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A whole new generation got too scared to sleep when Hollywood remade this Wes Craven classic from the '80s! Now, test your recall of this riveting horror film with our quiz!
Where does "A Nightmare on Elm Street" open?
in a bedroom
at a diner
The film opens on the "Springwood Diner" (with, classically, the "n" in the neon sign burned out). The town's name is implied to be "Springwood," since that's also the name of the high school.
in a high school
at a party
What is the name of the troubled character trying to stay awake in the diner?
Dean
Dean's attempts to stay awake don't go well. He has a nightmare in which he follows a waitress back into the kitchen, seeing animal parts and a rather large grease fire on the stove. Then, of course, he runs into Freddy Krueger.
Jesse
Joe
Quentin
What is Dean's relationship to Kris?
they were best friends as children
they are starting a relationship
they are ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend
we never learn this
Kris has just broken up with Jesse, who is also in the Springwood Diner at the time. He's irritated to see her with the handsome Dean -- but why Kris has come to meet Dean is never made clear.
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When Freddy kills Dean, what does Kris see in waking life?
slashes appearing across Dean's chest
Dean collapsing to the floor, not breathing
Dean cutting his own wrists
Dean cutting his own throat
Kris watches Dean appear to commit suicide. However, he also says twice, "You're not real!" indicating that something else is going on. Kris, after all, has just told Dean that his nightmares aren't real.
What upsets Kris about one of the photos of Dean at his funeral?
she's in it
Kris sees herself wearing a simple blue dress. Moments earlier, she had a mini-nightmare at the graveside in which her child self wore the same dress, and was grabbed by a hand coming out of Dean's grave.
Freddy is in it
it's warped and distorted
he looks so young and innocent
What does Kris find in her textbook after her nightmare in the classroom?
a bit of Freddy's sweater
a lock of her hair
Kris wakes up screaming, which draws a rather understated, "Are you okay?" response from her history teacher. Fun fact: Previously, the teacher asked students to open their books to page 84. 1984 was the year of the original "Nightmare on Elm Street" release.
claw marks across the page
ash and soot
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What is the relationship between Quentin and Nancy?
they were stepbrother and stepsister before their parents's divorce
they are cousins
he has a crush on her
Nancy is a waitress at the Springwood Diner, and Quentin's friend Jesse encourages him to ask her out. Don't worry, Jesse -- before long, events will throw Nancy and Quentin together!
they are ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend
In what high-school sport does Quentin take part?
baseball
football
swimming
Quentin has a nightmare while swimming laps and has to be pulled out and resuscitated. We have to wonder -- who can fall asleep while exercising? In cool water, no less?
wrestling
Who played Gwen, Nancy's mother?
Connie Britton
Heather Langenkamp, of course, played Nancy in the original. She was offered a cameo role, as the waitress in Dean's opening nightmare, but turned it down.
Jennifer Ehle
Heather Langenkamp
Jennie Garth
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What does Quentin's father do for a living?
he's a police officer
he's the high school's principal
Alan Smith was played by Clancy Brown, no stranger to horror and supernatural movies. Recently, Brown had a role on the spooky television series "Sleepy Hollow."
he's a psychologist
we never learn this
Who is blamed for Kris' death?
Jesse
Jesse stays overnight at Kris' place to protect her, since her mother is traveling. He is unable to do anything, though, when she's thrown around the room and killed by a nightmare. Kris' death is a close imitation of the one "Tina" suffered in the original.
Nancy
Quentin
unknown home-invasion burglars
What is the name of the preschool Nancy and the others attended?
Badham
None of the kids realized they went to the same preschool. Finally, when Nancy finds a class picture, Gwen has to tell her the truth, or part of it: She lies and says that Krueger left town before the parents could do anything about his abuse.
Craven
Elm
Seymour
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What role did Fred Krueger fill at the preschool?
he was a teacher
he was the accountant
he was a gardener
The version of "Fred Krueger" we see in flashbacks actually seems quite nice. He plays with the kids, and they seem to adore him. It's the film's intent to keep us in suspense about whether Freddy really was a child molester.
he was the parent of a child who went there
When Quentin passes out during swim practice, what does he see in his nightmare?
Freddy taking a child into his "cave"
the events of Jesse's death in jail
the events surrounding Freddy's death
Quentin, still in his swim trunks, is an observer as a mob of parents lock Freddy in a warehouse and burn him to death. On waking, Quentin believes his father and the others killed an innocent man.
a premonition of his own death
What is the name of the bookstore where Quentin and Nancy study?
Fox Books
The Tattered Cover
Powell's Books
The flagship Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon takes up a whole city block. Its satellite stores, around the state, are smaller. Is this screenwriter Wesley Strick's way of hinting that "Springwood" is in Oregon? Could be ...
Riding Lights
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What does Quentin use, initially, to stay awake?
coffee and plenty of it
cold showers
a sharp stone in his shoe
a drug called Zoneral
"Zoneral" appears to be a fictitious drug. The film, overall, seems interested in the amount of medication teenagers take. Earlier, Jesse notes that the troubled Dean was on a great deal of medication as well.
What non-sleep-related book does Quentin have among the others at Powell's?
