Title A Nightmare on Elm Street Overview 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 Heather Langenkamp traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger Robert Englund , 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 Johnny Depp , must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world... Tagline If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming, She Won't Wake Up At All! Genres Horror Keywords child murderer, sleep, nightmare, supernatural, slasher, teenager, trapped, alcoholic, boiler room, booby trap, disfigurement, medical test, dreams Production Companies New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 91 Release Year 1984
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 26 million USD