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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Welcome to your new nightmare.
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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Synopsis
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.
More about A Nightmare on Elm Street
Cast
Rooney MaraNancy Holbrook
Kyle GallnerQuentin Smith
Jackie Earle HaleyFreddy Krueger
Katie CassidyKris Fowles
Thomas DekkerJesse Braun
Kellan LutzDean Russell
Clancy BrownAlan Smith
Connie BrittonDr. Gwen HolbrookCredits
- Directed by
- Samuel Bayer
- Written by
- Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer, Wesley Strick
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $35M
- Box office
- $115.7M
Production
Platinum DunesUnited States
New Line CinemaUnited States
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