WTF Happened to A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)? 

The guy who played Freddy in this film did a great job, he is an amazing actor. But why the hell did the people make his face look like a cat? 😭

Unrelated side note: The fact that Jackie Earl Hayley was never signed on to play Cleetus Cassidy/Carnage in the MCU is (further) proof that the people behind the Venom movies have no clue what they’re doing.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead and The Hills Have Eyes were all pretty excellent remakes.

Yeah, I'd really wanted them to go with the 'Freddy was innocent' angle but they lacked the balls to see it through. I think it would have done such a great job of tying the loose end of why Freddy is allowed to come back as this powerful, vengeful, spirit. I suffer from chronic insomnia, so I've experienced micro-naps many times. Due to this, I was glad to see them in the show but it felt like they were poorly utilized.

Yes, the final script(s) is trash, yes, a number of the cast members couldn't act their way out of a paper bag and yes, it often feels more like a music video than a feature-length film, but I really feel Jackie Earle Haley put his all into Freddy and it really shows. Much respect.

I honestly think Jackie Earl Haley did as good a job as possible trying to fill Robert Englund's shoes.

I love how they made Freddy very dark and serious. It was a change of pace that I always wanted for the character.

The idea of Freddy being an innocent man that the children falsley accused sounds like an interesting concept on paper, but I'm certain that one of the people in the studio read the script and thought, "we shouldn't give the impression that parents should be skeptical about their kids accusing suspected pedophiles! We don't want a PR disaster!" It was a ballsy idea, and it potentially could've been a PR disaster if it ever went through, but we'll never know.

“Jackie Earl Hayley did what he could with the role” Thank you! Finally someone who can see that Jackie wasn’t actually terrible in the role. He had so much potential but the writing screwed him over

I was a fan of the original films… watching the remake just didn’t feel right… no one can replace robert englund as freddy

That twist about him being innocent would’ve been dope! Jackie Earl is actually a solid actor when given some substance. He was awesome in Watchmen, and I liked his as Freddy !

I really liked Jackie Earl Haley’s Freddie tbh. I loved the darker version of the character and how he actually looked like he was burned alive. Jackie did an excellent job and he was by far the best part of the movie

it was definitely a bad call to go with a "realistic" burn victim look for freddy. he needed a more iconic look. jackie earle haley actually has a pretty distinctive face that could've played very well with the prosthetics. but instead, they ended up covering up all his distinguishing features

The person who introduced micronaps into the franchise was Wes Craven. He just didn't name them. Nancy had a micronap in the original series when she dreamt of the Freddyphone. But the micronap was there in the original.

When I heard this remake was being made, I was adamant I wouldn't watch it but I gave in. Turns out when I watched it as a movie in its own right rather than trying to compare it, I actually enjoyed it and have watched it many more times since then.

The Dawn of the Dead remake was just fantastic and utterly captivating in my opinion. I saw it in a very packed theatre in South Korea and the crowd there ate it up!

This is so hard for me. I was privileged to work with Jackie Earle Haley during his in-between time after being a child star up to his first Oscar nomination. His roles in many genre projects after that gave me much joy. My only issue with this remake is not an issue at all. I admired the serious, more frightening take. I like to imagine this as big a hit as the original somewhere in the multiverse.

I always loved that idea, taken from The McMartin trial, I don't know why they didn't do that!! Imagine, finding out at the last act that Freddy was innocent and it was your mom that coached you into lying when you were a child? Act 3 would have had Nancy sympathizing with Freddy while protecting her guilty mother from his wraith. Of course, in the end, Freddy gets his revenge and disappears...or does he?

It's sad that it didn't come out well in the finished product, but I actually really enjoyed the concept of micro-sleeps being introduced. Like you have to stay awake to avoid him but eventually you start having micro-sleeps for like a second or 2 and that's when he can get you. Really interesting evolution of the freddy idea.

I remember going to watch this at a cinema in my area and coming out of it thinking that it was fine. It wasn't anything groundbreaking but definitely wasn't as bad as some people made it out to be.

I agree with most of the other comments here, that Haley was the best part of the film. He’s a great actor, and I think his commitment to the roles he gets is admirable. It’s just a shame that the movie wasn’t as good as it should have been, through no fault of his own. He was great as Freddy, great as Rorschach, and I forget the character’s name from the movie “Little Children”, but he was great there, too (even though his character was despicable). He’s got a lot of talent, and I’d love to see him in more things.

