A Nightmare on Elm Street

Cast

John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss View All

Crew

Wes Craven (Director), Wes Craven (Writer) View All

Release: Nov. 14th, 1984

Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes

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...

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But screw it A Nightmare on Elm Street came along after the likes of Halloween and Friday the 13th, two films of which could be categorized respectively as the slasher originator and the one spawning directly from its very success.

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