Well, it had to happen. After two great posters and trailers, ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ remake finally gets a bad piece of promotional material in the form of this new poster.

Fred­dy Krueger re­turns in A Night­mare on Elm Street, a con­tem­po­rary re-imag­in­ing of the hor­ror clas­sic. A group of sub­ur­ban teenagers share one com­mon bond: they are all be­ing stalked by Fred­dy Krueger, a hor­ri­bly dis­fig­ured killer who hunts them in their dreams. As long as they stay awake, they can pro­tect one an­oth­er…but when they sleep, there is no es­cape

Let’s dissect this – the fact that Freddy is standing ominously in the hallway isn’t bad at all. In fact, it looks kind of creepy. But what ruins it? The inclusion of the clearly photo-shopped melting  girl in a very awkward position that has no place here. What is this poster trying to say anyway (other than they need better artists)? The girl is sinking so calmly in the water and Freddy is waiting in the background? I doubt I’ve seen a worse poster for a remake.

Which is a shame, since the last two were brilliant.