The tone and atmosphere of this film is all over the place, sometimes it looks like a music video sometimes it looks like a dark thriller, that and the script killed the remake

I actually really enjoyed this remake despite some of the holes in the plot. The opening scene is what really drew me in.

I liked it! The best part is when Freddy goes to work on Jesse in jail, after giving him a speech on how the brain keeps functioning for several minutes after the heart stops. “We got 6 more minutes to play hehehe!”.

They really could've done something with this...but they decided to chicken out. The notion that Freddy could've been innocent is an interesting angle. It was implied in the OG's he was a kid diddler, but straight up telling us is lazy. However, beyond that..the film suffers from that god awful CGI version of the iconic Freddy coming through the wall. A spandex wall is scarier than whatever they tried to pull with that scene. But my absolute biggest gripe (outside of the bland acting, minus JEH) is the film was too dark. I get they were trying to set a mood, but jesus, those scenes needed lighting, badly.

The 2010 remake still doesn't hold up after 12 years later. It lacked any imagination or creativity and failed to capture the magic, and tone of the original. It also doesn't make sense on why they felt making Freddy's face too real would discuss audiences. He's a burned victim, how can you make him less gross besides part 6's makeup. Go crazy with the design. Make a Part 7 Jason for Freddy. More torn, blacken tattered clothes, thin bony face like Part 2, bloodshot eyes, and more bones revealing through his face. It was a movie nobody wanted to make, the director turned the offer down twice but Michael Bay told him to direct because it could led him more opportunities. IT DIDN'T and showed the director didn't had any heart or passion on the project. I remember hearing back in 2015 they were trying to remake Freddy again. It seems like Hollywood hasn't learned their lesson.

What separated Freddy from the rest was his sense of humor and love of fuckin with his victims before eventually killing them. The remake seemed to miss that entirely

I really liked this movie as it was dark and serious. Jackie did a great job.

There is something about Jackie Earl Hayley that intrigues me. I don't know much about his personal life but he seems like he has a twisted sense of humor that translates well onscreen. No amount of polishing could save this movie turd though. I feel bad for him as this could have been a great series for him to get attached to.

Even thinking back to when the film first hi theaters: Jackie Earl Haley was a good choice for the role of Freddy Krueger. Nobody denies that point. The problem was that, as was mentioned, it mostly felt like a generic pretender when it had the potential to be something better. When your special effects are getting their asses kicked by a sheet of rubber and a rotating room from over 25 years ago, you know they screwed the pooch on that one.

Mk9 was a great videogame that came out after the film. Freddy was one of the many characters and playing it is what possessed me to watch the original

I like Jackie Earle Haley Freddy too his deeper gruff voice was awesome especially his one liners filled with dark humor and the kill he used for Remake Nancy's mom was one of my favorite parts. Hopefully we'll see more of this version of Freddy It's a wasted potential. I would like to see more of the Micro Naps sleep idea used more too.

When the remake came out, I sat down with a notebook with the full intent of ripping the film apart. I had no desire to watch it, but it had been almost a year after it came out and curiosity got the better of me. I did in fact sit down with a notebook and took notes while watching the movie. I am a HUGE fan of the original series and I was so freaking disappointed that 1, Robert Englund didn't return as his character, and 2 that the special effects looked extremely cheap and fake. After watching the movie, I had 2 full notebook pages-front to back, about everything that was wrong with this film. There's nothing wrong with Mr. Haley's performance. But, when you attempt to remake a film from a beloved franchise such as Nightmare, you better have a very well thought out and planned story, actors that can actually act and give a very believable performance, and special effects that help and guide the story. This movie had none of these with the exception of Haley. This movie did not need to be made and overall any fan of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies would probably never watch it again if they saw it.

I remember reading that the director didn't even wanted to do this film. He was actually working on a remake of "Near Dark", also at Platinum Dunes, but Michael Bay finally forced to make this other remake.

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Would’ve been cool if they did get to make a sequel. I didn’t know about the idea of him possibly going after the parents next. It would’ve been interesting to see him go after Quentin’s father.

Part of the problem in my opinion was the overabundance of CGI over practical effects. Not that CGI is inherently inferior by any means, I'm not a "practicality purist". But the original Elm Street pioneered some seriously impressive effects for its time. Tina's death scene was particularly a masterwork of illusion, as the crew actually built a rotating bedroom set with everything sealed to the floor in order to sell the image of her levitating. Similar tactics were used for Glen's death with the blood geyser. Even more admirable was how something so advanced and painstakingly constructed was created in the time the production had on such a small budget. Overall, the remake's approach to their effects was never going to match that end-result. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uokeVw6ldDI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XdeGfxfgoWE.html

When the movie went on its on merit, I didn't think it was terrible. That one line, "the human brain survives for 7 minutes. That means we have some time to play," still is chilling. The micro naps idea was cool. The rest of the movie was a bad recreation of the original. I liked what Jackie brought to the role.

