Other Titles • A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) • Nightmare - Mörderische Träume (1985)
Synopses for A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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Wes Craven's 1984 horror film is a better movie than it is generally credited for being. Forget the tawdry sequels; this highly original, almost surrealist work stars Robert Englund as a mutilated monster who kills teenagers during their dreams. Craven, who only directed one Elm Street sequel (Wes Craven's New Nightmare), takes the Hitchcockian step of layering in psychological explanations for the terror and then proving them all irrelevant in the face of mindless evil. The horror in the film is emotionally raw, in contrast to the overimaginative set pieces of most of the sequels that followed; and the final scene is as deeply unsettling as anything Luis Buñuel ever committed to film. --Tom Keogh
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A replusive, decaying figure with razor-sharp appendages (and an even sharper sense of humor!) suddenly appears in the dreams of four Los Angeles teenagers. It is the ghost of Freddy Krueger, a suspected child murderer killed long ago by the neighborhood parents. Now he's able to exact his bloody vengeance by killing the teens off, one by one, as they sleep.
Finally just one girl remains. Desperately, she tries to stay awake by every means possible, but even pills and massive amounts of coffee wear off sometime -- and when they do, she'll have to battle Freddy for her very life.
It's her worst nightmare ... and it's coming true.
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Nightmare On Elm Street:
Nancy (Heather Langencamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her high-school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare:
This spine-tingling tale reunites original Nightmare stars Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon as "reel" Freddy invades the real world with deadly results.
Life imitated art during filming. Soon after shooting an earthquake sequence, the "Northridge Quake" shook Los Angeles. Says Craven, "We were about to have rubble created for the movie, but instead, we were able to just go out and film from the streets." But don't worry, Freddy fans. It's only a movie…or is it?
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From modern horror master Wes Craven (Scream, Scream 2) comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror.
Nancy (Heather Langencamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her high-school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm.
Featuring John Saxon (Enter The Dragon) and Johnny Depp in his first starring role and mind-bending special effects, this horror classic gave birth to one of the most infamous undead villains in cinematic history... Freddy Krueger.
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From Wes Craven (the director of Scream) and featuring performances by Johnny Depp, Laurence Fishburne, Patricia Arquette, Roseanne, and of course, Robert Englund as "Freddy." With so many extras, it's scary! Featuring all seven original classics and a never-before-seen look behind the nightmares.
The definitive DVD box set. It's the only way to see all seven films on DVD!!!
A Nightmare On Elm Street
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge
A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors
A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master
A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 - The Dream Child
Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
A bonus DVD: The Nightmare Series - Encyclopedia DVD featuring: The labyrinth - unlock the mysteries of the franchise through a maze of intense menus
Welcome to primetime - an original documentary on the series
All seven theatrical trailers
Interviews with all seven directors, actors, horror fans and professors
Multiple music videos
An MTV appearance by Freddy, and behind-the-scenes footage An interactive Freddy that will haunt your desk top (DVD-ROM) Nightmare screen saver (DVD-ROM)
*3D Glasses Included
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Nightmare on Elm Street is the only Elm street film that falls into the "really scary" category. A dead murderer returns in the dreams of the children of his old enemies, and torments them. Wes Craven tamps down the humour that would overtake the films and goes all out for shivers. There are several memorably surreal horror sequences involving tongued telephones and bottomless baths as Craven's unhealthy imagination runs riot. With Heather Langenkamp as the plucky Nancy, John Saxon and Ronee Blakely as her dim bulb parents, Amanda Wyss and young Johnny Depp as teen victims, and Robert Englund as "Fred" Krueger. -- Kim Newman
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