Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street

- If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming she won't wake up at all.

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. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

Release Date : 1984-11-09

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New Line CinemaSmart Egg PicturesMedia Home EntertainmentCinema 84The Elm Street Venture

Production Country : United States of AmericaUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Nancy Thompson

Original Name : Heather Langenkamp

Gender : Female

Character Name : Freddy Krueger

Original Name : Robert Englund

Gender : Male

Character Name : Glen Lantz

Original Name : Johnny Depp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Thompson

Original Name : John Saxon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marge Thompson

Original Name : Ronee Blakley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tina Gray

Original Name : Amanda Wyss

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rod Lane

Original Name : Jsu Garcia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. King

Original Name : Charles Fleischer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Parker

Original Name : Joseph Whipp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Lantz

Original Name : Ed Call

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Lantz

Original Name : Sandy Lipton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Teacher

Original Name : Lin Shaye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sergeant Garcia

Original Name : Joe Unger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Mimi Craven

Gender : Female

Character Name : Minister

Original Name : Jack Shea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foreman

Original Name : David Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coroner

Original Name : Jeff Levine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Gray

Original Name : Donna Woodrum

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cop #1

Original Name : Shashawnee Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop #2

Original Name : Carol Pritikin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cop #3

Original Name : Brian Reise

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surfer #1

Original Name : Ash Adams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surfer #2

Original Name : Don Hannah

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hallguard

Original Name : Leslie Hoffman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Gray's Boyfriend

Original Name : Paul Grenier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)

Original Name : Chris Tashima

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Dream Attack. The kids of Elm Street appear to be having the same bad dream, one in which a scarred faced bogeyman in a stripy jumper hunts them with knives attached to his fingers. When the dream becomes a reality for one of the kids, and the worst happens, Nancy Thompson risks all to bring the bogeyman into the open. Stupendous horror movie, one that not even the ream of sequels, spin- offs and cartoons could ever diminish. Wes Craven creates a film of utter terror, unleashing one of the genres most famous monsters on the unsuspecting film loving public, with Robert Englund as the hideous Fred Krueger having the time of his life slashing away and delivering oral venom. A number of scenes and sequences are staggeringly memorable, in the process shifting into horror movie folklore. The youthful cast are sensibly written (Craven's screenplay that took inspiration from a true story he read about Cambodian refugees literally dying of nightmares!), they are not dumb these kids, just vulnerable, but led by Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) there may be hope of some survivors? The blurry line between dreams and reality gets a bloody make-over here, creating biblical snoots in the process. In short, essential horror movie for those inclined. 9/10

John Critic

@kdumers

2022-04-03

5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My personal favorite slasher horror film that goes well with my Halloween costume, which itself is an accessory to this horror treasure of the 1980s decade!!!

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

2023-04-17

The nightmare that started it all. Made us all scared to go to to sleep. My favorite horror series next to Friday the 13th. Love this movie.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-08

This is the ultimate in slasher-horror that thrives on the basis that it is, at times, genuinely quite scary, and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Robert Englund is super as the legendary "Freddie Krueger" who, complete with his razor sharp right hand, takes over the dreams of the teenage children of parents who had been responsible for his gruesome death many years earlier. When a terrorised "Nancy" (Heather Langenkamp) begins to put two and two together she sets out with cute boyfriend "Glen" (a first outing for Johnny Depp ) to trap him in her world - and that means drinking enough coffee to sink the Titanic and staying awake! Ronee Blakely does a mean impersonation of Faye Dunaway - as the girl's almost permanently drunk mother (whose battles seem to get larger as the film progresses) too. It doesn't hang about - Wes Craven keeps the pace almost frantic, and there is plenty of humour to keep it's tongue in it's cheek. The effects are limited, but fun, and the whole thing raises more smiles than goosebumps but it's still an entertaining watch 35 year later.