The 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Samuel Bayer, offers a fresh take on the classic film. The movie stars Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, a role that was originally played by Robert Englund in the 1984 film. The remake also stars Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson, as well as Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, and Daniel Zolghadri.

While the film pays homage to classic scenes—like the iconic bathtub hand—it introduces several modern elements:

: In a darker shift from the original, this version more explicitly portrays Freddy as a child molester rather than just a child murderer. The Parents' Sin