An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at 2010’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. A remake of 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, since there hasn’t been a sequel to this remake, you can guess how this will go.
A group of teens are targeted by a serial killer with the ability to kill them in their nightmares while they attempt to discover their link to him.
Is A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Scary?
Although A Nightmare on Elm Street tries to be creepy, it doesn’t succeed most of the time. The kills are pretty gory so if you’re not a fan of blood or shocking deaths then you’ll be uncomfortable in a few scenes.
Overall you won’t leave A Nightmare on Elm Street scared at all unless you’re watching the original.
Review:
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) is not good, it starts off okay and just gets worse as it goes. The acting is pretty good and the visuals are the best part of the movie (except for Freddy’s appearance) but everything else is bad.
As a caveat, I won’t compare this to the original since it’s an average movie review and I think the average movie-goer most likely hasn’t seen the original. Honestly, it’s a good thing too since there would be SO MANY more negatives and issues with this movie.
First the story, characters make non-sensical choices that feel like they’re only there to further the plot instead of the plot happening organically. For example, if something is a secret, don’t tell the person you’re keeping it from where to find the answer. The movie also does a bad job of establishing that the characters care about each other, if they don’t care, why should I?
There’s this pretty big plot point that happens about halfway through the movie that literally comes out of nowhere and makes no sense. A character just jumps to a conclusion that feels like they should have had more evidence for. It’s extremely stupid and nonsensical.
The dialogue is pretty bad as well, characters say things just to be dramatic but the lines don’t make sense for the scene they’re in. The last negative I’ll write, despite there being plenty, is Freddy. Jackie Earle Haley does a great job at being a sinister Freddy but when the movie tries to lean into the comedic Freddy, it doesn’t work. Also, his appearance gives that more sinister and gritty look so him trying to be funny falls flat.
Overall skip A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), there’s no point in watching it especially since the original was so much better and still holds up.
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