A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

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  Chris

  6 / 10

  SPOILERS: The 2010 remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was a film that many fans did not want to see. For most, it was hard to picture anyone else in the Freddy role other than Robert Englund. I was excited to see a new take on the film and the infamous Freddy, and it didn't disappoint.
  
  Unlike the previous films, this remake goes for a purely dark and horrific tone. The remake introduces an entirely new, more disturbing and sadistic Freddy Krueger, played by Jackie Earle Haley. I thoroughly enjoyed the new take on Freddy and felt the makeup and the voice were all decent improvements on the character. For the most part, the cast was pretty solid. I enjoyed the characters of Kris and Quinten but I felt Rooney Mara's Nancy fell flat. I would have liked to see a stronger performance from her. The worst by far, however, was Thomas Dekker who plays Jesse. He overacted his minor role so much that it almost came across as laughable.
  
  Overall, I was pretty happy with this remake. I thought the improvements to the Freddy character and the special effects both helped to elevate the franchise to a new level in the horror genre. While I wanted to see a bit more originality, I can understand why they played it safe and stuck so close to the original story.

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