A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) movie poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984 ·1h 31m · ★ 7.3 (5,657)

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...

Why it matters
21 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
43
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
86
Supernatural
0
Creature
36
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
57
Survival
50
SlasherSupernatural

Tone

GrimSuspenseful

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceChild in DangerTaboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanization

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

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