Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) by Strangerina — 30 Jun 2014
This movie cannot build up suspense at all, and the intensity of the Freddy scenes is completely gone and traded for in-your-face jumpscares. The plot is a much simpler version and none of the symbolism prevalent in the original made it here.
Freddy's motivations also seem a lot more petty. Here Freddy's revenge is much more direct, as in he wants to kill the kids for ratting out on him.
These motivations show in Freddy's interactions with the kids, he whinges and moans about how poor child molester got denounced. While Jackie Earle Haley was a pretty good choice to play the role of Krueger, this script just gave him bland to pathetic lines. Robert Englund's Freddy Krueger's sick sense of humor didn't really make it to this movie.
The visuals are decent, almost overblown, but when you don't have the suspense and intensity, it's hardly worth more than 2 stars.
This review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) was written by Strangerina on 30 Jun 2014.
A Nightmare on Elm Street has generally received mixed reviews.
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