A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Genre

Horror

Director

Samuel Bayer

Country

USA

Cast

Rooney Mara, Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, Kellan Lutz, Clancy Brown, Connie Britton, Don Robert Cass

Storyline

The spectre of Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) hunts the children of those who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.

Opinion

Oh dear god why. Why on Earth did anyone think the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" needed a remake? Or why did anyone think this thing would have made a decent horror flick? Seriously this new "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is a real and atrocious nightmare that is a tremendous slap in the face to the definition of horror movie.

Being a remake, I cannot help myself but compare the two films, starting of course from the best parts, which basically is the entire original film. One of the greatest thing about the original was the story. It was original because who would have thought of creating a child murderer that hunts people in their dreams? And that idea was at the same time terrifying. And it was actually solid, which is a lot considering the type of film it is. 

Some of the sequels have been able to do that, so it wasn't a mission impossible. This version, however, not only doesn't have a solid plot, but that tiny plot is also very incoherent. Not to mention all the plot holes they managed to fit into a single film.

The other great thing about the original was the characters. Nancy was a badass, such a strong female character and a heroine because for once instead of letting the creep kill her, she found back, and she kicked his ass. The other one is Freddy of course. I don't know how it is possible, but in 2010 the filmmakers managed to make a so less scary, and menacing Freddy. I'm not only talking about the poor characterization, but also about the goddamn awful makeup. It looks like he was wearing a rubber mask for god's sake.

And how about the CGI? It can't even compete with the original's camera work. No wonder Robert Englund didn't take part to this. Sure, he was in the awful sequels too, but this is nothing near the sequels. And don't even get me started on the cast. I'm speechless.