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A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Welcome to your new nightmare.

20105.51h 35m

Overview

Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

Directed by Samuel Bayer
Written by Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer, Wes Craven
Produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Box OfficeBudget: $35.0MRevenue: $115.7M

Top Cast

Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara

Nancy Holbrook

Kyle Gallner

Kyle Gallner

Quentin Smith

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley

Freddy Krueger

Katie Cassidy

Katie Cassidy

Kris Fowles

Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker

Jesse Braun

Kellan Lutz

Kellan Lutz

Dean Russell

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Alan Smith

Connie Britton

Connie Britton

Dr. Gwen Holbrook

Lia D. Mortensen

Lia D. Mortensen

Nora Fowles

J

Julianna Damm

Little Kris

Themes & Keywords

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About A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a horror, mystery, thriller film released in 2010 exploring themes of child abuse, dreams, supernatural, elementary school, remake, revenge. Directed by Samuel Bayer, it stars Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Jackie Earle Haley. Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

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