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A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, and Johnny Depp in his film debut. The film's plot concerns a group of teenagers who are targeted by Krueger, an undead child killer who murders teenagers through their dreams, as retribution against their parents who burned him alive. Craven loosely based the screenplay on a series of news stories about Asian refugees dying in the middle of nightmares.
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Writer
- Wes Craven
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- Release date
- 1984 · Released
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Drama · Fantasy · Supernatural · Thriller · Horror · Splatter · Crime · Psychological Thriller · Psychological Drama · Independent · Teen · Slasher · Crime Thriller · Crime Drama · Exploitation
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Nightmare – Mörderische Träume
- Français
- Les Griffes de la nuit
- Italiano
- Nightmare - Dal profondo della notte
- 日本語
- エルム街の悪夢
- 한국어
- 나이트메어
- Polski
- Koszmar z ulicy Wiązów
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