A Nightmare on Elm Street
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, USA) is a Slasher film directed by Wes Craven.
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- Featured in: Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon (BluRay)
- Included in: The Lucky 13: Slasher Film Classics
- Featured on the 42nd Street Forever Podcast
Main Details
- Released in October 1984 (West Germany) | November 9, 1984 (USA) (limited) | November 16, 1984 (USA)
- Color
- Running Time: 91 Min | 101 Min (extended version)
- Production Co: New Line Cinema | Media Home Entertainment | Smart Egg Pictures | Elm Street Venture, The (copyright owner)
- Distribution Co: New Line Cinema (1984) (USA) (theatrical) | Artisti Associati (1985) (Italy) (theatrical) | NEF Diffusion (1985) (France) (theatrical) | Senator Film (1985) (West Germany) (theatrical) | Seven Keys (1985) (Australia) (theatrical) | Succéfilm AB (1985) (Sweden) (theatrical) | Lucernafilm - Gama (1992) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical) | Pan-Canadian Film Distributors (Canada) (theatrical) | Paraiso Films S.A. (1985) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Written and Directed by Wes Craven
- Starring John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund
- Produced by John H. Burrows, Stanley Dudelson, Sara Risher, Robert Shaye, Joseph Wolf
- Music by Charles Bernstein
- Cinematography by Jacques Haitkin
- Film Editing by Patrick McMahon, Rick Shaine
Plot Summary
- 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.
Also Known As
- Argentina - Pesadilla
- Argentina (cable TV title) - Pesadilla en lo profundo de la noche
- Bulgaria - Кошмари на Елм Стрийт
- Brazil - A Hora do Pesadelo
- Canada (French title) Les griffes de la nuit
- Colombia (original subtitled version) Pesadilla sin fin
- Czechoslovakia (Czech title) - Nocní mura v Elm Street
- Czech Republic - Nocní mura v Elm Street
- Germany - Nightmare - Mörderische Träume
- Denmark - Mareridt på Elm Street
- Spain - Pesadilla en Elm Street
- Finland (Swedish title) - Mardrömmen på Elm Street / Painajainen Elm Streetillä
- France - Freddy 1 - Les griffes de la nuit
- Greece - Efialtis sto dromo me tis lefkes
- Croatia - Strava u Ulici brijestova
- Hungary - Rémálom az Elm utcában
- Italy - Nightmare - Dal profondo della notte
- Japan - Erumu gai no akumu
- Lithuania Kosmaras Guobu gatveje
- Mexico - Pesadilla en la calle del infierno
- Peru - Pesadilla en Elmo Street
- Poland - Koszmar z ulicy Wiazów
- Portugal - Pesadelo em Elm Street
- Serbia Strava u Ulici brestova
- Sweden - Terror på Elm Street
- Slovenia - Mora v ulici brestov
- Soviet Union - Кошмар на улице Вязов
- Turkey - Elm sokaginda kâbus
- Venezuela - Pesadilla en la calle del infierno
- Germany Nightmare - Mörderische Träume
Taglines
- She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives.
- If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming She Won't Wake Up At All...
- Sleep Kills
- A scream that wakes you up, might be your own...
- Whatever you do, don't fall asleep...or you'll meet the terrifying Freddy.