A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

1984 • 91 minutes
4.6
1.7K reviews
95%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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Can your nightmares be fatal? In this classic of the horror film genre that launched a movie franchise, a hideously scarred pedophile who was murdered by a lynch mob returns years later in the terrifying nightmares of his killers' teenage children -- and the dreaming teenagers are starting to die in their sleep. Starring Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Johnny Depp ("Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy"), Golden Globe-winner John Saxon ("Enter the Dragon," "The Appaloosa"), Heather Langenkamp (TV's "Just the Ten of Us") and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger ("Urban Legend," "The Mangler").
MPAA Rating: R A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © New Line Productions, Inc.
Rating
R

Ratings and reviews

4.6
1.7K reviews
MadABoutCici Xoxo
February 28, 2013
Its funny that I use to be so scared of this man.. That I couldn't go to sleep with I was a child, now I watch it and this movie and its graphics are so cheesy lol , can't believe I was scared of this fool...
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Xzavier Watson
June 20, 2017
Cheesy garbage that doesn't make much sense for instance how the hell do you die being choked for not even a full 3 seconds while your feet can still touch the ground???!? It's not scary and I fell asleep on it like halfway but I can see why people like it? I guess?
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Jessica Humphries
November 28, 2014
I loved these movies, with Robert Englund playing Fred Krueger, How could it get better?! It cannot is what the 2010 remake proved to me, This is A Brilliant Original film that leaves you sitting in bed at night wondering! This is what started a wave of fear and awe!! I highly recommend this to anyone who wants a solid storyline with Great acting. 5 Stars!!
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