A Nightmare on Elm Street2010

Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Genre: Slasher, Supernatural, Psychological
Released: 2010-04-30
Rating: 4.8

“Welcome to your new nightmare.”

Directed by Samuel Bayer

4.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.2Rotten Tomatoes 14%Metacritic 35TMDB 5.5

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Year

2010

Runtime

95 min

Box Office

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$115,665,418

Domestic

$63,075,011

🏆 2 wins & 11 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

A group of suburban teenagers share a terrifying secret they don't yet understand — a scarred, blade-fingered figure who hunts them inside their own dreams. As their nights grow more dangerous and their waking hours grow shorter, the line between nightmare and reality begins to dissolve in deadly ways. Jackie Earle Haley brings a menacing, unsettling presence to one of horror's most iconic villains in this darker, more psychologically charged reimagining. The teens must uncover the truth buried in their past before sleep claims them permanently.

Content: Violence And On-Screen Deaths, Themes Of Child Sexual Abuse, Disturbing Dream Imagery, Jump Scares, Depictions Of Sleep Deprivation And Psychological Distress