A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Release: November 9, 1984 | Runtime: 1h 31m | Rating: 7.3
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...
If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.
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Main cast
- Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
- Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
- John Saxon as Lieutenant Thompson
- Ronee Blakley as Marge Thompson
- Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz
- Jsu Garcia as Rod Lane
- Amanda Wyss as Tina Gray
- Charles Fleischer as Dr. King
- Joseph Whipp as Sergeant Parker
- Ed Call as Mr. Lantz
- Sandy Lipton as Mrs. Lantz
- Lin Shaye as Teacher
- Joe Unger as Sergeant Garcia
- Mimi Craven as Nurse
- Jack Shea as Minister
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What is A Nightmare on Elm Street about?
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...
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