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A Nightmare On Elm Street

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Movie

91 minutes

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November 9th, 1984
Horror
DIRECTOR:

Wes Craven

PRODUCERS:

John Burrows Joseph Wolf Robert Shaye Sara Risher

STUDIO:

New Line Cinema

RATING:

R

RUNTIME:

91 minutes

FRANCHISE:

A Nightmare on Elm Street

SEQUELS:

Freddy vs. Jason

DIRECTOR:

Wes Craven

PRODUCERS:

John Burrows Joseph Wolf Robert Shaye Sara Risher

STUDIO:

New Line Cinema

RATING:

R

RUNTIME:

91 minutes

FRANCHISE:

A Nightmare on Elm Street

SEQUELS:

Freddy vs. Jason

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  • Headshot Of Heather Langenkamp
    Heather Langenkamp
    Nancy Thompson
  • Headshot Of John Saxon
    John Saxon
    Lieutenant Thompson
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    Ronee Blakley
    Marge Thompson

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  • A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the best slasher films of all time, and Freddy Kreuger is nightmare fuel as the repulsive villain that invades your dreams. Fantastic stuff. Wes Craven is arguably the best to ever do it in the horror genre.

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Synopsis

A Nightmare on Elm Street, released in 1984, explores the terror faced by a group of teenagers haunted in their dreams by Fred Krueger, a vengeful spirit. As they confront a series of mysterious deaths, Nancy Thompson uncovers the truth about Krueger's dark past and seeks to stop him.


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Headshot Of Heather Langenkamp
Heather Langenkamp

Nancy Thompson

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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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Johnny Depp

Glen Lantz

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Robert Englund

Freddy Krueger

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Charles Fleischer

Dr. King

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Joseph Whipp

Sergeant Parker

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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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Ed Call

Mr. Lantz

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Sandy Lipton

Mrs. Lantz

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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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