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A Balasaur Score of 41 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 14%, Metacritic 35/100. Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,060 2010s horror movies in this catalog score higher.
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic35/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
2,983 audience votes
Key crew
- Samuel BayerDirector
- Eric HeissererScreenplay
- Steve JablonskyOriginal Music Composer
- Wesley StrickScreenplay
Cast
- Rooney MaraNancy Holbrook
- Kyle GallnerQuentin Smith
- Jackie Earle HaleyFreddy Krueger
- Katie CassidyKris Fowles
- Thomas DekkerJesse Braun
- Kellan LutzDean Russell
- Clancy BrownAlan Smith
- Connie BrittonDr. Gwen Holbrook
- Lia D. MortensenNora Fowles
- Julianna DammLittle Kris
- Christian StolteJesse's Father
- Katie Schooping KnightCreepy Girl #1
Stills
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Themes
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