Now, before we get into the key details of how you can watch 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' right now, here are some useful insights about the New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Cinema 84, The Elm Street Venture horror flick. A Nightmare on Elm Street starring Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min. The release date of the movie is November 16th, 1984. The movie received a user score of 73/100 on TMDb, which is derived from reviews from 5,511 registered users.
Looking for a quick synopsis? Here's the plot: "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..."
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'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on November 16th, 1984
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September 7th, 1999
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A slasher film series revolving around people who are stalked and killed in their dreams by Freddy Krueger.