"How to Ace the SATs"
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
"The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
Quentin says that he saw the Pied Piper in one of his nightmares. This, plus his dream about the true circumstances of Freddy's death, makes Quentin the only one of the group who has vision-like, revelatory dreams -- an side note the script does not expand on.
"The Basketball Diaries"
Where does Nancy fall asleep after the meeting at the bookstore?
in a city bus on the way home
at the kitchen table
in her bathtub
This is responsible for one of the movie's few comic moments. After Nancy falls asleep, Freddy's clawed hand rises from the water -- only to retract abruptly, like a submarine periscope, when Gwen knocks on the door.
in her bed
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What is Nancy's extra-curricular interest?
acting
art
Nancy draws the preschool everyone attended after one of her nightmares. This isn't really the way she and Quentin locate it, though -- they simply crash his car and wander accidentally right onto the site of the preschool.
volunteering
the high-school yearbook
What is Nancy's last name?
Aames
Holbrook
Nancy's last name was "Thompson" in the original. In addition to the changed last name, the Nancy of the new film is seen as more introverted and artistic than her predecessor.
Fuller
Thompson
What does Quentin steal off the nurse's cart?
adrenalin
Quentin, already taking a "speed"-like drug for ADD, has no qualms about using a drug to stay awake. Nancy is more careful, and declines the adrenalin, just as she did with Quentin's offer of Zoneral earlier.
bandages for Nancy
syringes to use as weapons
Zoneral
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What does Quentin find which proves Freddy was a child molester?
Freddy's diary
child pornography
Polaroids of Nancy
Earlier in the film, Nancy refers to Freddy's "secret cave," which is where Quentin finds the pictures. Up until that moment, though, the audience can't be sure anything bad really happened in Freddy's hideout.
a video confession to the police
What must Nancy do to draw Freddy into the real world?
be hypnotized
fall asleep again
Quentin and Nancy believe that she is the one who can bring him into the real world, because she was able to bring a piece of his sweater back with her. Nancy was also his favorite, back when he was a school gardener.
hold a seance
try to understand him
What object does Quentin adapt into a weapon?
a broom handle
electrical wiring
a paper cutter
Quentin wrenches the blade off a paper cutter. Oddly, these items were considered safe to have in classrooms full of small children -- even though kids' scissors had to be blunt as spoons and collected after every art class.
garden shears
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Whom does Freddy kill at the very end of the film?
Alan
Gwen
Like many horror films, there's a twist after the main character thinks the terror is finally over. In this case, Freddy appears in a mirror behind Gwen, stabs through her eyes with his razor fingers, and pulls her through a mirror.
Nancy
Quentin
Other than Freddy, which remake character shared a name with a character in the 1984 original?
Quentin
Jesse
Nancy
Relatively little about the original film was re-created in the remake. Screenwriter Wesley Strick used the Freddy character and the underlying idea of nightmare killings, but with mostly new characters.
Dean
Who played Nancy?
Anna Kendrick
Chloe Moretz
Rooney Mara
Her full name is Patricia Rooney Mara. She played early roles as "Patricia Mara" and then "Tricia Mara," before settling on her stage/screen name.
Lucy Hale
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Who played Kris' ex, Jesse?
Thomas Dekker
Dekker has worked steadily since his childhood, particularly in television. He also played Adam Conant on the short-lived "Secret Circle" series, a cousin to "The Vampire Diaries."
Zac Efron
Chace Crawford
Ian Somerhalder
Kellan Lutz, who played the first victim, Dean, is better known for what other film franchise?
Friday the 13th
Star Trek
Star Wars
Twilight
Lutz played the macho, good-hearted vampire, Emmet Cullen. Despite having male-model looks, (he is also a model), Lutz was overshadowed by co-stars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
Jackie Earle Haley played the role of Freddy Krueger. Whose shoes did he fill to do so?
Michael Dorn
Robert Englund
Englund played Freddy in all the previous movies and a television series. Haley is the first new actor to fill the role. He did so with Englund's blessing.
James Remar
Tom Skerritt
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Jackie Earle Haley won the role of Freddy after impressing the director with his work in which film?
Little Children
The Bad News Bears
All the King's Men
Watchmen
It's been persistently rumored that Haley auditioned for a role in the original "Elm Street," but didn't get one, only to see his friend Johnny Depp, who tagged along, get noticed and cast. Haley has said it's possible that he auditioned, but he doesn't remember it.
Wes Craven, of course, directed the original Elm Street. Who helmed the remake?
Samuel Bayer
Bayer isn't a very well-known name to this day. He did have a good deal of success in the world of music videos, though, shooting the video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Alfonso Cuaron
Roland Emmerich
Zack Snyder
What item was carefully guarded during the shooting of "Nightmare"?
Freddy's fedora
Freddy's striped sweater
Freddy's razor-claw glove
The filmmakers learned from history. Apparently, versions of the claw glove went missing from the sets of earlier "Elm Street" movies, thus the tighter security on the 2010 copy.
the shooting script
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If all the Freddy Krueger films are considered as one franchise, which installment was the 2010 remake?
the sixth
the seventh
the eighth
the ninth
That probably seems like a lot. But this includes deathless fare like "Freddy vs. Jason" (don't tell us you never saw it!).
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