How A Nightmare On Elm Street Remake Should Be Made

6. Fixing The Sins Of The Past

Whilst a shared universe would be a special kind of joy to witness come around again, we've got to think logically here. There's plenty of missteps that the Nightmare franchise has taken over the years, resulting in some less that stellar sequels in place of the quality first entry that got us all enamoured with the murderer with a mouth in the first place. Of course, the first thing that comes up when we're talking 'A Nightmare on Elm Street Remake' HAS to be the whole 2010 mess - as much as we'd all prefer to avoid it - and that's rife with mistakes that turned audiences sour on a franchise return already.

What made the 2010 effort so repellent to Nightmare fans, and what makes remakes so hard to hit with audiences when it comes to classic, beloved titles, is that it dared to imply it could do the original better. Instead of approaching with new material, it took what was already established and laid it all out again with a CGI veneer - killing the charm of the original with one look at Freddy's zombified, fleshy face.

The 2010 movie is exactly what one would expect from something with Michael Bay's grubby fingerprints all over it. It's a straight rehash of what we've already seen with the ONE difference it tested out being the idea of Freddy as an actual child molester rather than a murderer, which is not something a fandom who have long supported the killer want to be faced with. Taking a sassy slasher and turning him into an actual wrong'un was the worst choice they could have made.