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A Nightmare on Elm Street

2010

Samuel Bayer

Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy ...

4.6

12,475

Horror. Fantasy A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality. Back from the dead after being hunted and roasted by vigilante parents, crispy faced child torturer Freddie Krueger (Haley) returns for a fresh batch of Elm Street victims – by hunting them down in their dreams.

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"It’s moderately entertaining and instantly forgettable. Poor Freddy. I can’t help thinking he deserves better"	NEU
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"The movie settles for less and less, though occasionally you get an image to remember"	NEG
United States	Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune	"Like a cover band with more stagecraft than talent, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" looks good recycling "greatest hits" moments but fails to capture the excitement of the original"	NEU
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer's screenplay goes in the wrong direction entirely, dropping Freddy's sick sense of humor while turning him into a generic bogeyman (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Simon Crook Empire	"Haley earns his stripes but Bayer's reboot is a bland anticlimax. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEU

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