A Nightmare on Elm Street

R

Released Apr 30, 2010

1h 36m

Horror

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14%

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184 Reviews

43%

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100,000+ Ratings

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, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley), terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when one of their number dies violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

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Critics Consensus

Visually faithful but lacking the depth and subversive twists that made the original so memorable, the Nightmare on Elm Street remake lives up to its title in the worst possible way.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

It's cliched, boring, and anticlimactic.

Rated: D+

Sep 11, 2017

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

I did jump a few times, and I liked Haley's dour malevolence, but overall, the new Nightmare on Elm Street is a by-the-numbers bad dream.

Rated: B-

Sep 7, 2011

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Christine Champ

Film.com

Freddy's back -- and he's slicker and more sinister than ever.

Rated: B

May 6, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A Nightmare on Elm Street is just as tedious as the other horror remakes by Platinum Dunes, avoiding any semblance of creative thought or innovative interpretation.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 18, 2023

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Re-imagining a character whose appeal is largely inextricable from his initial era is a suicide mission. Stay too pure to the original & what’s the point? Complications stray from its strengths. It's basically a question of who would fall on the grenade.

Rated: .5/5

Nov 1, 2022

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Cody Leach

Cody Leach (YouTube)

A commendable attempt by Haley to step into near-unfillable shoes is completely let down by a generic copy & paste script and an overuse of unforgivable CGI. Rooney Mara acts like she'd rather be anywhere else and most audience members will feel the same.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Alec B

Haley is obviously a good choice for Krueger and while I get wanting to take the remake away from the campy 80s sequels, they go too far in the other direction here (its just relentlessly grim) without it ever once being scary. Bonus negative points for the repressed memory plot point.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/10/24

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christian a

Beautifully shot, not as well as wes told it. but the cinematography really bring and darker sense of realism. should have stuck to the original script. there is so much potential to revive this franchise with todays technology. we just need the right director. ROB ZOMBIE is not it. Bring on FEDE ALVEREZ!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/22/24

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Lucas t

This one barely edges out 2 and 5 because of the gore.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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hailee M

I will give this movie a two star cause it’s trying to remake the original one for the new century. I just think Freddy’s make up now is not good. The original is way better and they made the story different. I don’t like when they do remakes

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/05/24

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chris h

This movie is beyond bad.Even the special effects feel tired.This movie did everything it could to rip off the others.Even the quote"you're in my world now *itch" from Freddy vs Jason.This movie is bad in all areas....and the guy playing Freddy is horrible and looks ridiculous.Movie is gutter at best.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Natasha A

A Nightmare on Elm Street without Robert England is like Star Wars without Darth Vader. You could remake it a 100s and his role as Freddy is just too legendary to replace. This movie was ok, but Freddy's was just not the role it should have been. That was the wow factor it needed. Should have green screened him. His voice and laugh gave Kruger the iconic of nightmares.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

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Samuel Bayer

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Freddy Krueger

Rooney Mara

Nancy

Kyle Gallner

Quentin

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Kris

Thomas Dekker

Jesse

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Synopsis

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, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley), terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when one of their number dies violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

Director: Samuel Bayer
Producer: Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Screenwriter: Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Platinum Dunes
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Images|Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Terror)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 30, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $63.1M
Runtime: 1h 36m

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