A Nightmare on Elm Street

Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Genre: Horror
Released: 1984-11-09
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia

1984 · Movie · 1h 31m · R

Horror

78Balasaur Score
out of 100

The highest scoring of the seven A Nightmare on Elm Street films, ahead of Wes Craven's New Nightmare (67). Streaming on Max.

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Synopsis

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...