Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Directed by Wes Craven
dreams
nightmare
psychopath
sleep
child murder
supernatural
ohio
murder
slasher
trapped
alcoholic
boiler room
booby trap
disfigurement
medical test
nightmare becomes reality
caffeine
shocking
vexed
frantic
grim
desperate
anxious
supernatural horror
suspenseful
frightened
b-horror
suburban gothic
Rank
#15 in 1984·#2331 overall
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Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
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Cast
John Saxon
Lt. Donald Thompson
Ronee Blakley
Marge Thompson
Heather Langenkamp
Nancy Thompson
Amanda Wyss
Tina Gray
Jsu Garcia
Rod Lane
Johnny Depp
Glen Lantz
Charles Fleischer
Dr. King
Joseph Whipp
Sergeant Parker
Robert Englund
Fred Krueger
Lin Shaye
Teacher
Joe Unger
Sergeant Garcia
Mimi Craven
Nurse
Crew
Wes Craven
Director
Wes Craven
Writer
Charles Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Rick Shaine
Editor
Robert Shaye
Producer
Rachel Talalay
Assistant Production Manager
David B. Householter
Set Production Assistant
Don Diers
Art Department Assistant
Jeff Habberstad
Stunts
Leslie Hoffman
Stunts
Debby Porter
Stunts
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Popular Reviews
5310 reviews
DavidPRO
7.7★ · 11/05/25
Never take a man’s hat.
So playful and creative, I love it. Some of the characters behavior in this is so preposterous it cannot be forgiven or chalked up to “it was the 80s”.
Never take a man’s hat.
So playful and creative, I love it. Some of the characters behavior in this is so preposterous it cannot be forgiven or chalked up to “it was the 80s”.
5
Alyssa
10.0★ · 10/29/24
Freddy’s lowkey a weak ass bitch ..
Freddy’s lowkey a weak ass bitch ..
2
vi
8.0★ · 07/29/21
freddy krueger is so fucking swagless
freddy krueger is so fucking swagless
2
Jacob
10.0★ · 04/28/26
better than inception
better than inception
1
brooke
10.0★ · 04/24/26
god i’m so embarrassed and mad at myself for waiting this long to watch this movie. this is one of those movies where i’m just like “what the fuck would I do without cinema?”
I totally get why this is a cult classic horror film. nancy was serving cunt the entire movie and I was here for it. i’m so excited to watch the whole trilogy! this is so camp and fun ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺
god i’m so embarrassed and mad at myself for waiting this long to watch this movie. this is one of those movies where i’m just like “what the fuck would I do without cinema?”
I totally get why this is a cult classic horror film. nancy was serving cunt the entire movie and I was here for it. i’m so excited to watch the whole trilogy! this is so camp and fun ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺
