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A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 31, 1984

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Horror

User Score

73%

Original Title

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Production Companies

New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Cinema 84, The Elm Street Venture

Director

Wes Craven

Budget

$1,800,000

Revenue

$57,004,513

Description

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...