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73% Critic Match
A Nightmare on Elm Street
“If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.”
7.3 / 10• 1984• 1h 31m•R• English
Horror
Storyline
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 & Crew
John Saxon
Lt. Donald Thompson
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Wes Craven's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Nightmare on Elm Street is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
