Caught the midnight showing. The theater was packed. The movie is uncomfortably mediocre, save one genuinely scary/freaky sequence near the beginning.
The biggest travesty of justice? No phone tongue! Did you hear that, fans of the original? There is no phone tongue!
You have been warned. My work is done here. Goodbye.
...Oh, you don't remember phone tongue...? Well, here:
I genuinely thought New Nightmare was the last word in Freddy Kreuger. I mean, it was the movie sequel equivalent of jumping the shark.
Oh, this franchise will last forever, Howard. FOREVER!