Movie

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984 · 91 min

A creeping, dreamlike scare machine that blurs sleep and waking until you dread closing your eyes.

Tagline: If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.
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, 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...
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and campy. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Survival, revenge, guilt, family
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
revenge
guilt
family
death
Places: suburbs
home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild