A Nightmare on Elm Street
"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all."
Horror
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...
🎬 DirectorWes Craven
📅 Release1984-11-09
🌍 CountryUnited States of America, United Kingdom
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioNew Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment
🗳 Votes5,716
🔥 Popularity12
💰 Budget$1,800,000
💵 Revenue$57,004,513
🎭 Cast
John Saxon
Lt. Donald Thompson
Ronee Blakley
Marge Thompson
Heather Langenkamp
Nancy Thompson
Amanda Wyss
Tina Gray
Jsu Garcia
Rod Lane
Johnny Depp
Glen Lantz
Charles Fleischer
Dr. King
Joseph Whipp
Sergeant Parker
Robert Englund
Fred Krueger
Lin Shaye
Teacher
Joe Unger
Sergeant Garcia
Mimi Craven
Nurse
Jack Shea
Minister
Ed Call
Mr. Lantz
Sandy Lipton
Mrs. Lantz
🎥 Crew
Director
Wes Craven
Producer
Robert Shaye
Costume Design
Dana Lyman
Editor
Rick Shaine
Executive Producer
Joseph Wolf
Production Design
Gregg Fonseca
Executive Producer
Stanley Dudelson
Original Music Composer
Charles Bernstein
Producer
Sara Risher
Editor
Patrick McMahon
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
dreamsnightmarepsychopathsleepchild murdersupernaturalohiomurderslashertrappedalcoholicboiler room
💬 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- off…
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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