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.
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A private user reviewed A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
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This film is a a re-imagining of Wes Craven's 84 classic. It's a movie of course, that didn't need to be made, but if you didn't know by now that Hollywood remakes everything and anything, you've been living under a rock. The premise is pretty much the same give or take, except we get Rooney Mara (before she went on to bigger and better things in The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) playing Nancy. She and her friends are all plagued by terrifying dreams of the evil, burnt Freddy Krueger. The film doesn't really bring anything worthy or interesting for people looking to see something different than the original. Jackie Earle Haley is decent enough as Krueger, but let's be honest, he is no Robert Englund. If you are looking to kill some time, there are worse things to do, but, don't expect A Nightmare on Elm Street to blow your mind and re-invent the genre.
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