A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984/11/09 (US) | Horror
If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming she won't wake up at all.
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...
Wes Craven
Director
Lead 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
Budget
$ 1,800,000
Revenue
$ 57,004,513
Status
Released
Production Company
- New Line Cinema
- Smart Egg Pictures
- Media Home Entertainment
- Cinema 84
Crews
Robert Shaye
Producer
John Burrows
Producer
Stanley Dudelson
Executive Producer
Joseph Wolf
Executive Producer
Sara Risher
Producer
Charles Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Jacques Haitkin
Director of Photography