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A mysterious man walks into a decrepit boiler room, where he makes a sharp clawed glove. On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends including Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Freddy Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Freddy tries to pick off his victims one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save you?
27 August 1950, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
17 July 1964, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
24 November 1960, Manhattan Beach, California, USA
2 November 1952, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
4 March 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA
21 January 1955, Saranac Lake, New York, USA
10 March 1943, Pensacola, Florida, USA
5 August 1935, Brooklyn, New York, USA
15 August 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 October 1963, New York City, New York, USA
7 February 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 October 1943, Detroit, Michigan, USA
25 May 1949, Lake County, Tennessee, USA
6 June 1947, Glendale, California, USA
12 July 1941, San Francisco, California, USA
24 August 1945, Caldwell, Idaho, USA
9 June 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
27 December 1961, Savannah, Georgia, USA
October 31, 2013
A smart, streamlined slasher with plenty under the bonnet.
January 26, 2006
It's all good scary fun.
May 20, 2003
A Nightmare on Elm Street... puts more emphasis on bizarre special effects, which aren't at all bad.
September 21, 2007
A highly imaginative horror film that provides the requisite shocks to keep fans of the genre happy.
January 01, 2000
Still stands on its own as an intriguing and chilling example of how horror works best when the characters and the audience don't have to be lobotomized.
December 14, 2010
First feature for knife-handed horror idol Freddy.
October 19, 2010
...a low-key horror effort that's ultimately not quite as enthralling as its premise might've indicated...
October 09, 2012
Craven knows which big, red Freudian buttons to push, turning Freddy into a true monster from the Id.
October 07, 2013
A top-flight terror classic that spawned seven sequels and a TV series.
October 04, 2010
An imaginative, menacing, and scary film with top notch performances, an original premise, and horrifying villain...
September 21, 2007
Craven vitalizes the nightmare sequences with assorted surrealist novelties.
November 11, 2014
Not since the shower scene in Psycho did one director discover our most intimate vulnerabilities: in bed, while we're asleep, in a state of consciousness where absolutely no one could help us.
