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A Nightmare on Elm Street

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Movie Info
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Director -
Samuel Bayer -
Producer -
Michael Bay , Andrew Form , Brad Fuller -
Screenwriter -
Wesley Strick , Eric Heisserer -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. -
Production Co -
Platinum Dunes -
Rating -
R (Language|Disturbing Images|Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Terror) -
Genre -
Horror -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Apr 30, 2010, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jul 1, 2012 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$63.1M -
Runtime -
1h 36m