A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
- Release Date
- November 16, 1984
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Cast
- Heather Langenkamp , Johnny Depp , Robert Englund , John Saxon
- Runtime
- 91 minutes
- Main Genre
- Horror
- Writers
- Wes Craven
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