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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...
In the unwelcoming town of Springwood, a group of teenagers finds themselves tormented by Freddy Krueger, a disfigured killer who attacks them in their dreams. If they die in their dreams, they die in real life. Nancy Thompson, one of the targets, must find a way to confront Freddy in the dream world and stop him before he claims all of them.
A Nightmare on Elm Street was a critical and commercial success, praised for its originality, suspense, and iconic villain. It revitalized the slasher genre and became a cultural phenomenon, establishing Wes Craven as a master of horror.
Praised for its innovative concept of dream-based horror.
Lauded for Wes Craven's masterful direction and suspense-building.
Celebrated the creation of the iconic and terrifying Freddy Krueger.
Google audience: Audiences frequently highlight the film's creativity and enduring scariness, with many pointing to Freddy Krueger as one of horror's most memorable villains. The unique premise of a killer who operates in dreams is often cited as a major strength.
The distinctive glove worn by Freddy Krueger was inspired by a medieval torture device.
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This is the ultimate in slasher-horror that thrives on the basis that it is, at times, genuinely quite scary, and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Robert Englund is super as the legendary "Freddie Krueger" who, complete with his razor ...
The nightmare that started it all. Made us all scared to go to to sleep. My favorite horror series next to Friday the 13th. Love this movie.
5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My personal favorite slasher horror film that goes well with my Halloween costume, which itself is an accessory to this horror treasure of the 1980s decade!!!
Dream Attack. The kids of Elm Street appear to be having the same bad dream, one in which a scarred faced bogeyman in a stripy jumper hunts them with knives attached to his fingers. When the dream becomes a reality for one of the kids, a...