A Nightmare on Elm Street

Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Genre: Horror
Released: 1984-11-09
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Johnny Depp

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If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.

7.3(5,590 votes)

1984

1h 31m

Horror

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Overview

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...