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1984

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Directed by Wes Craven
If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming she won't wake up at all.

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...

Duration

1h 31m

Released

November 9, 1984

Revenue

$57,004,513

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Cast26

  • Heather Langenkamp
  • Robert Englund
  • Johnny Depp
  • John Saxon
  • Ronee Blakley
  • Amanda Wyss
  • Jsu Garcia
  • Charles Fleischer
  • Joseph Whipp

Part ofThe A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection

Includes A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989), Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), and New Nightmare (1994).

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