A Nightmare on Elm Street( 1984)

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

Overview

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...

Top Billed Cast

Heather Langenkamp
Nancy Thompson
Robert Englund
Freddy Krueger
Johnny Depp
Glen Lantz
John Saxon
Lieutenant Thompson
Ronee Blakley
Marge Thompson
Amanda Wyss
Tina Gray
Jsu Garcia
Rod Lane
Charles Fleischer
Dr. King
Joseph Whipp
Sergeant Parker
Ed Call
Mr. Lantz
Sandy Lipton
Mrs. Lantz
Lin Shaye
Teacher
Joe Unger
Sergeant Garcia
Mimi Craven
Nurse
Jack Shea
Minister
David Andrews
Foreman
Jeff Levine
Coroner
Donna Woodrum
Mrs. Gray
Shashawnee Hall
Cop #1
Carol Pritikin
Cop #2
Brian Reise
Cop #3
Ash Adams
Surfer #1
Don Hannah
Surfer #2
Leslie Hoffman
Hallguard
Paul Grenier
Mrs. Gray's Boyfriend
Chris Tashima
Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun May 03 2015

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 bogeyman into the open. Stupendous horror movie, one that not even the ream of sequels, spin- offs and cartoons could ever diminish. Wes Craven creates a film of utter terror, unleashing one of the genres most famous monsters on the unsuspecting film loving public, with Robert Englund as the hideo...