Movie · 1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
“If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.”
Released 9 November 1984 91 min Horror More from 1984 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
John Saxon
as Lt. Donald Thompson
Joseph Whipp
as Sergeant Parker
Lin Shaye
as Teacher
Ronee Blakley
as Marge Thompson
Robert Englund
as Fred Krueger
Joe Unger
as Sergeant Garcia
Charles Fleischer
as Dr. King
Mimi Craven
as Nurse
Chris Tashima
as Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
Amanda Wyss
as Tina Gray
Johnny Depp
as Glen Lantz
Jsu Garcia
as Rod Lane
Heather Langenkamp
as Nancy Thompson
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The numbers
31.7×$2m budget became $57m at the box office
29years between the oldest and youngest billed
49John Saxon — oldest on the call sheet
20Heather Langenkamp — youngest billed
32average age of the credited cast