A Nightmare on Elm Street
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55% Critic Match

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Welcome to your new nightmare.

5.5 / 10 2010 1h 35mR English
HorrorMysteryThriller

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara

Nancy Holbrook

Lead
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

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Samuel Bayer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. A Nightmare on Elm Street is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker