A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984

91 min

7.3

Ends at

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...

Budget

$1,800,000

Genre

Horror

Director

Wes Craven

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Heather Langenkamp

Robert Englund

Johnny Depp

John Saxon

Ronee Blakley

Amanda Wyss

Jsu Garcia

Charles Fleischer

Joseph Whipp

Ed Call

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

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...

  • Heather Langenkamp

  • Robert Englund

  • Johnny Depp

  • John Saxon

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