A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984
R
1h 31m

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7.4/10

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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... Read allTeenager 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.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.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

272K

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POPULARITY

297

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Awards
- 6 wins & 7 nominations

Trivia
New Line Cinema was saved from bankruptcy by the success of the film, and was jokingly nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built."

Goofs
At the 1hr 11 min mark, Nancy tells her father "to break the door down in exactly 20 minutes" at 12:30 am, making the current time 12:10 am. In this time, she manages to set various booby traps--a bomb from a light bulb and gunpowder, a raised sledgehammer, a tripwire, and screwing a bolt to a door, and then sits with her mother for some time before going to her own bedroom. All of this was apparently done in only 10 minutes! She's shown in bed at 12:20 am, giving herself 10 minutes to fall asleep and catch Freddy.

Quotes
Children: One, two, Freddy's coming for you. / Three, four, better lock your door. / Five, six, grab your crucifix. / Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. / Nine, ten, never sleep again.

Crazy credits
Film title logo as the end credits are finished.

Alternate versions
The German television version is heavily cut, allowing for an earlier time slot. The cuts are:
When Tina is sliced by Freddy Krueger, we don't see how he slices her chest and is pulled to the ceiling.
In Tina's last dream we don't see when Freddy cuts his own fingers off his hand. Later, there is a scene where Freddy's face is pulled off by Tina. This scene is also missing.
When Nancy meets Freddy for the first time, we can't see when he slices his abdomen and when Nancy puts her arm on the hot pipe.
When Rod's neck is broken by Freddy Krueger, we only see Rod looking at the "snake", before it kills him.
The scene where the dead Tina is talking to Nancy while snakes are coming out her dress is also cut.
Glen's famous dead scene is also cut. We only see how he is sucked in his bed. The bloody, second half is cut.
When Nancy is burning Freddy, we only see the fire reach his feet, then it cuts to Nancy calling her dad.
The scene where Freddy is killing Nancy's mother by burning her is also cut.
These changes were also made in the German video version, which has a "not under 16 years" rating. The uncut version is sometimes shown on Pay-Per-View and is rated "not under 18 years."

Connections
Edited into The Kill Count: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 Remake) Kill Count (2018)

Soundtracks
Nightmare
Performed by 213
Written and Produced by Martin Kent, Steve Karshner, Michael Schurig

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Featured review

9/10

Genuine Horror Classic

Wes Craven created Freddy Krueger and when he did the world of Horror welcomed a great new character to its screens (or should that be its Screams).

Freddy, a child murderer in life, now hunts the children of the men and women that killed him, while they sleep.

Very gory, tense and full of over the top deaths scenes A Nightmare on Elm Street brought something new to the Horror Genre, and will go down in history in recognition of this.

The rarity of the film, is the character of Freddy, because he actually has character without distracting from the terror (in this outing at least)

Thanks Wes

9/10