A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first film of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film features John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his feature film debut. Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Springwood, Ohio, the plot revolves around several teenagers who, if they fall asleep, will be killed by Fred Krueger in their dreams, thus causing their deaths in reality. The teenagers are unaware of the cause of this strange phenomenon, but their... parents hold a dark secret from long ago. Craven produced A Nightmare on Elm Street on an estimated budget of just $1.8 million, a sum the film earned back during its first week. An instant commercial success, the film's total United States box office gross is $25.5 million. A Nightmare on Elm Street was met with rave critical reviews and went on to make a very significant impact on the horror genre, spawning a franchise consisting of a line of sequels, a television series, a remake, and various other works of imitation.
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| Release date: | 1984 |
| Directed by: | Wes Craven |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Shaye |
| Editor: | Rick Shaine, Patrick McMahon |
| Music by: | Steve Karshner, Martin Kent, Michael Schurig, Charles Bernstein |
| Cinematography: | Jacques Haitkin |
| Screenplay by: | Wes Craven |
| Estimated budget: | $1,800,000 |