A Nightmare on Elm Street Page #3

Synopsis: Death stalks the dreams of several young adults to claim its revenge on the killing of Freddy Kruger. Chased and chastised by this finger-bladed demon, it is the awakening of old memories and the denials of a past of retribution that spurns this hellish vision of a dreamlike state and turns death into a nightmare reality.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Samuel Bayer
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  2 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
15%
R
Year:
2010
95 min
$63,100,000
Website
898 Views


-Now.

-Okay.

Shh! Shh. Shh.

-Nancy, its me. Its m

-Jesse. What the--?

-Hey, hey.

-What are you doing here?

-Stop. Just listen to me, okay?

-What happened to you?

-Whose blood is that? Is it your blood?

-Listen, okay? Please.

-I was with Kris and--

-What'd you do to her?

I didn't do anything, I'm trying to tell you. Listen to me, something's going on, okay?

-Tell me what happened to Kris, Jesse.

-Someone killed her in her sleep.

What?

-What are you talking about?

-Dont pretend you dont know...

...because you do.

You said it at the funeral.

Hes the one whos trying to kill us in our dreams..

-All I keep hearing is the sung.

-What sung?

One, two

Freddy's coming for you

Freddy.

-Thats his name and hes in all of our heads.

-No, thats impossible. No.

Nancy.

Sh*t. We gotta stop this.

-How?

-I don't know.

Just don't fall asleep.

If you die in your dreams,

you die for real.

Nancy? Who's in there?

Oh, sh*t.

Police. Don't move!

Get down! Get down!

-- I didn't do anything.

- Down!

Listen to me, I didn't do anything. Please.

-- Get down!

- Aah!

I loved her, man! I couldnt kill her!

What's going on down there?

I didn't do anything! Stop!

Shut up.

-Get up.

-I didn't kill her! You know!

-- Shut the f*** up.

That's a roger, two-two.

Get up.

-Call it in, code four.

-Get him out of here.

Copy that, we've got a homicide.

Code four. Homicide suspect in custody.

Nancy! You know! You know who did it!

Coming in.

Open three.

Clear.

Clear four.

-- Let him cut.

- All right.

Hold five open.

Open four.

Hello?

-Hi, it's Nancy.

Hey.

You said to call you if I needed to talk.

-Yeah.

-Kris is dead.

Stay awake.

-Stay awake.

-Quiz-et.

Shut the f*** up.

That'll be $24.97.

Five, four, three, two....

Five, six, seven....

Nightmares?

Yeah.

Freddy?

Open four.

Get up.

Folks posted your bail.

Jesse, help me.

Help me, please.

Kris?

-Oh, God.

-No.

Just me.

What do you want from me?

Hmm. I don't know, Jesse.

You think you can turn back time?

-Answer me!

-No.

Do you think you can

bring the dead back to life?

-No. No!

-No?

I didnt f***ing think so.

No! No! No!

Why are you screaming?

I haven't even cut you yet.

I didn't do it! I'm innocent

Get me cut cf here!

Let me the f*** cut cf here!

Did you know

that after the heart stops beating...

the brain keeps functioning for well over seven minutes?

We gut six more minutes to play.

-You okay?

-Yeah. Im just really exhausted.

Here.

-What's that?

-Zoneral.

It's basically speed for kids with ADD.

I've been on it since I was, like, 15.

No. No. No, thanks.

Nancy, look, youre running on fumes. Here, okay? Are you sure? Its--

Yeah, I'm fine for now.

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Wesley Strick

Wesley Strick (born February 11, 1954) is an American screenwriter who has written such films as the comic-horror hit Arachnophobia, the Martin Scorsese remake of Cape Fear and the videogame adaptation Doom. Since 2015, Strick has worked as a writer/executive producer on The Man in the High Castle (Amazon TV series). more…

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