Film · 1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Directed by Wes Craven
1h 31mUnited StatesEnglish
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...
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Cast & crew
- Heather LangenkampNancy Thompson
- Johnny DeppGlen Lantz
- Robert EnglundFred Krueger
- Amanda WyssTina Gray
- Jsu GarciaRod Lane
- John SaxonLt. Thompson
- Ronee BlakleyMarge Thompson
- Charles FleischerDr. King
- Joseph WhippSgt. Parker
- Lin ShayeTeacher
- Joe UngerSgt. Garcia
- Mimi CravenNurse
- Jack SheaMinister
- Ed CallMr. Lantz
- Sandy LiptonMrs. Lantz
- David AndrewsForeman
- Jeff LevineCoroner
- Donna WoodrumMrs. Gray
- Shashawnee HallCop #1
- Carol PritikinCop #2
- Directed by
- Wes Craven
- Written by
- Wes Craven
- Music
- Charles Bernstein
- Produced by
- Robert Shaye, Sara Risher & John Burrows
- Cinematography
- Jacques Haitkin
- Editing
- Patrick McMahon & Rick Shaine