A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) - Your usual American popcorn horror cinema with some nice ideas - 6/10 (16/05/12)

A Nightmare on Elm Street is not directly a remake of the classic movie but rather a story that is similar to the events featured in the original film with its own separate continuity. The movie takes a look on what has made Freddy Krueger the monster he has become and also features a few scenes before he was burnt. At some points, the movie offers a deeper look into the mind of this madman. These scenes are among the most intriguing ones in the movie alongside the nightmare sequences that are quite well done. There are no truly shocking moments though and can't catch up with recent horror flicks like Insidious but at least the tension is always quite elevated.

The rest of the movie is not what I would call spectacular at all. The acting is solid but nothing more and can't catch up with the charismatic acting in the early movies. The story is rather predictable and offers no big surprises to fans of the horror genre. This movie lacks of truly haunting or memorable scenes. After all, this is another chapter of repetitive American popcorn horror cinema without any surprises that digs in its own past.

On the other side, the scenes from the past and the nightmare passages pardon for the rest and the flick is overall quite entertaining on a little more than one hour and a half. It's a good movie to see with friends at home but definitely not worth a purchase or worth to be seen in the movie theatres. It's probably not the worst movies of the series but not among the best as well. At least, I must admit that the movie is able to inspire a lot to check out the old classics. It's a truly solid horror flick for fans of the genre and the series but anybody else shouldn't care much about this new release.