If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.
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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Heather Langenkamp
Nancy Thompson
Johnny Depp
Glen Lantz
Robert Englund
Fred Krueger
Amanda Wyss
Tina Gray
Jsu Garcia
Rod Lane
John Saxon
Lt. Donald Thompson
Ronee Blakley
Marge Thompson
Charles Fleischer
Dr. King
Joseph Whipp
Sergeant Parker
Lin Shaye
Teacher
Joe Unger
Sergeant Garcia
Mimi Craven
Nurse
Jack Shea
Minister
Ed Call
Mr. Lantz
Sandy Lipton
Mrs. Lantz
Wes Craven
Director, Writer
Joseph Wolf
Executive Producer
Stanley Dudelson
Executive Producer
Robert Shaye
Producer
Sara Risher
Producer
John Burrows
Producer
Jacques Haitkin
Director of Photography
Charles Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Rick Shaine
Editor
Patrick McMahon
Editor
Dana Lyman
Costume Design
Gregg Fonseca
Production Design
