By this sixth installment, the lore of the Nightmare On Elm Street movies had become impossible to navigate, the character of Freddy himself had descended into cringe-worthy self-parody and, most egregiously, even the A-list cameos didn’t make sense.

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Nightmare On Elm Street 2010 instead opted to revise the original movie, losing its charm while failing to make a mark of its own.

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The best slasher villains have several elements that make them hard to forget, whether Ghostface's black and white mask in or Freddy Krueger's claws in A Nightmare On Elm Street.

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Unlike most slasher villains other than Nightmare On Elm Street, Richard Fenton did not wear a mask in. This seemed like a major mistake on his part since the character was wanted for murder.

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