If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming, She Won't Wake Up At All!
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, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, 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, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Release date
November 9, 1984
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom
n/a
Top billed cast
John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia
Production companies
New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Cinema 84, The Elm Street Venture
Keywords
child murder, dream, sleep, ohio, nightmare, sadism, supernatural, psychopath, murder, slasher, trapped, alcoholic, boiler room, booby trap, disfigurement, medical test, nightmare becomes reality, supernatural horror
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