Nightmare on Elm Street, A (2010)

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 2010 slasher film directed by Samuel Bayer and produced by New Line Cinema and Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes. The film is a "re-imagining of Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, which went on to spawn six sequels and a crossover film with contemporary slasher Jason Voorhees. The movie stars Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, Human Target) as Freddy Krueger, a hideously burned demonic figure who stalks his victims in their nightmares.

Notes & Trivia

 * Directorial film debut for Samuel Bayer. Bayer previous directed music videos for artists such as Green Day and Blink 182.


 * This is the first Nightmare film that doesn't feature Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.


 * Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes were also responsible for producing 2009's Friday the 13th remake.


 * Jackie Earle Haley actually auditioned for the part of Glen Lantz in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, which went to actor Johnny Depp who went along with him to the audition.