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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Welcome to your new nightmare.
Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.
- Original title
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Revenue
- $115,665,418
Dean
Aug 1, 2026 · via TMDB
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) earns a solid **7/10**. While it inevitably lives in the shadow of Wes Craven's 1984 original, this reboot succeeds by leaning into a much darker, meaner tone that respects the grim nature of its premise. Jackie Earle Haley steps into the role of Freddy Krueger with a menacing, gravelly intensity, shedding the campy wisecracks of the later sequels in favor of a genuinely unsettling child-killer vibe. The film boasts sleek modern production values, sharp cinematography, and some genuinely clever dream-transition sequences that keep the viewer off-balance. Pacing is brisk, and the ambiguity surrounding whether the teens are fighting supernatural forces or the manifestations of repressed trauma adds an interesting psychological layer. Though some of the character work feels a bit standard for late-2000s horror, it delivers plenty of style, tension, and atmospheric dread, making it an underrated and unfairly maligned entry in the slasher subgenre.
tmdb97554867
Nov 15, 2025 · via TMDB
**Unfairly Misunderstood Masterpiece.** I cannot express how unfairly judged and misunderstood this remake is. Instead of being another Elm Street sequel with the sole purpose of creative kills, jokes, unnecessary characters, and lazy revelations. The filmmakers decided to take a risky creative decision by reinterpreting Wes Craven's original ideas and retelling the story with a much more realistic tone. The dream sequences are more symbolic and atmospheric. The story explores real-life portrayals of teens dealing with childhood trauma that has been repressed into adulthood. You get to witness their confusion, coping mechanisms, and strained relationships with their parents. The kills are more grounded and eerily reminiscent of suicides or tragic accidents. Freddy himself is given a proper origin, motive, and personality that isn't just a bunch of plastered-on sequel lore. You witness Freddy's transformation from a pathetic loser with a dark fantasy to the dream demon that has no restrictions. I love the original and even gave it a 5/5, but this remake even surpasses that. I think many people might enjoy it far more if they truly gave it a chance.
Andre Gonzales
Apr 18, 2023 · via TMDB
I really liked this new nightmare. I wish there was more action in it but still pretty good. I hope this is the start of a new Freddy movie series.
Wuchak
Dec 2, 2018 · via TMDB
***A more realistic and morose version of the original film & franchise*** The specter of a dead pedophile fatally haunts the dreams of the children of his self-appointed executioners who burned him to death years earlier. Released in 2010, this is a reboot of the original 1984 movie, freely throwing in elements from other flicks in the franchise. I think Jackie Earle Haley works well as creepy Freddy Krueger and I like the more realistic tone, which some say makes movie bland and boring. Rooney Mara (Nancy) and Kyle Gallner (Quentin) are decent as the main protagonists and I think the bedroom scene is superior to the same attack scene in the original; it’s more shocking. The prison scene’s great too. Unfortunately, the concept of Freddy is a bit of a mess. For instance, his bladed-glove is never explained. And what was the point of the boiler room since he was just a gardener at a small preschool? The filmmakers just threw in these elements because it's Freddy, figuring people knew the character. But how do these components fit into THIS movie? And what about viewers who never saw the original flicks? The film runs 1 hours, 35 minutes and was shot in northern Illinois and nearby Gary, Indiana, with reshoots done in Los Angeles. GRADE: B-/C+
RottenPop
Mar 5, 2017 · via TMDB
This is a pretty movie. Its apparent from the start, that this remake of the 1984 classic, has a pretty good sized budget to work with. In fact the budget for this incarnation was $35 Million according to Wikipedia. The budget for the Wes Craven original, $1.8 Million. You don't always get a better movie if your budget is huge, look at Avatar. You just get a really pretty movie that looks polished and has flawless special effects. Again, see Avatar. That movie was nothing but flash. The story is unoriginal and weak... and don't try coming at me with this whole "Shut up man! Avatar proved itself!" shut up! The larger budget in this case makes the movie look too polished to be takes seriously. Why the hell are we caring about watching clones of the Twilight teens being chased by Freddy Kruger? Were not. This movie didn't need a budget of $35 Million. It feels wasted. Some of the appeal of the original came from watching the director be a director and figure scenes out. This movie didn't do that. It felt trite and forced. Freddy Kruger is less of a movie villain in the horror industry and more of an icon. Everyone I knew growing up all had Freddy Kruger nightmares when they were a kid. Perhaps this new version of Freddy will serve to scare the shit out of kids these days. I would hope so. Maybe when they remake this movie again in twenty years they will bitch about it then as well. Who knows.
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Rooney Mara
Nancy Holbrook
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Quentin Smith
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Freddy Krueger
Katie Cassidy
Kris Fowles
Thomas Dekker
Jesse Braun
Kellan Lutz
Dean Russell
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Kurt Naebig
Dean's Father
Andrew Fiscella
Inmate
Parker Bagley
Paxton
Aaron Yoo
Marcus Yeon (uncredited)
Jacques Jouffret
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Jeff Cutter
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Cynthia Pusheck
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Andy Clement
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Bradley James Allan
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Kurt Bryant
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Mark Ginther
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Danny Downey
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James Fierro
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Jay Caputo
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Lisa Hoyle
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Mark Harper
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Natalie M. Meyer
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Tarah Paige
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Samuel Bayer
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Ana Maria Quintana
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Jennifer Rudnicke
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Mickie Paskal
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Michael Lynne
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Richard Brener
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Robert Shaye
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Walter Hamada
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Andrew Form
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Brad Fuller
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Michael Bay
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Nancy Nugent Title
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Steve Jablonsky
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David Farmer
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Lisa Pinero
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Beau Borders
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Andrew DeCristofaro
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Wesley Strick
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