A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning is a 2000 American made-for-television supernatural slasher film written and directed by Jonathan Craven and produced by Amy Lynn Best. and stars Brad Pitt Elisabeth Shue Dylan McDermott Meg Ryan Ted McGinley Joan Severance Kevin Costner Sandra Bernhard Jeff Bridges Kathy Bates with Glenn Close and Danielle Harris as Esther Johnston Alexander Skarsgård as Freddy Krueger Release date January 14, 2000

Cast

Kelly Frye as Charlotte Bradshaw

Jeremy Jordan as Doug Holloway

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Olivia

Finn Wittrock as William Blankenship

Nasim Pedrad as Mia Carson

Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Blankenship

Paige Hurd as Emily Carpenter

Keith Powers as Edwin Carpenter

Keke Palme r as Ruby Carpenter

Blair Underwood as Isaac Carpenter

Vivica A. Fox as Martha Shaw / Carpenter

LaKeith Stanfield as Richard Carpenter

Queen Latifah as Anne Ford / Carpenter

Shemar Moore as Deputy Andrew Carpenter

Loretta Devine as Rebecca Dunn / Carpenter

Frankie Faison as Captain Ernest Carpenter

Jaime Pressly as Barbara Johnston

Kevin Costner as Detective Lucas Thompkins

Sandra Bernhard as Lauren Thompkins

Alexander Skarsgård as Freddy Krueger

Jeff Bridges as Ralph Marshall

Kathy Bates as Phoebe Marshall

Jared Padalecki as Edward Marshall

Jessica Biel as Hannah Marshall

Paul Wesley as David Tucker

Danielle Harris as Esther Johnston

James Van Der Beek as Herbert Marshall

Hayden Panettiere as Dorothy Sinclair

Brad Pitt as Abraham Sinclair

Elisabeth Shue as Margaret Sinclair

Dylan McDermott as Hugh Sinclair

Meg Ryan as Helen Griffin / Sinclair

Scott Eastwood as Eli Sinclair

Joan Severance as Addison Blankenship

Ted McGinley as Leonardo Blankenship

Glenn Close as Judge