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.
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
Lia D. Mortensen
as Nora Fowles
Julianna Damm
as Little Kris
Christian Stolte
as Jesse's Father
Katie Schooping Knight
as Creepy Girl #1
