Before I saw the newest I watched all if the nightmare on elm street films.. the original was so rushed with no back story or real plot. The original was his "how fast can we kill off everyone?" The 2010 film was phenomenal. Not cheesy like the original. The effects were amazing, the plot was thicker, and the back story made sense. There were tons of aspects of the original film in the new one, which was cool. to say "Ohhh I remember that". The only thing that sucked is the theater I was in was packed and everyone was talkibg through the movie and immature kids were laughing throughout the infamous bath scene. So I recommend waiting to see it when the theater will be less crowded.