A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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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...
- Released: 1984-11-09
- Genres: Horror
- Runtime: 1h 31m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10 from 5,948 votes
Directed by Wes Craven.
Top cast
- Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
- Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz
- Robert Englund as Fred Krueger
- Amanda Wyss as Tina Gray
- Jsu Garcia as Rod Lane
- John Saxon as Lt. Donald Thompson
- Ronee Blakley as Marge Thompson
- Charles Fleischer as Dr. King
- Joseph Whipp as Sergeant Parker
- Lin Shaye as Teacher
Where to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street
- United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
- India: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Canada: stream on Crave, Starz Amazon Channel, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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