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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Film · 1984 · 91 min · R · 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...

Directed by Wes Craven

Starring Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Charles Fleischer

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In cinemas16 November 1984
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First release anywhere9 November 1984

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