Synopsis
The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl, a group of teenagers being stalked soon learn they all have a common factor making them targets for this twisted killer.
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Cast
- Jackie Earle HaleyFreddy Krueger
- Kyle GallnerQuentin Smith
- Rooney MaraNancy Holbrook
- Katie CassidyKris Fowles
- Thomas DekkerJesse Braun
- Kellan LutzDean Russell
- Clancy BrownAlan Smith
- Connie BrittonDr. Gwen Holbrook
- Lia D. MortensenNora Fowles
- Julianna DammLittle Kris
Recommendations
- 67
Entertainment Weekly
It's not every day that one of our rogues' gallery of iconic psycho killers gets to be played by a creepy and fascinating actor -- in this case, Jackie Earle Haley taking on the role of Freddy Krueger. - 50
Orlando Sentinel
Jackie Earle Haley, the fans' choice to take on the role of Freddy Krueger in the remake of the 1984 boogeyman blockbuster A Nightmare on Elm Street proves stunningly, rousingly…adequate…for the job. - 50
Chicago Tribune
By today's standards, it is only medium-bloody, though it's more than usually grim, its young protagonists sullen enough to qualify for the "Twilight" movies. Yet it affords precious little sadistic pleasure, partly because it "dares" to lay out more directly the pedophiliac demons plaguing Freddy the serial killer. - 50
Miami Herald
Freddy simply isn't as scary as he used to be, even though Jackie Earle Haley, taking over from Robert Englund in the role, plays Krueger essentially straight, keeping the one-liners to a minimum. - 40
Arizona Republic
Call it what you want, but the best word to describe it is: unnecessary. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
The back-to-the-beginning approach unimaginatively goes through the motions, offering scant justification for its boring existence, at least from an artistic point of view. - 30
Variety
While the 1984 film has aged, its now-familiar jolts still pack more punch than this pic's recycled ones, which sometimes register so tepidly as to cause snickers. - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
I stared at A Nightmare on Elm Street with weary resignation. The movie consists of a series of teenagers who are introduced, haunted by nightmares and then slashed to death by Freddy. So what? Are we supposed to be scared?
