A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

04/30/2010 (US) • 1h 35m

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Welcome to your new nightmare.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Rooney Mara

Nancy Holbrook

Kyle Gallner

Quentin Smith

Jackie Earle Haley

Freddy Krueger

Katie Cassidy

Kris Fowles

Thomas Dekker

Jesse Braun

Kellan Lutz

Dean Russell

Clancy Brown

Alan Smith

Connie Britton

Dr. Gwen Holbrook

Lia D. Mortensen

Nora Fowles


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$115,665,418.00

Keywords

child abuse

dreams

supernatural

elementary school

remake

revenge

slasher

child molester

burn victim

reboot

reality vs fantasy

dark fantasy

repressed memory

nightmare becomes reality

sleep deprivation

pre-school

loss of innocence

coping mechanisms

sexual predator

complex

supernatural horror

repressed trauma

vigilante justice

underrated

parents and child

nightmares

cruel

mean spirited

accusation of child molestation

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