A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) is a horror film by Samuel Bayer that you can watch online on iFILM. It reboots the Freddy Krueger legend for a new decade. A handful of teenagers in a quiet suburb keep seeing the same man while they sleep. Burned face. Striped sweater. A glove fitted with knives.

Close your eyes and he is there. The friends learn the brutal rule fast: die in the dream, die for real. So they stop sleeping. Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean push themselves to stay awake while they dig into who Freddy was and why he hunts them in particular. The longer any of them goes without rest, the harder it gets to tell waking life from the nightmare.

Jackie Earle Haley plays this colder, meaner Krueger, with Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner and Katie Cassidy among the targeted teens. At 87 minutes the film barely lets up; every quiet stretch just means someone is about to drift off. Watch A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) online on iFILM.