Rolling Stone: Do we really need a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic that spawned six sequels? Michael Bay, one of the producers and a genius at crass, knew in his cynical soul that a few more bucks could be squeezed out of Freddy Krueger — the deadly dream-stalker of the scissorhands, fedora, striped sweater and jones for preying on tender young flesh.