A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

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

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Release Date: Nov 14, 1984
Rated: R | Runtime: 91 Mins | Language: English
Director: Wes Craven
Stars: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp

Summary

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 (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), 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 (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

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What to Expect

A Nightmare On Elm Street, the cult classic that started it all. It's also the cult classic that started Johnny Depp's career. Sure you may all know him as Edward Scissorhands or Willy Wonka, but I'll always know him as the poor bastard that got pulled into his bed and whose gallons of blood painted the ceiling of his bedroom.

The original nightmare also starred Lin Shaye from Insidious, sister of one of the producers.

For everything about the original NoES, along with every movie in the series, visit the amazing fan site Nightmare on Elm Street Films One of the scenes in a Nightmare on Elm Street is featured at #3 on the Top 10 Legendary Horror Movie Kills

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Critic Reviews:

A Nightmare on Elm Street is tailor made for those who like their gore leavened with thought-provoking ideas - something that is a rarity in this genre.

– Reel Views

Terrifically spooky and original—at the point in which the movie was made, there had never been anything like it—the film continues to feel completely modern despite being almost a quarter-century old.

– The Film File

This film is a markedly strong entry into the slasher movement and introduced the world to a whole new kind of killer.

– Bloody Good Horror