A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.
Directed by Wes Craven
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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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Details
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Written by
- Wes Craven
- Produced by
- John Burrows, Robert Shaye, Sara Risher
- Composer
- Charles Bernstein
- Cinematographer
- Jacques Haitkin
- Editors
- Patrick McMahon, Rick Shaine
- Studios
- New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Cinema 84
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- United States, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (5,684 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 94% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 76/100
- IMDb
- 7.4/10 (290,356 votes)
Cast
John Saxon
Lt. Donald Thompson
Ronee Blakley
Marge Thompson
Heather Langenkamp
Nancy Thompson
Amanda Wyss
Tina Gray
Jsu Garcia
Rod Lane
Johnny Depp
Glen Lantz
Charles Fleischer
Dr. King
Joseph Whipp
Sergeant Parker
Robert Englund
Fred Krueger
Lin Shaye
Teacher
Joe Unger
Sergeant Garcia
Mimi Craven
Nurse
Jack Shea
Minister
Ed Call
Mr. Lantz
Sandy Lipton
Mrs. Lantz
David Andrews
Foreman
Jeff Levine
Coroner
Donna Woodrum
Mrs. Gray
Crew
Wes Craven
Director
John Burrows
Producer
Robert Shaye
Producer
Sara Risher
Producer
Charles Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Jacques Haitkin
Director of Photography
Patrick McMahon
Editor
Rick Shaine
Editor
Gregg Fonseca
Production Design
Joseph Wolf
Executive Producer
Stanley Dudelson
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Score
Charles Bernstein
Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — SLASHERS Pt9: A Nightmare On Elm St (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection
Appears in
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
Carol Clover — Men, Women, and Chain Saws
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Slashers - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Time Out: 100 Best Horror Films
Variety: 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
