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16 November 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives. morePlot:
In the dreams of his victims, a specteral child murderer stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(235 articles)
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A horror classic... more (530 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Saxon | ... | Lt. Thompson | |
| Ronee Blakley | ... | Marge Thompson | |
| Heather Langenkamp | ... | Nancy Thompson | |
| Amanda Wyss | ... | Tina Gray | |
| Jsu Garcia | ... | Rod Lane (as Nick Corri) | |
| Johnny Depp | ... | Glen Lantz | |
| Charles Fleischer | ... | Dr. King | |
| Joseph Whipp | ... | Sgt. Parker | |
| Robert Englund | ... | Fred Krueger | |
| Lin Shaye | ... | Teacher | |
| Joe Unger | ... | Sgt. Garcia | |
| Mimi Craven | ... | Nurse (as Mimi Meyer-Craven) | |
| Jack Shea | ... | Minister | |
| Ed Call | ... | Mr. Lantz | |
| Sandy Lipton | ... | Mrs. Lantz |
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91 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Australia:MA (2005 re-rating) | Portugal:M/18 | Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (1984) | Singapore:PG (heavily cut) | New Zealand:R16 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | Mexico:C | Peru:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1987) (cut) | Germany:BPjM RestrictedFun Stuff
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Wes Craven cast Joseph Whipp, who plays the inept sidekick of John Saxon's Lt. Thompson in this film, as the sheriff who endures David Arquette's inept Deputy Dewey in Scream (1996/I). moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the promotional poster you can see Freddy's glove is left handed above Nancy, his left thumb can be clearly seen. He is actually meant to be right handed. moreQuotes:
Cop #3: [after seeing the crime scene in Glen's room] What the HELL did that, Lieutenant?Donald: I don't know. What's the coroner got to say?
Cop #3: He's been in the John pukin' since he saw it.
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The "Nightmare" has been recently on in our TV and I must admit that even after those fourteen years it made a deep impression on me. I saw the film for the first time in 1989 and at that time I was scared because I was just a teenager then. But now, I can see that the film has got something unique, which makes the film different from other horror movies. I think it`s down to the basic idea of this film - dreams and everything that can happen in our dreams sometimes become true. The authors of this film did not have to be bound with the need to stay realistic and that opens a free way to their wildest imaginations. Charles Bernstein`s music in this movie has become clasic and we can hear the basic melodic motive in some of the sequels. Original music composed by different authors in the sequels to this first Nightmare stays far far behind Bernstein`s masterpiece.