A Nightmare on Elm Street vs Hereditary

Hereditary has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5.5/10 for A Nightmare on Elm Street). A Nightmare on Elm Street is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 2h 8m. A Nightmare on Elm Street is the older of the two (2010 against 2018). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Nightmare on Elm Street posterA Nightmare on Elm Street2010 VS Hereditary posterHereditary2018
A Nightmare on Elm StreetHereditary
Audience score★ 5.5/10★ 7.3/10
Year20102018
Length1h 35m2h 8m
GenresHorror, Mystery, ThrillerHorror, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorSamuel BayerAri Aster
Main castClancy Brown, Katie Cassidy, Connie Britton, Christian Stolte, Thomas DekkerToni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro

Synopsis

A Nightmare on Elm Street

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.

Hereditary

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

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