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Director:
Writer:
Wes Craven (written by)
Release Date:
16 November 1984 (USA)
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Tagline:
She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives. more
Plot:
In the dreams of his victims, a specteral child murderer stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins
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3 nominations
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(271 articles)
Photo Gallery: Mezco's Stylized Freddy Krueger hits the streets!
(From Fangoria. 4 December 2009, 9:24 PM, PST)
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(From Fangoria. 4 December 2009, 9:24 PM, PST)
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(From Collider.com. 3 December 2009, 11:18 PM, PST)
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Whatever you do, don't fall asleep
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Saxon | ... | Lt. Thompson | |
| Ronee Blakley | ... | Marge Thompson | |
| Heather Langenkamp | ... | Nancy Thompson | |
| Amanda Wyss | ... | Tina Gray | |
| Jsu Garcia | ... | Rod Lane (as Nick Corri) | |
| Johnny Depp | ... | Glen Lantz | |
| Charles Fleischer | ... | Dr. King | |
| Joseph Whipp | ... | Sgt. Parker | |
| Robert Englund | ... | Fred Krueger | |
| Lin Shaye | ... | Teacher | |
| Joe Unger | ... | Sgt. Garcia | |
| Mimi Craven | ... | Nurse (as Mimi Meyer-Craven) | |
| Jack Shea | ... | Minister | |
| Ed Call | ... | Mr. Lantz | |
| Sandy Lipton | ... | Mrs. Lantz |
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Runtime:
91 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:MA (2005 re-rating) |
Portugal:M/18 |
Iceland:16 |
Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) |
West Germany:18 (original rating) (1984) |
Singapore:PG (heavily cut) |
New Zealand:R16 (DVD rating) |
Netherlands:16 |
Singapore:M18 |
Italy:VM18 (original rating) |
South Korea:18 |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:R (original rating) |
Canada:R |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Ireland:18 |
Italy:VM14 (re-rating) |
Mexico:C |
Peru:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
Norway:18 (video premiere) (1987) (cut) |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Trivia:
In "Just the Ten of Us" (1988), Heather Langenkamp makes reference to a rusty knife stuck in a cutting board "looking like something from 'A Nightmare on Elm Street.'"
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After bringing Freddy into the real world, Nancy runs down to the front door and breaks the window. You can already see the cracks in the window that were probably made so it would break easier.
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Quotes:
Voice on Glen's television set:
It is now twelve, midnight and this is station KRGR, leaving the air.
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Soundtrack:
Nightmare
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Is ANOES based on fact?Who/what inspired the character of Freddy?
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A Nightmare on Elm Street, one of the scariest movies of all time, and one of the scariest in the 80's. It also introduced one of the scariest villains of all time, Freddy Krueger, one of the ultimate boogeymen that you know who he is just by his name. Wes Craven brought us one of the most terrifying ideas, what would happen if your nightmares were real? That if you died in your dream, you died in real life? He brought us A Nightmare on Elm Street, a low budget horror film that has made it huge in the horror genre's world. The whole concept of the film is just what makes it so brilliant. Not to mention how cool is it that this is Johnny Depp's first film role? Who knew that that kid was going to be so huge one day, right? But the entire cast made this into one of the scariest movies that will always bring you a few nightmares on it's own.
Tina is a girl who has been having tons of nightmares about a scary figure, a man who is severely burned and has knives for fingers. She's so scared of this man that she asks her friends, Nancy, Nancy's boyfriend, Glenn, and her boyfriend, Rod to stay over. But Tina is brutally killed in the middle of the night, the only witness is her boyfriend, leaving him as the suspect of murder. But when he is murdered in jail, Nancy knows there's something wrong and soon she's having the same nightmares as Tina. Soon she knows that she might be next, no one believes her, until her mom reveals a deep dark secret about the mysterious figure, Freddy Krueger. He was a sick child molester/killer who the neighbors burned alive to keep him away, but now he's after their kids and he's not going to take it easy on Nancy.
A classic horror film that's perfect for a sleep over with your friends to watch in the dark. It's such a great film that sparked quite a few sequels and a new icon for slasher films. Freddy Krueger is so cool and extremely scary just for the fact that he's so confident in knowing that he will kill you. He's ruthless, scary, and clever and he's coming to kill the kids in their dreams. A Nightmare on Elm Street is such a great film and I highly recommend it, Wes Craven is an original genius who spawned a new type of terror.
10/10