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.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) is a horror, mystery and thriller film directed by Samuel Bayer, released on April 30, 2010 with a runtime of 1h 35m. It stars Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Jackie Earle Haley and Katie Cassidy. Viewers rate it 5.5 out of 10 across 2,976 ratings.
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Rooney Mara
as Nancy Holbrook
Kyle Gallner
as Quentin Smith
Jackie Earle Haley
as Freddy Krueger
Katie Cassidy
as Kris Fowles
Thomas Dekker
as Jesse Braun
Kellan Lutz
as Dean Russell
Clancy Brown
as Alan Smith
Connie Britton
as Dr. Gwen Holbrook
Lia D. Mortensen
as Nora Fowles
Julianna Damm
as Little Kris
Christian Stolte
as Jesse's Father
Katie Schooping Knight
as Creepy Girl #1
Directed by Samuel Bayer, written by Eric Heisserer, Wes Craven and Wesley Strick, produced by Brad Fuller, Michael Bay and Andrew Form.
Average viewer score of 5.5/10 from 2,976 ratings.
This is a pretty movie. Its apparent from the start, that this remake of the 1984 classic, has a pretty good sized budget to work with. In fact the budget for this incarnation was $35 Million according to Wikipedia. The budget for the Wes Craven original, $1.8 Million. You don't always get a better movie if your budget is huge, look at Avatar. You just get a really pretty movie that looks polished and has flawless…
Reviewed on March 5, 2017
***A more realistic and morose version of the original film & franchise*** The specter of a dead pedophile fatally haunts the dreams of the children of his self-appointed executioners who burned him to death years earlier. Released in 2010, this is a reboot of the original 1984 movie, freely throwing in elements from other flicks in the franchise. I think Jackie Earle Haley works well as creepy Freddy Krueger and I…
Reviewed on December 2, 2018
I really liked this new nightmare. I wish there was more action in it but still pretty good. I hope this is the start of a new Freddy movie series.
Reviewed on April 18, 2023
**Unfairly Misunderstood Masterpiece.** I cannot express how unfairly judged and misunderstood this remake is. Instead of being another Elm Street sequel with the sole purpose of creative kills, jokes, unnecessary characters, and lazy revelations. The filmmakers decided to take a risky creative decision by reinterpreting Wes Craven's original ideas and retelling the story with a much more realistic tone. The dream…
Reviewed on November 15, 2025
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) is currently available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home and Spectrum On Demand. No subscription streaming option is listed right now, so availability may change.
The main cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) includes Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Jackie Earle Haley, Katie Cassidy and Thomas Dekker. The film was directed by Samuel Bayer. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
A Nightmare on Elm Street was released on April 30, 2010 and runs for 1h 35m.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) holds an average rating of 5.5 out of 10 from 2,976 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy horror, mystery and thriller films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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