A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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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 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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... Nancy Thompson
... Freddy Krueger
... Glen Lantz
... Lieutenant Thompson
... Marge Thompson
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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 hideous Fred Krueger having the time of his life slashing away and delivering oral venom.
A number of scenes and sequences are staggeringly memorable, in the process shifting into horror movie folklore. The youthful cast are sensibly written (Craven's screenplay that took inspiration from a true story he read about Cambodian refugees literally dying of nightmares!), they are not dumb these kids, just vulnerable, but led by Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) there may be hope of some survivors?
The blurry line between dreams and reality gets a bloody make-over here, creating biblical snoots in the process. In short, essential horror movie for those inclined. 9/10
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Writer:
Wes Craven (Writer)
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Release Date:
1984-11-09
Run Time:
91 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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 hideous Fred Krueger having the time of his life slashing away and delivering oral venom.
A number of scenes and sequences are staggeringly memorable, in the process shifting into horror movie folklore. The youthful cast are sensibly written (Craven's screenplay that took inspiration from a true story he read about Cambodian refugees literally dying of nightmares!), they are not dumb these kids, just vulnerable, but led by Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) there may be hope of some survivors?
The blurry line between dreams and reality gets a bloody make-over here, creating biblical snoots in the process. In short, essential horror movie for those inclined. 9/10
5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My personal favorite slasher horror film that goes well with my Halloween costume, which itself is an accessory to this horror treasure of the 1980s decade!!!
The nightmare that started it all. Made us all scared to go to to sleep. My favorite horror series next to Friday the 13th. Love this movie.
This is the ultimate in slasher-horror that thrives on the basis that it is, at times, genuinely quite scary, and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Robert Englund is super as the legendary "Freddie Krueger" who, complete with his razor sharp right hand, takes over the dreams of the teenage children of parents who had been responsible for his gruesome death many years earlier. When a terrorised "Nancy" (Heather Langenkamp) begins to put two and two together she sets out with cute boyfriend "Glen" (a first outing for Johnny Depp ) to trap him in her world - and that means drinking enough coffee to sink the Titanic and staying awake! Ronee Blakely does a mean impersonation of Faye Dunaway - as the girl's almost permanently drunk mother (whose battles seem to get larger as the film progresses) too. It doesn't hang about - Wes Craven keeps the pace almost frantic, and there is plenty of humour to keep it's tongue in it's cheek. The effects are limited, but fun, and the whole thing raises more smiles than goosebumps but it's still an entertaining watch 35 year later.
Cast & Crew of
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Cast
... Nancy Thompson
... Freddy Krueger
... Glen Lantz
... Lieutenant Thompson
... Marge Thompson
... Tina Gray
... Rod Lane
... Dr. King
... Sergeant Parker
... Mr. Lantz
... Mrs. Lantz
... Teacher
... Sergeant Garcia
... Nurse
... Minister
... Foreman
... Coroner
... Mrs. Gray
... Cop #1
... Cop #2
... Cop #3
... Surfer #1
... Surfer #2
... Hallguard
... Mrs. Gray's Boyfriend
... Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
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... Producer
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... Editor
... Executive Producer
... Production Design
... Executive Producer
... Original Music Composer
... Producer
... Editor
... Director of Photography
... Set Decoration
... Producer
... Casting
... Production Manager
... Still Photographer
... First Assistant Camera
... First Assistant Director
... Grip
... Script Supervisor
... Production Supervisor
... Production Executive
... Set Dresser
... Assistant Production Manager
... Gaffer
... Construction Coordinator
... Property Master
... Assistant Property Master
... Costume Supervisor
... Transportation Captain
... Costumer
... Sound Mixer
... Production Coordinator
... Hairstylist
... Location Manager
... Set Production Assistant
... Assistant Property Master
... Art Department Assistant
... Transportation Coordinator
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Animal Wrangler
... Assistant Sound Editor
... Second Assistant Director
... Stunts
... Stunt Coordinator
... Stunts
... Special Effects Assistant
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Special Effects Assistant
... Stunts
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... Special Effects Assistant
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... Special Effects Assistant
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... Title Designer
... Writer
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