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I'll die on the hill that Jackie Earle Haley's Freddy was the best part of the movie. The dark take on the character worked, but the flat writing, dull characters and bad CGI still made for a bad movie.

In the Redlettermedia commentary for Nightmare on Elm Street, Jay talks about meeting Jackie Earle Haley on the set of the remake. Jackie told him he thought the original Nightmare was complete garbage. But in press junkets he would say Nightmare was one of his favorite movies and an inspiration to him. So there you go.

Freddy Krueger is one of those characters you can't remake. Robert England was so good in the role there's no going back

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I think this film had potential, but suffered a bit too much from studio interference. There were a few reboots from this time that had people who loved and respected the source material, but the studio wanted something to make money, not tell a story. Like the thing reboot (prequel) could have had great practical effects, but they were covered up with CGI.

So... apparently when filming they were using two different scripts from two different writers. Both with different scenes/sequences that haven't even made it onto bluray/dvd released. This includes a completely different opening kill to the film that took place at a party, a concept known as the Nightmare map, a cut cathedral sequence, Freddy killing one of the parents, a scene where Freddy uses Quinton's body as a suit (ala Elm Street 2) as the original "end scare", and such.

I was so excited for this but wow I’ve never fallen asleep in a movie theater before..I guess it’s appropriate haha

this franchise definitely needs more sequels considering how creative you can get on it

Nothing wrong with remakes if their done right just look at John Carpenter's the thing or David Cronenberg's the fly. Also pretty funny that they turned Freddy from a factory worker to groundskeeper Willie in the remake

Haley did a great job with what he had to work with. I still watch this from time to time

I forgot this one even existed. Thanks for bringing a bad memory back.

Im probably the only one who loves the look of Freddy in this movie- everyone says he looks like a cat or a doll but he looks pretty close to an actual burn victim.

I really liked the micro nap thing. Cool addition.

If you truly go with the molestation subtext full force then you need to truly make Freddy evil and scary not just constant jump scares he should be playing with the teens psychologically using the fact he abused them to control and manipulate them until the climax when one kid takes the power back from him. That also means if we are to truly hate Freddy then you need to make us truly care for the teens and the new Nancy which means we need to see how the abuse truly affected their lives and day to day world the movie wanted to have it both ways they made a grosser darker Freddy but tried to also make him fun at the same time you can't do that it causes him to come off dull in the movie. The filmmakers wanted it both ways a meaner darker Freddy and story but still wanted a standard slasher movie it doesn't mesh.

I still stand behind the early remakes (Texas chainsaw, hills have eyes, dawn of the dead), but there was definitely a line crossed with the Friday the 13th and nightmare on elm street remakes, where it felt like they completely gave up on whatever respect they had left for the original movies.

They really did a good job of making him look like a burn victim too. It's surprisingly accurate.

This movie felt destined to fail from the onset. To many people Robert Englund is Freddy. I sort of feel bad for Jackie Earle Haley, he is a damn good actor BUT this was a no win situation for him. He could try to do an Englund imitation which would draw the ire of a section of fans, he could try something original and get derided by a section of fans for that. The makeup/cg also didn’t help him, I get they wanted to go with a more realistic burnt plastic skin look but I just don’t think it photographed the same. As to the other cast they really didn’t seem believable or even likable. Finally the “did he or didn’t he?“ storyline. Of course he did it, it’s Freddy Krueger. So all the time dedicated to that “mystery” felt wasted, not once did I question his backstory.

Of all the issues with this remake, Jackie Earl Hayley was not one of them. And that's saying something considering the love we all have for Robert Englund

I tried watching this movie three times, and fell asleep each time. I guess Freddy Krueger killed me!

The concept of involuntary micro-naps is a real thing. After a few days at NTC and sleeping around 2 hours a night and being always on mission, it gets really hard to stay awake and you have to watch each other to stay functional- especially dangerous on tanks. That said I don’t remember one of these naps involving dreams, as they usually only last a few seconds.

I actually didn't dislike this movie. The tonal shift was fine, and horror is one of the few genres where 'gritty reboot' doesn't bother me. Take the Evil Dead remake for instance; it dropped all the camp entirely but what was left in its place was a brutally unforgiving and gory horror movie. That worked for me. The only thing I did dislike this one was that whiny bitch male protagonist. He was just awful. Rooney Mara was pretty good though.

