Cinematic background from A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 - 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...

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984

Horror

Directors:
Wes Craven
Writers:
Wes Craven
Official poster of A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 directed by [object Object]
A group of people sitting on top of a wooden table
A group of people sitting around a table
A group of people sitting in a row on the grass
A woman holding a phone up to her ear