[En Sabah Nerd]

I have to agree with the over-explaining position. It's why I disliked both the Texas Chainsaw and Nightmare on Elm street remakes, they went too deep into origin territory. These killers work better for me if there's still a shroud of mystery. Don't tell me Leatherface was bullied or some other stuff, it's a cheap way to try and force sympathy for a character who is otherwise still a raving mad murderer. Especially with Freddy though, it was confusing to try and spin that he could've been innocent in the remake. If he were innocent why would he come back from death to torment the children? Then the movie pretty quickly gets back to "oh wait, he was guilty!" business.