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- "One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, better stay awake. Nine, ten, never sleep again."
- ―Children's rhyme
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| Title: | A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Directed by: | Wes Craven |
| Written by: | Wes Craven |
| Produced by: | Stanley Dudelson; Joseph Wolf; Robert Shaye; John Burrows [1]; Sara Risher |
| Music by: | Charles Bernstein |
| Cinematography: | Jacques Haitkin |
| Edited by: | Pat McMahon [2] Rick Shaine |
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| Distributed by: | New Line Cinema Smart Egg Pictures |
| Released: | November 16th, 1984 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 91 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $1,800,000 |
| Gross: | $25,504,513 [3] |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 horror film of the slasher sub-genre, written and directed by Wes Craven. Produced by New Line Cinema, it was released theatrically in the United States on November 16th, 1984. The film is the first in a franchise that includes six sequels, a spin-off television series, a crossover film and a remake as well as countless novels, comic books and merchandise. The central villain of the franchise is Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund), a serial killer who returns from the grave to stalk his victims in their nightmares. Using his signature weapon, a leather glove with straight razors attached to the fingertips, Freddy slashes his way through the teen populace of the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio. The only who stands a chance of surviving Freddy's dream-time assault is fifteen-year-old Nancy Thompson, who discovers that she has the ability to pull things out of her dreams.
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Marge Thompson: Nancy, you are going to get some sleep tonight if it kills me.
Nancy Thompson: Whatever you do... Don't. Fall. Asleep.
Nancy Thompson: Fred Krueger did it, Daddy. And only I can get him. It's my nightmare he comes to.
Rod Lane: I probably could have saved her if I'd have moved sooner. But I thought it was just another nightmare, like the one I had the night before. There was... there was this guy; he had knives for fingers.
Freddy Krueger: I'm going to split you in two!
Nancy Thompson: It's only a dream, this isn't real! It's only a dream, this isn't real!
Freddy Krueger: I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy.
Glen Lantz: I'm going to punch out your ugly lights, whoever you are!
Nancy Thompson: I just asked you to do one thing, to stay awake and watch me and to wake me up if it looked like I was having a bad dream, and what did you do, you shit? You fell asleep!
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1980s horror films
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- ↑ Associate producer John H. Burrows is credited as John Burrows in this film.
- ↑ Co-editor Patrick McMahon is credited as Pat McMahon in this film.
- ↑ A Nightmare on Elm Street; Box Office Mojo
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