

A Nightmare on Elm Street
"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming she won't wake up at all."
Overview
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...
Movie Details
Budget
$1.8M
$1,800,000
Revenue
$57.0M
$57,004,513
Languages
English
Studio
New Line Cinema
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Key Crew

Wes Craven
Director

Robert Shaye
Producer

Wes Craven
Writer
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

Charles Fleischer
Dr. King

Joseph Whipp
Sergeant Parker

Ed Call
Mr. Lantz
Sandy Lipton
Mrs. Lantz

Lin Shaye
Teacher

Joe Unger
Sergeant Garcia

Mimi Craven
Nurse

Jack Shea
Minister

David Andrews
Foreman
Jeff Levine
Coroner
Donna Woodrum
Mrs. Gray

Shashawnee Hall
Cop #1
Carol Pritikin
Cop #2