A Nightmare on Elm Street
Nov 09 1984
•2h 31m
•Horror
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...
Cast
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Heather Langenkamp
Nancy Thompson
Robert Englund
Freddy Krueger
Johnny Depp
Glen Lantz
John Saxon
Lieutenant Thompson
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