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A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984·1h 31m·R
Horror
IMDb Rating
★ 7.4/10
291,603 votes
Metascore
76
Metacritic

Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 horror movie directed by Wes Craven, starring Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.4/10 from 291,603 votes and runs 1h 31m.

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Director
Wes Craven
Stars
Johnny Depp
Robert Englund
Heather Langenkamp
John Saxon
Creators
Wes Craven
Details
1984-11-16
91 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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