A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Teenager Nancy Thompson finds that she and a group of friends are all experiencing identical nightmares wherein they are pursued by a burn-scarred figure in a hat who wields a razor-tipped glove. However, when the figure starts to mutilate them in their nightmares, the group wake up to find cuts and burns on their skin in reality too. Next, Nancy’s friend Tina is killed in the waking world after she is savagely dismembered by the figure in her dreams. Haunted by the same figure, Nancy discovers that he is Freddy Krueger, a man with a terrible past.
Direction Wes Craven
Cast Heather Langenkamp · Robert Englund · Johnny Depp · John Saxon · Lin Shaye · Joe Unger · Charles Fleischer · Jsu Garcia · Amanda Wyss · Ronee Blakley · Mimi Craven
Soundtrack Charles Bernstein
Screenplay Wes Craven
Cinematography Jacques Haitkin
Original title A Nightmare on Elm Street
6.6
54K votes (FilmAffinity)
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