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...
Practical Effects
That bed scene made an entire generation afraid of furniture.
Direction
Craven turns your safest space into a slaughterhouse.
Acting
Heather Langenkamp invents the Final Girl blueprint in real-time.
Director
Wes Craven
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