When did A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) come out, and is it streaming?

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)'s US theatrical release date is April 30, 2010. Its streaming and digital release date is May 7, 2010.

How many jump scares are in A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) has 15 jump scares, based on its logged jump-scare count.

What are some films like A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?

Films similar to A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) on Watch Darkly include The Black Phone (2021), Final Destination (2000), The Boogeyman (2023), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

2010 · R · 1h 35m

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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Release & where to watch

In theaters: April 30, 2010
Home release: May 7, 2010

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Jump scares

A Nightmare on Elm Street has 15 jump scares. Compare counts

Genres

mysteryfantasyhorrorthriller

Details

Budget$35M

Box office$115.7M

Directed by

Samuel Bayer

Written by

Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer

Cinematography

Jeff Cutter

Music

Steve Jablonsky

Starring

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