It’s a shame they didn’t release the “original” cut…. Guess there was no demand for the movie altogether

LOVED IT

I remember thinking how could they not use the og ost? It was like watching a Halloween without the score. I remember being hyped for this movie and within the first 10 mins I just knew I wasn't going to like it. I still can't believe the girl who played Nancy got more work. She was so bad in that movie. Turns out she is a good actress but not in that movie. The Noes movies will always be my fav for many reasons and I except that I will never be truly happy with a remake. It's better to show people the originals if they have not seen them then to want a remake again.

One of the problems is it took the remake way too serious . I think Jackie Haley was great but they should allowed him to have more fun because yeah the original nightmare on Elm Street was a dark movie but Freddy as a character played it up and a bit over the top . Plus I didn’t think the dream sequences were all that imaginative so not only did it come off as gloomy but boring as well.

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I love the hills have eyes. Both of em too. Id like to see another.

These were the original thoughts I wrote after watching the remake many years ago: The blonde girl looked much older than her ex boyfriend in the movie, I know in many cases girls mature physically before guys but by this point in high school age 16-18 that shouldn’t be the case. And because they went with the original basic plot you know she is going to die early on, you’re expecting it so it’s not a surprise like in the first. They main guy characters looked a little too clone model/pretty-boy like for me. There wasn’t much difference in their looks. In the jail cell scene when the ex boyfriend dies. They showed us that they are watching the room on camera...wouldn't they think it odd how blood just randomly bursts out from his chest and his has a huge chest wound but nothing to cause it. And Freddy stabbed though through his back and out his chest which means he should of had an entry wound and blood on his back but he didn't. The scenes and kills they used from the original aren’t done nearly as well. The computer animation just doesn’t look as good as the old fashioned way. It doesn't look scary. The original also had a much creepier vibe in those scenes. In this film they just felt thrown in because it was a remake. As for Freddy, the fact that he looks like an actual burn victim isn’t a good thing. It makes him look sympathetic, not scary. When you see someone on TV with those kind of severe burns you don’t think “wow they’re scary”, you think “that poor person, it’s amazing they are still alive but it must be horrible to look like that”. Freddy’s voice wasn’t done well to me either, it was just kind of awkward sounding. As for the final shot, they ended the original in a similar ending even though the director wasn’t comfortable with it, so I don’t think it was necessary for this film as it negates everything we just watched. I’ll assume it was just a normal nightmare of Nancy’s from the trauma she’s been through. The movie just felt kind of rushed and was done without the charm of the original, nothing is new or surprising. That’s the problem with a remake, kind of pointless in this case. I think the only people who will like this version better are people who saw this before the Original.

This movie had a ton of flaws, but had they just made Freddy innocent to begin with, it would've been so much better in my opinion. It also would've made the so predictable it's silly ending a lot better

I'm a huge Nightmare on Elm Street fan so it was really hard for me to not be a snob about the remake lol. I was super critical but then decided to stop being a Karen about it and just enjoy the ride and nostalgia. I thought Jackie did a great job as Freddy. He really did care and it showed.

I actually enjoyed this movie because I love Freddy, Jackie did I great job doing Freddy, gave him a different taste from the original Freddy we know. 👍🏼🔥

Why the hell would they scale back Freddy's gruesomeness? He's supposed to be repulsive...

I enjoyed this remake, great lighting and overall production value. Simple story, nothing stands out but I felt it was a solid 76ovr (madden rating 😇) this came out around the time we started hating everything…

Just found the show, loving it, why do you sound like Norm McDonald I dig it!

The original face and makeup was just perfect

The movie was lackluster, but it has some good things about it. Jackie Earle Haley did a great job with what he had as Freddy Krueger and the sequences where the dream world and the real world jump back and forth was creative. I do wish they made Freddy Krueger out to be a innocent person who was killed cuz people were assuming he was a bad guy.

As a kid growing up in a blockbuster era I would always rent the classic horror movies And totally enjoyed it and was really excited for all the remakes for the most part…. I think they were all pretty decent but this one was the most 50/50 still think it’s a fun remake tho.

The "every town has an Elm Street" hits hard. I've lived across the world as an army Brat and would take the long way home to avoid Elm St. In both El Paso and Honolulu.

