A Nightmare On Elm Street

  • Directors(s)

    Wes Craven

  • Production Year

    1984

  • Release date

    31/10/2013

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    John Saxon, Ronee Blakely, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund

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Film

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Contains strong sadistic horror and bloody violence

The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.

  • Directors(s)

    Wes Craven

  • Production Year

    1984

  • Release date

    31/10/2013

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    John Saxon, Ronee Blakely, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund

Posters and synopsis powered by IMDb

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET is Wes Craven's horror slasher from 1985, featuring the first appearance of Freddy Krueger.

Violence

In one scene, Krueger attacks a young woman in her dreams, cutting her stomach open before she is thrown around her room covered in blood. In another scene a young man is sucked into a hole in his bed, a huge fountain of blood spraying up as he is ejected out of it.

The film also contains four uses of strong language ('f**k').

TypeRuntimeDistributorClassification Date
A Nightmare On Elm StreetFilm91m 10sPark Circus Limited29/08/2013
A Nightmare On Elm StreetFilm91m 14sPalace Pictures28/05/1985
TypeRuntimeDistributorClassification Date
A Nightmare On Elm StreetFilm87m 19sCBS/Fox Video Ltd12/12/1985
A Nightmare On Elm StreetFilm87m 28sWarner Home Video Ltd19/08/2010
A Nightmare On Elm StreetFilm176m 36sWarner Home Video Ltd19/08/2010
A Nightmare On Elm StreetFilm87m 19sEntertainment in Video Ltd06/07/1998
A Nightmare On Elm StreetFilm87m 28sEntertainment in Video Ltd02/04/2001
TypeRuntimeDistributorClassification Date
A Nightmare On Elm StreetTrailer1m 36sEntertainment in Video Ltd03/04/1998
A Nightmare On Elm StreetTrailer1m 39sEntertainment in Video Ltd02/05/2001
A Nightmare On Elm StreetTrailer1m 29sPark Circus Limited02/09/2013
A Nightmare On Elm StreetTrailer1m 39sWarner Home Video Ltd29/06/2010
TypeRuntimeDistributorClassification Date
A Nightmare On Elm StreetBonus Material87m 28sWarner Home Video Ltd29/06/2010
A Nightmare On Elmstreet Bonus DiscBonus Material134m 21sEntertainment in Video Ltd17/10/2006

  • Classified date

    29/08/2013

  • BBFC reference

    BFF013616

  • Language

    English