A Nightmare on Elm Street
“Welcome to your new nightmare.”
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.
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Cast
33 people
Rooney Mara
Nancy Holbrook
Known for
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lion
Kyle Gallner
Quentin Smith
Known for
American Sniper
Smile
Jackie Earle Haley
Freddy Krueger
Known for
Shutter Island
Watchmen
Katie Cassidy
Kris Fowles
Known for
Arrow
Taken
Thomas Dekker
Jesse Braun
Known for
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Secret Circle
Kellan Lutz
Dean Russell
Known for
The Legend of Hercules
Twilight
Clancy Brown
Alan Smith
Known for
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Shawshank Redemption
Connie Britton
Dr. Gwen Holbrook
Known for
Zero Day
The White Lotus
Lia D. Mortensen
Nora Fowles
Known for
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Crisis
Julianna Damm
Little Kris
Also in
Chicago Fire
Christian Stolte
Jesse's Father
Known for
Chicago Fire
Prison Break
Katie Schooping Knight
Creepy Girl #1
No other roles listed
Samuel Bayer Director · Wesley Strick Screenplay Eric Heisserer Screenplay
Worldwide gross $116M · Budget $35M · United States release April 30, 2010
Box office
Budget
$35,000,000
Worldwide gross
$115,665,418
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Platinum Dunes
Production
New Line Cinema
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · April 30, 2010
Theatrical
United States · April 30, 2010
Theatrical
Australia
May 20, 2010 · Theatrical
Austria
May 21, 2010 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 7, 2010 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
May 21, 2010 · Theatrical
Canada
October 5, 2010 · Physical
Czechia
June 9, 2010 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Finland
June 18, 2010 · Theatrical
France
May 12, 2010 · Theatrical
Germany
May 20, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
May 13, 2010 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 10, 2010 · Digital
Ireland
May 7, 2010 · Digital
Israel
June 10, 2010 · Theatrical
July 15, 2011 · TV
Italy
August 25, 2010 · Theatrical
Japan
June 26, 2010 · Digital
Kazakhstan
May 6, 2010 · Theatrical
Lithuania
May 7, 2010 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 20, 2010 · Theatrical
October 20, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
January 6, 2017 · TV · SBS 9
Poland
July 16, 2010 · Digital
Portugal
May 20, 2010 · Theatrical
Romania
April 30, 2010 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 20, 2010 · Theatrical
Spain
July 23, 2010 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 12, 2010 · Digital
United Kingdom
May 7, 2010 · Theatrical
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