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A Nightmare on Elm Street

  • 7.4 /10

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  • 94%

Plot

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...

Cast

Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
Heather Langenkamp

as Nancy Thompson

Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
Robert Englund

as Freddy Krueger

Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz
Johnny Depp

as Glen Lantz

John Saxon as Lieutenant Thompson
John Saxon

as Lieutenant Thompson

Ronee Blakley as Marge Thompson
Ronee Blakley

as Marge Thompson

Amanda Wyss as Tina Gray
Amanda Wyss

as Tina Gray

Jsu Garcia as Rod Lane
Jsu Garcia

as Rod Lane

Charles Fleischer as Dr. King
Charles Fleischer

as Dr. King

Joseph Whipp as Sergeant Parker
Joseph Whipp

as Sergeant Parker

Ed Call as Mr. Lantz
Ed Call

as Mr. Lantz

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • October 31, 1984

Production Companies

  • New Line Cinema

  • Smart Egg Pictures

  • Media Home Entertainment

  • Cinema 84

  • The Elm Street Venture

Production Countries

  • United States of America

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $1,800,000.00

Revenue

  • $57,004,513.00

Runtime

  • 1.52 hrs

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Reviews

Dream Attack. The kids of Elm Street appear to be having the same bad dream, one in which a scarred faced bogeyman in a stripy jumper hunts them with knives attached to his fingers. When the dream becomes a reality for one of the kids, and the worst happens, Nancy Thompson risks all to bring the bogeyman into the open. Stupendous horror movie, one that not even the ream of sequels, spin- of…

5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My personal favorite slasher horror film that goes well with my Halloween costume, which itself is an accessory to this horror treasure of the 1980s decade!!!

The nightmare that started it all. Made us all scared to go to to sleep. My favorite horror series next to Friday the 13th. Love this movie.

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