<P> A Nightmare on Elm Street was originally going to follow the same design as Platinum Dunes' other remake, Friday the 13th, with the writers taking the best elements from each of the films in the original series and creating a single storyline with them . Eventually, they decided to use Craven's original storyline, and try to create a scarier film . That being, they decided to remove the one - line quipping Freddy, who had become less scary and more comical over the years, and bring him back to a darker nature; this included developing the character as a true child molester, something that Craven wanted to do originally in 1984 but changed to a simple child killer . The decision was also made to bring Freddy's physical appearance closer to that of an actual burn victim, and the use of computer - generated imagery was used in certain sections of Haley's face to further assist in that vision . A Nightmare on Elm Street was primarily filmed in Illinois because of the positive experience the producers of Platinum Dunes had when filming other films in the same area . </P> <P> Craven has expressed his displeasure with the remaking of his film, primarily because he was not consulted on the project as has been done on previous films of his that have been remade . Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy in the previous eight films, voiced his support of the remake and the casting of Haley in the role of Freddy . A Nightmare on Elm Street was officially released in North America on April 30, 2010, and later released in foreign markets on May 8, 2010 . The film was met with primarily negative reviews from film critics, as well as audience members who scored the film a "C +" according to CinemaScore polls . Regardless, A Nightmare on Elm Street broke the record for midnight openings for a horror film, and was able to gross more in its opening weekend than the entire theatrical gross for four other Nightmare on Elm Street films . The film has brought in over $63 million at the domestic box office, and over $115 million worldwide . </P> <P> Kris Fowles (Katie Cassidy) goes to the Springwood Diner to meet with her boyfriend, Dean Russell (Kellan Lutz), who falls asleep at the table and meets a man covered in burn scars, wearing a clawed glove on his hand . The burned man cuts Dean's throat in the dream, but in reality it appears that Dean is cutting his own throat as his friend, waitress Nancy Holbrook (Rooney Mara), looks on with Kris . At Dean's funeral, Kris sees a photograph of her and Dean as children, but cannot recall ever knowing Dean before high school . Kris begins to dream about the burned man herself and refuses to go to sleep for fear that she will die in her dreams . Jesse Braun (Thomas Dekker), Kris's ex-boyfriend, shows up to keep her company while she sleeps, but Kris meets the burned man in her dreams and is murdered . Covered in her blood, Jesse runs to Nancy's house and learns that Nancy has been having dreams about the same man: Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley). </P> <P> Jesse is apprehended by the police under suspicion of murdering Kris, and is killed by Krueger when he falls asleep in his jail cell . With her friends dying, Nancy begins to question what everyone's connection is to each other, given that none of them can remember each other before their teenage years . Nancy and her friend Quentin Smith (Kyle Gallner) discover that all of them attended Badham Preschool . Nancy's mother, Gwen (Connie Britton), reluctantly tells Nancy and Quentin that there was a gardener at the preschool, Fred Krueger, who was accused of abusing Nancy and the rest of the kids . Gwen explains that Nancy was his favorite, and that she came home one day telling her mother about a hidden space in Krueger's room and the things he did to her there . Gwen claims Krueger skipped town before he was arrested . Nancy does not believe her and attempts to track down the remaining kids from the school . She discovers that all of the other kids have been killed, most of them in their sleep . </P>

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