A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Theatrical - Wide 1984-11-09

Cast John Saxon Ronee Blakley Heather Langenkamp Amanda Wyss Jsu Garcia
Directed by Wes Craven

Box Office Gross: $57,004,513

Running Time: 91 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Cinema 84, The Elm Street Venture

Genres: Horror

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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... See more 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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