Wes Craven-directed film hit theaters nationwide on December 20, 1996. Newcomer Melissa Barrera, for example, was only 6 years old when the original debuted.«I was too young to watch it,» the 31-year-old actress said.Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan's son, Jack Quaid, also joins the fold, but he was even younger than Barrera.«I was four when it came out,» he said.