1987/02/27 (US) | Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
If you think you'll get out alive, you must be dreaming.
During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens.
Frank Darabont
Screenplay
Chuck Russell
Screenplay
Wes Craven
Screenplay
Bruce Wagner
Screenplay
Chuck Russell
Director
Heather Langenkamp
Nancy Thompson
Patricia Arquette
Kristen Parker
Craig Wasson
Dr. Neil Gordon
Robert Englund
Freddy Krueger
Laurence Fishburne
Max
Ken Sagoes
Kincaid
Rodney Eastman
Joey
$ 4,450,000
$ 44,793,222
Released
Wes Craven
Executive Producer
Terry Stokes
Editor
Robert Shaye
Producer
Chuck Weiss
Editor
Angelo Badalamenti
Original Music Composer