When horror film maverick Wes Craven released his signature 1984 surrealist slasher A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, he not only revitalized his somewhat stagnating career, he altered the course of the genre, spawning myriad, increasingly absurd sequels as well as comic books, a TV show and countless ripoffs. And now comes the newfangled, box-office-decimating remake courtesy of producer Michael Bay, who previously applied his glossy sensibilities to reduxes of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR and FRIDAY THE 13TH.