A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Released: 1984
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley

• Movies, Horror

• 91 min

7.3

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

Directed by: Wes Craven
Casting: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Charles Fleischer, Joseph Whipp, Ed Call, Sandy Lipton, Lin Shaye, Joe Unger, Mimi Craven, Jack Shea, David Andrews, Jeff Levine, Donna Woodrum, Shashawnee Hall, Carol Pritikin, Brian Reise, Ash Adams, Don Hannah, Leslie Hoffman, Paul Grenier
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
Premiere: 1984-11-09
Status: Released

Tags: dreams, nightmare, psychopath, sleep, child murder, supernatural, ohio, murder, slasher, trapped, alcoholic, boiler room, booby trap, nostalgic, disfigurement, medical test, nightmare becomes reality, caffeine, shocking, vexed, frantic, grim, desperate, anxious, supernatural horror, suspenseful, frightened, franchise starter, teen scream

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...