A Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer 2

Fred­dy Krue­ger re­turns in 'A Night­ma­re on Elm Street,' a con­tem­po­rary re-??imag­in­ing of the hor­ror clas­sic.

A group of sub­ur­ban tee­na­gers sha­re one com­mon bond: they are all be­ing stal­ked by Fred­dy Krue­ger, a hor­ri­bly dis­fig­ured ki­ller who hunts them in their dreams. As long as they stay awa­ke, they can pro­tect one an­oth­er?but when they sleep, the­re is no es­ca­pe.

Don­ning Fred­dy?s tra­de­mark fe­do­ra, red-??and-??green stri­ped swea­ter, and four-??blad­ed glo­ve is Aca­de­my Award® nom­i­nee Ja­ck­ie Ear­le Ha­ley (?Lit­tle Chil­dren,? ?Watch­men?).

The film is be­ing di­rect­ed by award-??win­ning mu­sic vi­deo and com­mer­cial di­rec­tor Sa­muel Bay­er (Nir­va­na?s ?Sme­lls Li­ke Teen Spir­it,? Green Day?s ?Bou­le­vard of Bro­ken Dreams?), mark­ing his fea­tu­re film de­but.

The teens who­se dreams are ter­ror­ized by Fred­dy Krue­ger are pla­yed by an en­sem­ble of young ac­tors, in­clud­ing Ky­le Gall­ner (?The Haunt­ing in Con­nec­ti­cut?), Ka­tie Cas­sidy (?Tak­en,? TV?s ?Su­per­nat­u­ral?), Roo­ney Ma­ra (?Ur­ban Leg­end: Bloody Mary?), Tho­mas Dek­ker (?Ter­mi­na­tor: The Sa­rah Con­nor Ch­ron­i­cles?), and Kel­lan Lutz (?Twi­light,? up­com­ing ?The Twi­light Sa­ga: New Moon?). The sup­port­ing cast al­so in­clu­des vet­er­an char­ac­ter ac­tor Clan­cy Brown (?The Shaw­shank Re­demp­tion,? ?High­lan­der?) and Con­nie Brit­ton (?Fri­day Night Lights?).

?A Night­ma­re on Elm Street? is ba­sed on char­ac­ters cre­at­ed by Wes Cra­ven in his 1984 sleep­er hor­ror hit. That film went on to be­co­me one of the hor­ror gen­re?s lon­gest-??run­ning, most suc­cess­ful and in­no­va­ti­ve film se­ries, spawn­ing sev­en se­quels. Now, 25 years lat­er, co­mes a con­tem­po­rary in­car­na­tion of the Fred­dy Krue­ger ori­gin sto­ry.

Sa­muel Bay­er is di­rect­ing ?A Night­ma­re on Elm Street? from a screen­play by Wes­ley Stri­ck (?Ca­pe Fear,? ?Wolf?) and Er­ic Heis­ser­er. The film is pro­du­ced by Plat­inum Du­nes? Mi­chael Bay, An­drew Form and Brad Fu­ller, who­se com­pa­ny has en­jo­yed suc­cess with a num­ber of re-??imag­ined hor­ror fran­chis­es, in­clud­ing ?Fri­day the 13th,? ?The Te­xas Chain­saw Mas­sa­cre,? and ?The Ami­ty­vi­lle Hor­ror.? The ex­ec­u­ti­ve pro­duc­ers are Bob Sha­ye, Mi­chael Lyn­ne, and Mi­ke Dra­ke (?The Num­ber 23,? ?The Who­le Ni­ne Yards?). The co-??pro­duc­er is John Ri­ckard.

The be­hind-??the-??sce­nes team in­clu­des di­rec­tor of pho­tog­ra­phy Jeff Cut­ter (?Grid­iron Gang,? the up­com­ing ?Or­phan?), pro­duc­tion de­sign­er Pa­tri­ck Lumb (?Valky­rie,? ?The Omen?), ed­i­tor Glen Scant­le­bury (?Trans­form­ers,? ?The Te­xas Chain­saw Mas­sa­cre?), cos­tu­me de­sign­er Ma­ri-??An Ceo (?Fri­day the 13th,? ?The Te­xas Chain­saw Mas­sa­cre: The Be­gin­ning?), vi­su­al ef­fects su­per­vi­sor Sean Fa­den (?The Ami­ty­vi­lle Hor­ror?), spe­cial ma­ke­up ef­fects ar­tist An­drew Cle­ment (?Star Trek,? ?Clo­ver­field?), and spe­cial ef­fects co­or­di­na­tor John Mi­li­nac (?Fri­day the 13th,? ?The Ami­ty­vi­lle Hor­ror?).

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