A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · 91 min · Horror · TMDB 7.4
The short version:A burned killer in your dreams. Playful, surreal, and bloodier than you remember (the bed geyser).
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Synopsis
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...
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Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
Children & pregnancy
- Child harmed or killedHeavyinferred from keywords
- Child abuseModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The villain's backstory as a child murderer is discussed, not shown.
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityBriefeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Addiction & drugsBriefinferred from keywords
Phobias & sensory
- Fire & burningModerateeditorial
- Claustrophobia & confinementBriefinferred from keywords