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. 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...

Cast

Heather Langenkamp

Heather Langenkamp

as Nancy Thompson

Robert Englund

Robert Englund

as Freddy Krueger

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

as Glen Lantz

John Saxon

John Saxon

as Lieutenant Thompson

Ronee Blakley

Ronee Blakley

as Marge Thompson

Amanda Wyss

Amanda Wyss

as Tina Gray

Jsu Garcia

Jsu Garcia

as Rod Lane

Charles Fleischer

Charles Fleischer

as Dr. King

Joseph Whipp

Joseph Whipp

as Sergeant Parker

Ed Call

Ed Call

as Mr. Lantz

Reviews

John Chard

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 ...

John Critic

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

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

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 child...

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