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If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming she won't wake up at all. - A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Release Date: 31 Oct 1984

Runtime: 1h 31m

Genre: Horror

Director: New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Cinema 84, The Elm Street Venture

Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Cinema 84, The Elm Street Venture

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...

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Average Vote: 7.3 (5194 votes)

Cast

  • Nancy Thompson: Heather Langenkamp
  • Freddy Krueger: Robert Englund
  • Glen Lantz: Johnny Depp
  • Lieutenant Thompson: John Saxon
  • Marge Thompson: Ronee Blakley
  • Tina Gray: Amanda Wyss
  • Rod Lane: Jsu Garcia
  • Dr. King: Charles Fleischer
  • Sergeant Parker: Joseph Whipp
  • Mr. Lantz: Ed Call
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