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A Nightmare on Elm Street

If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.

1984 · R · 1h 31m

Directed by Wes Craven

7.4

TMDB audience score
6,058 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Heather Langenkamp
    Nancy Thompson

  • Robert Englund
    Fred Krueger

  • Johnny Depp
    Glen Lantz

  • Amanda Wyss
    Tina Gray

  • Jsu Garcia
    Rod Lane

  • John Saxon
    Lt. Thompson

  • Ronee Blakley
    Marge Thompson

  • Charles Fleischer
    Dr. King

  • Joseph Whipp
    Sgt. Parker

  • Lin Shaye
    Teacher

  • Joe Unger
    Sgt. 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