, lifting dialogue directly from the Krueger series.
3) The film is decently shot, the score is great, but the acting is very singular. Not a cut on the actor who plays Freddy as the character was written that way, but again, it's not canon and leaves no room for the actor to really show any versatility. All of this, of course, is just my opinion.
I felt the Krueger series did all of the above better. They also did it first.
I watched the trailer when it came out and I thought it was derivative of other projects, but seemed to be shot well. The film was released online recently so I decided to give it a watch.
Well... I think this is a fairly decent attempt, but I think I was right about it borrowing a bit too much from what's already been done in regard to a prequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Three things about the film stick out in my mind.
1) The grungy, dirty homeless outcast Freddy was attempted a few years ago in a film called "Son of a Hundred Maniacs" that was never made. I didn't think that version of Freddy worked then and I don't now. It's way too obvious that this drifter version of Freddy would be the Springwood Slasher. It would be no surprise and way less frightening to the police and the people of Springwood and what child would be lured away by this Freddy? Yes, I know that there is a short story that portrays Fred this way but it is not canon.
2) There are quite a few scenes that seem lifted directly out of the short film series "Krueger: Tales from Elm Street". Most of "The Confession of Fred Krueger" revolves around an interrogation scene (done in "A Tale from Elm Street"), plus there's some exact same cinematography such as Freddy stalking in a playground (done in "Another Tale from Elm Street"), Freddy slinking along a building in daylight (done in "A Walk Through Elm Street", the detective being dragged out of the interrogation room (again done in "A Tale from Elm Street") and more. Confessions even has it's Freddy say "pretty please" during the interrogation, lifting dialogue directly from the Krueger series.
3) The film is decently shot, the score is great, but the acting is very singular. Not a cut on the actor who plays Freddy as the character was written that way, but again, it's not canon and leaves no room for the actor to really show any versatility. All of this, of course, is just my opinion.
I felt the Krueger series did all of the above better. They also did it first.