Film

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984 · 1h 31m · Horror

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

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Metacritic

76

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

Nancy Thompson

Johnny Depp

Glen Lantz

Robert Englund

Fred Krueger

Amanda Wyss

Tina Gray

Jsu Garcia

Rod Lane

John Saxon

Lt. Donald Thompson

Ronee Blakley

Marge Thompson

Charles Fleischer

Dr. King

Joseph Whipp

Sergeant Parker

Lin Shaye

Teacher

Joe Unger

Sergeant Garcia

Mimi Craven

Nurse

Jack Shea

Minister

Ed Call

Mr. Lantz

Sandy Lipton

Mrs. Lantz

David Andrews

Foreman

• Wes CravenDirector · Writer
• Robert ShayeProducer
• Sara RisherProducer
• John BurrowsProducer
• Joseph WolfExecutive Producer
• Stanley DudelsonExecutive Producer
• Jacques HaitkinDirector of Photography
• Charles BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
• Rick ShaineEditor
• Patrick McMahonEditor

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Release date

November 9, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Budget

$1,800,000

Revenue

$57,004,513

Genres

Horror

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