A Nightmare on Elm Street poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street( 1984)

TV-MAHorror
73%
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If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming she won't wake up at all.

Overview

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...

    Top Billed Cast

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      Heather Langenkamp

      Nancy Thompson

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      Robert Englund

      Freddy Krueger

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      Johnny Depp

      Glen Lantz

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      John Saxon

      Lieutenant Thompson

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      Ronee Blakley

      Marge Thompson

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      Amanda Wyss

      Tina Gray

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      Jsu Garcia

      Rod Lane

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      Charles Fleischer

      Dr. King

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      Joseph Whipp

      Sergeant Parker

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      Ed Call

      Mr. Lantz

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      Sandy Lipton

      Mrs. Lantz

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      Lin Shaye

      Teacher

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      Joe Unger

      Sergeant Garcia

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      Mimi Craven

      Nurse

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      Jack Shea

      Minister

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      David Andrews

      Foreman

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      Jeff Levine

      Coroner

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      Donna Woodrum

      Mrs. Gray

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      Shashawnee Hall

      Cop #1

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      Carol Pritikin

      Cop #2

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      Brian Reise

      Cop #3

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      Ash Adams

      Surfer #1

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      Don Hannah

      Surfer #2

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      Leslie Hoffman

      Hallguard

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      Paul Grenier

      Mrs. Gray's Boyfriend

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      Kathi Gibbs

      Kid (uncredited)

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      Chris Tashima

      Kid (uncredited)

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      John Richard Petersen

      Kid in Classroom (uncredited)

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      Robert Shaye

      Newsreader / KRGR Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited)

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    Review 4Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun May 03 2015
    Dream Attack. The kids of Elm Street appear to be having the same bad dream, one in which a scarred faced bogeyman in a stripy jumper hunts them with knives attached to his fingers. When the dream becomes a reality for one of the kids, and the worst happens, Nancy Thompson risks all to bring the bogeyman into the open. Stupendous horror movie, one that not even the ream of sequels, spin- offs and cartoons could ever diminish. Wes Craven creates a film of utter terror, unleashing one of the genres most famous monsters on the unsuspecting film loving public, with Robert Englund as the hideo...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1800000.00

    Revenue

    57004513.00

    Keywords

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