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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · R · 1h 31m
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...
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Curator Score
Based on 1 curator rating
Strongest on fear and atmosphere.
Jump scares
A Nightmare on Elm Street has 11 jump scares. Compare counts
8.1Overall
Fear9.0
Gore8.0
Atmosphere9.0
Intensity7.8
Genres
horror
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Subgenre
Tone
surrealdread
Setting
suburban
Audience
gateway-horrorfoundational
Seasonal
halloween-watch
Production
practical-effects
Content Warnings
self-harm
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Details
Budget$1.8M
Box office$25.5M
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Starring
John Saxon as Lt. Donald Thompson · Ronee Blakley as Marge Thompson · Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson · Amanda Wyss as Tina Gray · Jsu Garcia as Rod Lane · Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz · Charles Fleischer as Dr. King · Joseph Whipp as Sergeant Parker
Production
Cinema 84, Media Home Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, The Elm Street Venture
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