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- Heather Langenkamp
- John Saxon
- Ronee Blakley
- Robert Englund
- Johnny Depp
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye, the first instalment in the franchise of the same name. A group of teenagers share the same nightmare about a disfigured man with blades on his glove, and what happens in their dreams mysteriously carries over into reality. They try to find out who the man is and why he is hunting them. Heather Langenkamp plays the heroine Nancy Thompson, John Saxon and Ronee Blakley play her parents, Robert Englund is Freddy Krueger, and Johnny Depp makes his film debut as Glen. Craven loosely based the screenplay on news stories about Hmong refugees who died in the middle of nightmares. It was one of the first films produced by New Line Cinema, which later earned the nickname The House that Freddy Built. Critics and film historians see the struggle to tell dreams from reality as the heart of the film. Released on 9 November 1984, it was acclaimed and is now considered one of the greatest horror films ever made; in 2021 it was selected for the National Film Registry. The franchise includes six sequels, a television series, a crossover with Friday the 13th and a 2010 remake.
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Country
- USA
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