A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 4.571428571428571

1hr 31m

(49)
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1hr 31m
(49)
76

Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen,… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Wes Craven

Producer:

Stanley Dudelson, Robert Shaye

Release Date:

Nov 16, 1984

Runtime:

1hr 31m

Synopsis

Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.

Cast

John Saxon
Ronee Blakley
Heather Langenkamp
Amanda Wyss
Johnny Depp
Charles Fleischer
Robert Englund
Joseph Whipp

Atom User Reviews

4.6 out of 5

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Verified Review

This thing is way better metaphorically than as a slasher.

Francisco Jose A

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way better than I remember. johnny depp in his youth... wowza!

Nicholas R

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Based on 12 Critics

8.6

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Universal acclaim based on 495 Reviews

Nightmare’s skill wasn’t that it invented such associations—which had already been thoroughly mined by its ’70s predecessors—but that it refined them in uniquely disturbing ways, drenching itself in an atmosphere of unreality positioned somewhere between waking and slumbering states.

Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

For such a low-budget movie, Nightmare on Elm Street is extraordinarily polished. The script is consistently witty, the camera work (by cinematographer Jacques Haitkin) crisp and expressive.

Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

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