Movie · Horror

In Wes Craven's classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams -- which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends' parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp) solve the puzzle before it's too late?

1986 · 1h 31m
Director Wes Craven

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

Horror

In Wes Craven's classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams -- which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends' parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp) solve the puzzle before it's too late?

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Average 7.9
Reviews 69
Fresh 65
Rotten 4

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1986
Run Time
1 hr 31 min
Rated
SAM 18
Region of Origin
United States
© 1984 New Line Productions, Inc. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and all related characters and elements are trademarks.

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (Dolby Atmos, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

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English (CC), Arabic , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Estonian , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) (SDH), Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Italian (Italy) (SDH), Japanese (Japan) , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.