Nightmare of Elm Street Remake

Nightmare on Elm Street is about a group of teenagers (Nancy, Quentin, Jesse, Kris, and Dean) that are all having nightmares about a man trying to kill them one by one. The thing though is that the man they are all having nightmares about is dead. It's revealed that the man hunting down the teenagers is called Fred Krueger. After three out of the five original teens are killed the last two find out that they all knew Fred Krueger while he was alive, when he worked at the preschool they went to. Nancy and Quentin then find out that out of their entire preschool class, they are the only two still alive, the rest were all killed by Krueger.

Soon after they find out that their parents are the reason why Krueger is dead due to them burning him alive when they found out that he was a rapist and that he had preyed on the kids at the preschool. Nancy and Quentin decide to face Krueger at the preschool were it all started. Once they get there, Nancy goes to sleep hoping to drag Krueger out into the real world where they can face him and put an end to the nightmare. While there Quinten falls asleep from exhaustion but wakes up in time to save Nancy from Krueger. Nancy is able to drag out Krueger and then kills him, burning his body afterwards. When Nancy goes home she then tells her mom thank you for trying to protect her, but then Krueger shows up in the reflection of the mirror behind her mother. The movie ends with Krueger shoving his claws through Nancy's mother's head, killing her, and then dragging her through the mirror behind her.

In the movie I was able to find a few scenes that could qualify as a terrible place. The first would be the dinner in the beginning of the movie. The setting is dark and it gives off and abandoned feeling in the beginning when Dean is having his nightmare. When he wakes up, the dinner is still darkish on the inside of the dinner while outside it's nighttime and it's raining out. This sets the stage for something bad to happen. Ultimately this is where Dean is killed by Krueger, becoming the "first" victim in the movie.

Another would be the room above Kris's garage when she goes looking for some answers. The room is only accessible by an old pull down ladder into a narrow opening. The room has only one source of lighting being the cliché single light bulb in the center of the room swinging from the ceiling. Which goes out right after Kris starts making some connections about hers and Dean's past together when they would be around the age of four or five. So basically preschool age. Once the light goes out, of course Freddy Krueger shows up with his knives for fingers, telling Kris to remember.

The final example of terrible place would be the preschool were the nightmare all began. For starts the preschool was abandoned since the incident with Krueger happened years ago. So the building would also be in disrepair and rundown. The school is also a cover for the hidden cave where Krueger would take the children to abuse them. The cave itself is very dark with no lighting at all while the walls are covered with dark drawings giving off a creepy feeling. It's feels like poetic justice thought that's where Krueger is killed by Nancy.

There's really one main recognizable weapon in Nightmare on Elm Street, and that's Freddy's finger knives. The knives are Freddy's main way of killing off the teenagers. When Freddy he was a gardener at the preschool were all the teenagers went, so the knives would be a replacement for the rake he would use when he was still alive. The finger knives have since been an icon image that's immediately recognizable to Nightmare on Elm Street specifically.

For the victims, the camera would always close in one the face when the character would die, even Krueger. For Dean, the camera focused on when the knife cut into his throat ending his life. While with Jesse when he died, the camera stayed with him when Krueger strung him up and pretty much used him to sharpen his finger knives. When Krueger died the second time the camera mostly focused on where he fell and when the fire really came to life consuming Krueger's body. Nancy's mother's death was a straight on close up with the audience watching as Krueger shoved his finger knives through her skull then dragging her backwards through the mirror.

The last/final girl would have to be the character Nancy. In the beginning she seems very withdrawn and isolated before the killings really start. Once they do start though she starts to put the pieces together, figuring out the connection between Krueger and the other teenagers and why he wants them dead. She then takes charge when she decides to go in and confront Krueger in her dreams to try and drag him back into reality, which she successes in doing. After she manages to drag Krueger into reality, she takes further charge in killing Krueger after she tells him that he's in her world effectively taking away Krueger's power over her.