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Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Released: 1984-11-9
Cast: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Johnny Depp

A Nightmare on Elm Street

R
1h 31m
1984

93%

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Can your nightmares be fatal? In this classic of the horror film genre that launched a movie franchise, a hideously scarred pedophile who was murdered by a lynch mob returns years later in the terrifying nightmares of his killers' teenaged children ... And the dreaming teenagers are starting to die in their sleep.

Director:

Wes Craven

Writer:

Wes Craven

Cast:

John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund

Extras

Focus Points

Alternate Endings

Locked video

The House That Freddy Built: The Legacy of New Line Horror

21 MIN

Locked video

Never Sleep Again: The Making of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

49 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

93%

Critics Consensus: Wes Craven's intelligent premise, combined with the horrifying visual appearance of Freddy Krueger, still causes nightmares to this day.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

Craven employs some startling horror setups and knows how to make his audience jump

Craven treats us to a garish visual trip into the dark side of dreamland.

There is something chilling about being haunted through your dreams- a space you have no control of and can only put off for so long.

While the sequels, and subsequent remake, would never live up to the magic of the original, A Nightmare on Elm Street launched a franchise that would inspire and retain relevance.

The original Nightmare delivers a terrifying villain and a unique concept that strips away any chance of safety. Freddy is arguably at his best, tearing through the screen into horror icon status. The final few minutes is all that prevents perfection.

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