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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

94%

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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®

94%

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

Reviews

Screen Rant

Thomas Lethbridge

Wes Craven's 1984 slasher classic has been spoofed, repackaged, and plagiarized to death, but the original Nightmare still stands out.

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Horror Queers Podcast

Trace Thurman

Craven's low budget masterpiece benefits from a whip-smart screenplay and a career-defining performance from Robert Englund.

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Horror Queers Podcast

Joe Lipsett

A Nightmare on Elm Street overcame significant financial challenges and wound up introducing two iconic horror characters and innumerable set pieces that define the genre. The film is nothing less than a masterpiece.

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Denton Record-Chronicle

Preston Barta

Right out of the gate, it’s clear why 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' is on the Mount Rushmore of slashers. It expertly shapes a candy bowl’s worth of suspense, providing a chilling introduction to its iconic villain.

Wes Craven’s imperfect but entertaining horror that still has considerable black-comic energy.

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