A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Ugh. I really like the first Nightmare on Elm Street film and have a pretty good time with most of the sequels, even as they got more comedic to certain degrees. The effort to bring the series back to its more dangerous and dark roots (despite the existence of New Nightmare, I guess) goes awry from the moment it starts. Oppressive in tone, confused in storytelling, and obsessed with the worst kind of lore, the sole feature film made by noted commercial director Samuel Bayer is an embarrassme...