A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Horror
- Mystery
- Thriller
Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighbourhood 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 terrorises them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realise 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
Cast
- Rooney Mara
- Kyle Gallner
Jackie Earle Haley
Katie Cassidy- Thomas Dekker
Kellan Lutz
Clancy Brown- Connie Britton
- Lia D. Mortensen
- Julianna Damm
- Christian Stolte
- Katie Schooping Knight
Keywords
- supernatural
- slasher
- supernatural horror
- reboot
- dark fantasy
- revenge
- halloween
- remake
- dreams
- reality vs fantasy
- sexual predator
- complex
- child abuse
- cruel
- vigilante justice
- elementary school
- boiler room
- nightmare becomes reality
- mean spirited
- nightmares
- repressed memory
- child molester
- burn victim
- sleep deprivation
- pre-school
- loss of innocence
- coping mechanisms
- repressed trauma
- underrated
- parents and child