A Nightmare On Elm Street 2010 Review

The story is much the same as the original. ?In Springwood,a group of  teens begin experiencing the same sort of nightmares, their nocturnal  thoughts all invaded by a badly burned man wearing a knife infused  glove. ?You know his name � Freddy Krueger � a school janitor at a  kindergarten who innocently loves children. ?Okay, so you know that he  doesn't innocently love children and when his dark secret comes out, the  parents of Springwood hunt for justice, leaving the man full of  vengeance, deep burns, and the same implausible dream-powers of the  original.

We’re introduced to the anonymous town of Springwood, which has been  struck with tragedy: a high school boy dies in unpleasant, mysterious  fashion in plain view at a diner. Among those who witness his death are  quiet part-time waitress Nancy (Rooney  Mara) and the dead guy’s girlfriend, Kris (Katie  Cassidy). They’ve both been having bad dreams featuring a creepy  guy in a sweater, with knives for fingers on one hand, and they’re both  feeling haunted.

That’s right, kids. Two viewpoints are now at your disposal by  clicking below. One positive and one pretty damned negative. With  anticipation building and hype at a fever pitch, which camp are YOU  going to fall into? Let us know below in our comments section once  you’ve seen it! Let the games begin!

And Haley makes for a genuinely fearsome Freddy,  even as he delivers a few of the one-liners that became Englund's  trademark as the franchise went on (a couple of them are lifted directly  from the previous sequels). More than anything else in the new  NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, his reconceived Freddy justifies the revisiting  of this material, in a movie that there was really no pressing reason  to make. Still, while it's not quite as satisfying overall as the new  versions of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and DAWN OF THE DEAD or even  this year's unpretentiously solid THE CRAZIES, it's a darn sight better  than the lamentable updates of PROM NIGHT, or BLACK CHRISTMAS, or THE  FOG, or FRIDAY THE 13TH, or (fill in the recent remake of your choice)…