A Nightmare on Elm Street

Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Released: 1984-1-1
Cast: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Johnny Depp

R
1h 31m
1984

95%

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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

Producer:

Robert Shaye

Writer:

Wes Craven

Cast:

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

Special Features

Alternate Endings

Never Sleep Again

Locked video

Theatrical Trailer

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

95%

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

Reviews

Santa Cruz Sentinel

J.A. Conner

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.

It's a better than average, slick super-shocker that is as warped and twisted as anyone could wish.

July 22, 2022

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