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

In 2010, New Line Pictures decided to try it out and took their most famous creation Freddy Kruger and tried to completely remake the film with beautiful teens from the WB and sparkling new technology. They wouldn't have one ingredient, Freddy himself, Robert Englund, under the makeup. Could they remake the immortal villain and bring in audiences? We think you know the answer, so let's find out WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?

This episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? was Written by Bryan Wolford, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

SERIES SYNOPSIS: Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?

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[CommodoreFloopjack]

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.

[rumediaentertainment]

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.

[Maehedrose]

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.

[Edgeof]

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

[screamrad]

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

[.Tapestry]

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

[EdgedShadow]

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

[Drp_br_]

“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

[icemav]

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

[gellerbingsgaming]

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.

[jeffk.]

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.

[KAZUNARl]

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

[tunguskalumberjack]

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.

[Dieci-]

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.

[CaptainEyebrowz]

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 !

[Archerillian]

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.

[SirSmoldham]

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.

[brandonspain]

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.

[wangson]

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!

[VBC_Records]

if you ever wanna know why the horror genre never progresses and we get stuck in an endless loop of remakes, read threads on videos like this. people gatekeep the genre and refuse to ever give anything a chance, evil dead being the prime example, the remake is actually scary comparing to the orig, but people refused to go see it without ash. you cant have good anything acting this way and horror audience is a plague against the very thing they love