A Nightmare on Elm Street
About A Nightmare on Elm Street
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.
Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 horror film. At 91 minutes long, it arrived in November 1984.
The film is filed under dreams, shocking, nightmare, and alcoholic.
Heather Langenkamp appears as Nancy Thompson, Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz, Robert Englund as Fred Krueger, and Amanda Wyss as Tina Gray. The screenplay is by Wes Craven.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Wes Craven's New Nightmare make useful companions to A Nightmare on Elm Street, all filed under disfigurement. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 6,046 votes and it carries a R rating.