A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - Not as terrible as some people make it out to be, but not really that good either. Almost feels like it could be split into two stories for that matter, one with Kris and Jesse, and one with Quentin and Nancy. Apart from them knowing each other at kids, there's not much of a connection between them and close to zero interesting interaction.
I mostly watched this again because of Rooney Mara. Wanted to see her in something else before TGWTDT comes out next month. She's not given much to work with here though, but there are bits and pieces where she shows some promise of talent, if she was only given a bit of better direction and lines. Which of course will be the case in TGWTDT.
As for this, I would rate it 6/10. I liked it more when I saw it the first time, that's for sure.
Fright Night (2011) - This was actually better than I thought it would be. Colin Farrell was great as the vampire, which for that matter looked awesome. Nice actually seeing a real monster instead of the typical pretty boy vampire many movies go with these days. And speaking of that, it was also pretty cool seeing a return of the more supernatural vampire instead of just another "vampire virus". And with that came of course the good old methods of crosses, stakes, garlic and so on.
Yelchin did a nice enough job as the main character Charley. Tennant was pretty awesome as well. Along with Farrell, they formed a strong enough trio for me to not voice any concerns about the acting in this movie. Can't say I really cared that much about anyone else, but that wasn't really needed as the focus was put on these guys.
I would rate this 8/10.
