A Nightmare on Elm Street

Nov 9, 1984

1h 31m

★ 7.3

If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming she won't wake up at all.

Overview

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Smart Egg Pictures

Media Home Entertainment

Cinema 84

The Elm Street Venture

A Nightmare on Elm Street Trailers

Cast

Nancy Thompson

Heather Langenkamp

Freddy Krueger

Robert Englund

Glen Lantz

Johnny Depp

Lieutenant Thompson

John Saxon

Marge Thompson

Ronee Blakley

Tina Gray

Amanda Wyss

Rod Lane

Jsu Garcia

Dr. King

Charles Fleischer

Sergeant Parker

Joseph Whipp

Mr. Lantz

Ed Call

Mrs. Lantz

Sandy Lipton

Teacher

Lin Shaye

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