Genres Horror Thriller Mystery
Keywords child abuse dreams supernatural elementary school remake revenge slasher child molester boiler room burn victim reboot reality vs fantasy dark fantasy repressed memory nightmare becomes reality sleep deprivation pre-school loss of innocence coping mechanisms sexual predator complex supernatural horror repressed trauma vigilante justice underrated parents and child nightmares cruel mean spirited accusation of child molestation

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.

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Director & Writers

Samuel Bayer
Samuel Bayer
Director
Wes Craven
Wes Craven
Characters
Wesley Strick
Wesley Strick
Screenplay
Wesley Strick
Wesley Strick
Story
Eric Heisserer
Eric Heisserer
Screenplay

Cast

Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara
Nancy Holbrook
Kyle Gallner
Kyle Gallner
Quentin Smith
Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie Earle Haley
Freddy Krueger
Katie Cassidy
Katie Cassidy
Kris Fowles
Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker
Jesse Braun
Kellan Lutz
Kellan Lutz
Dean Russell
Clancy Brown
Clancy Brown
Alan Smith
Connie Britton
Connie Britton
Dr. Gwen Holbrook
Lia D. Mortensen
Lia D. Mortensen
Nora Fowles
Julianna Damm
Julianna Damm
Little Kris

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