I absolutely love this movie, my 4th favourite of the Nightmare franchise

It started with the opening scene...props to the actor staying up days to get into character that is impressive BUT it was a dumb scene because 3 mins into the movie you already see Freddy in plain view...in any horror movie you hide your monster/killer in shadows never give away what they look like right away...you want the audience to get creeped out by what they are seeing or imagine how scary it COULD be...I know everyone knows what Freddy looks like but at least wait a lil longer before revealing what he actually looks like...lest attempt to scare us further in the movie...they needed to start Freddy off with a banger and just wasn't there

Jacki Earl Hayle is a phenomenal actor.

I don't know what they were thinking with this remake. They basically just took some of the cool scenes from the original, took everything fun and unique out of Freddy and completely wasted the concept of killing in dreams. Freddy could kill in any insane Inception way you could imagine but we just got basic stabbings like any plain slasher. It was so bad it hurt me.

Haley is an excellent actor; he only can use what he gets scriptwise, which was crap. Robert Englund will always be Freddie, but Haley is a great actor by itself.

Making him look like a real burn victim was a bad choice because in the back of your mind you know that being off-put by burn victims is wrong. The original Freddy was far more demonic looking, which reflected his evil.

This was one of my favorite movies, maybe because i didn't watch the old ones. I hope they do a sequel

I always found it weird that Freddy, the man who was knowingly abusing the children and probably killed a few, wanted revenge for being killed by the parents of the kids he was abusing.

I have to say that on the first watch, I wasn't impressed but I decided to give it a re-watch and I've now been converted into a fan of it.This will probably be an unpopular opinion but I don't care because I like what I like at the end of the day.

I always felt that there were elements in the film that worked. The problem with it was that it was nearly a shot for shot remake with no originality and tons of CGI. I thought Jackey Earl Haley was good for what he was given. I do wish that they give to someone that cared enough of the franchise and give Jackey a second chance at the role.

Movie was filmed at my high school while I was in high school. Some of my buddies were even extras in the classroom scene when they all disappeared

They should have just brought back Englund. His charm, wit, and flamboyance is unmatched. Its a big part of what makes Freddy likeable

I met JEH, he’s such an awesome dude. I totally fanboyed out and forgot to ask him what he thought a sequel to this movie would have been like. Loved him as Rorschach the most.

Not gonna lie, I did like the micro dream pharmacy scene

Freddy being innocent and the kids making it all up would have devastating psychological effects on real survivors of child sex abuse seeing as they are constantly accused of fabricating their stories by corrupt officials protecting the offenders. At least that's what's been happening in my town to some students of mine who are speaking out against a local ring.

They were filming this in my town, Elgin IL. As a huge fan of the franchise it was awesome. Even though it’s not great, I still enjoy the movie.

There are aspects I enjoyed about this film. In the original Freddy was a child killer. In the sequels they made him a joker. In this remake Freddy is a child molester. That’s what it needed. The “this dress, was always my favourite”, and “your mouth says no, but your body says yes” were just 👌🏻

Whats funny is this was my first slasher movie when i was 10… my parents told me how originals were always scarier so i was terrefied to watch the originals (friday the 13th halloween and nightmare) so in my mind “oh the originals were way scarier and the new ones arnt scary at all” and my parents also told me how scared they were to sleep after nightmare on elm street (original) meaning they hyped up the movie a lot in my mind so of course this comes out and I sneak and watched it when my parents were gone shopping and boy let me tell you i was terrified of this not because of freddy or the blood but because of the jumpscares.. i had never experienced it before so thats what got me hella… coming back now i love the originals 10000 times more than the remakes (other than friday the 13th reboot, which i actually enjoyed) junpscares make me laugh now more than get scared and i can see all the hate for the remake of nightmare on elm street now but back than.. this was hella scary and hella good

Nothing could ever compare to the original Nightmare on Elm Street.

I actually really enjoyed this remake, I liked the more serious tone of Freddy

Gotta say: F13 was poor.. Hated it.. Zombie's Halloween was so incredible I cannot watch the originals or the new ones ever again.. But this Elm Street remake: phenomenon. This was done seriously and made me- for the 1st time ever--afraid of Freddy... And the fact that they had you questioning if Freddy was innocent until the end was a beautiful twist... Englund was prttey much a joke after part one.. But this... This was amazingly well written and acted... To me THIS version is what Freddy should have always been... 👍

I was around 10 years old when the remake came out, and honestly, I really liked it since this was the movie that introduced me to the ANOES saga. I really enjoyed it and after some time, I had the chance to watch the original portrayed by Robert Englund. Soon my favs became Wes Craven's New Nightmare and Dream Warriors. This will be my fav horror movie series along with Child's Play. Forever a fav of mine ❤