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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film) into "[Freddy] as a person [and] how he became the thing he was". Bayer expressed that unlike the "Friday the 13th" remake that picked the best parts from the first four films, the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" remake was coming straight from the first film. For the remake, Freddy was brought back to his darker roots and away from the comical character he had become in later "A Nightmare on Elm Street" sequels. Fuller pointed out that this Freddy did have one-liners but they come from a darker sense of humor and were not intended to be as campy