A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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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
- Jsu Garcia
- Johnny Depp
- Charles Fleischer
- Joseph Whipp
- Robert Englund
- Lin Shaye
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- Aug 22, 2020
it’s johnny depp in a crop top for me
dion🌹Apr 1, 2021the audacity of my brother to fall asleep during this
adamboltOct 25, 2020I wouldn't last 10 minutes in this franchise. Sleeping is literally one of my hobbies.
MarMar - Oct 28, 2020
special shoutout to the mom and her neverending bottle of vodka
amayaOct 9, 2021A nightmare on the streets AND a nightmare in the sheets
sawah 🦖Oct 16, 2023obsessed with the fact that this becomes a home alone movie in the final ten minutes
zoë rose bryant - Apr 9, 2020
1️⃣, 2️⃣ freddy's coming for u 😝👊 3️⃣, 4️⃣ better 🗝 ur 🚪 5️⃣, 6️⃣ grab your crucifix 💒🙏 7️⃣, 8️⃣ gonna stay up ☝️ late 😴 9️⃣, 🔟 never 👎 sleep again 🛏👻
˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗Oct 13, 2018“what the hell are dreams anyway?” i really don’t care how corny this actually is, the concept alone terrifies me. so much so that i’ve actively feared watching it for years. it wasn’t all that scary to actually watch now, but instead thankfully rode the perfect line…
LucyOct 3, 2020i like how the whole reason tina even had her friends sleep over was to feel safe and make sure nothing bad happened to her....... they did a HORRIBLE job
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- Jennifer Facenda lovedA Nightmare on Elm Street
Finally watched this classic! Supernatural visual effects were cheesy, but there were a lot of iconic scenes. The most disturbing was the phone scene… Krueger is a pervert
Layla Kasymov lovedA Nightmare on Elm StreetMovies like nightmare on elm street remind me how older scary classics just hit different in a better way than most new horror movies cannot
Clay Werner likedA Nightmare on Elm Street7.7 - My first watch in over a decade did not disappoint. I first saw this way too young (maybe 9) & the concept really scared me. A killer with superpowers that could kill you in your sleep was terrifying. Now though, this is peak classic campy 80s horror. The acting is pretty bad, the script is…
- Sabrina Bondi likedA Nightmare on Elm Street
The original Nightmare delivers a terrifying villain and a unique concept that strips away any chance of safety. Freddy is arguably at his best, tearing through the screen into horror icon status. The final few minutes is all that prevents perfection.
kayl is "meh" onA Nightmare on Elm Street5.5/10 ik everyone says this is a really good movie but i feel like its kinda overrated. its not bad but it isnt very good.
Rayel likedA Nightmare on Elm StreetThis was so cool and scary now I’m scared to fall asleep
- Ghazal likedA Nightmare on Elm Street
sometimes having insomnia is not that bad!
Formal dislikedA Nightmare on Elm StreetAY NAH WTF DID I JUST WATCH 🤣🤣🤣
cool guy lovedA Nightmare on Elm Streetfreddy kruuger hit MYYYYY line
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- FLFred Lam
It’s been 36 years when this movie was released in 1984. c, Amanda, Johnny and Jsu are 10+ years older than me. Robert England has to be 5 or more years older than them. Years after critics called this and other slasher films garbage, they gave Elm St a 2nd or 3rd look and…
NRNicholas Rotondoway better than I remember. johnny depp in his youth... wowza!
SMShawheim MerchantAlways will love this movie!
- FAFrancisco Jose Ascencio
This thing is way better metaphorically than as a slasher.
BPBryn PohlkampNLNathanael Leffew - CRChris RoweKDKenea DekleCKConnor Keddington
Metacritic
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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