• Director(s)

    Wes Craven

  • Production Year

    1984

  • Release date

    25/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Fantasy, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp

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A Nightmare On Elm Street

strong horror, gore, violence

A vicious murderer haunts the dreams of a group of teenagers from beyond the grave, intent on killing them to wreak his bloody revenge. Expect supernatural chills, jump scares and bloody scenes from this 1984 slasher film.…

A vicious murderer haunts the dreams of a group of teenagers from beyond the grave, intent on killing them to wreak his bloody revenge. Expect supernatural chills, jump scares and bloody scenes from this 1984 slasher film.

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violence

threat and horror

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

discrimination

  • Director(s)

    Wes Craven

  • Production Year

    1984

  • Release date

    25/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Fantasy, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    91m

  • Cast

    John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp

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strong horror, gore, violence
Classified Date:
05/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd.
violence
An injured teenage girl is brutally hurled against the walls and ceiling of her room by supernatural means. Characters shove, strangle and grapple with one another. There are brief, undetailed slashings. A man is hit in the chest with a mallet and a character is set alight. A teenager is strangled with a noose. There are undetailed verbal references to the serial murders of children.
threat and horror
There are sustained sequences of intense threat and horror as a supernatural killer stalks his terrified victims in their dreams, forcing them into nightmarish situations they fear they cannot escape. There are scenes of knife threat and sequences in which characters desperately try to keep themselves from falling asleep.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms such as 'dickhead', 'shit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'bastard', ''screw', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
It is implied a teenage couple have had sex when we see them in bed together following a sequence of off-screen sexual moaning. There are brief verbal references to sex, including comic mention of an orgy.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A supernatural character menaces a teenage girl over the telephone by telling her he is her boyfriend and sending his tongue lashing at her from the receiver.
suicide and self-harm
Police believe a murdered character has taken his own life.
injury detail
Strong gory images include a large quantity of blood supernaturally spewing from a mattress, covering the room's ceiling and walls. A badly injured character is thrown against walls, causing blood to splash and soak into their surroundings. A character pulls the face off another, revealing a bloody skull beneath. A supernatural character slices his own finger off and slashes his chest, resulting in spurts of yellow goo and sight of maggots. There is sight of slash marks on people's flesh and blood in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms such as 'dickhead', 'shit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'bastard', ''screw', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. A supernatural character menaces a teenage girl over the telephone by telling her he is her boyfriend and sending his tongue lashing at her from the receiver. Police believe a murdered character has taken his own life. It is implied a teenage couple have had sex when we see them in bed together. There are brief verbal references to sex, including comic mention of an orgy.
Contains strong sadistic horror and bloody violence
Classified Date:
29/08/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
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.
additional issues
The film also contains four uses of strong language ('f**k').
Classified Date:
28/05/1985
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Palace Pictures
strong horror, gore, violence
Classified Date:
01/08/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
violence
An injured teenage girl is brutally hurled against the walls and ceiling of her room by supernatural means. Characters shove, strangle and grapple with one another. There are brief, undetailed slashings. A man is hit in the chest with a mallet and a character is set alight. A teenager is strangled with a noose. There are undetailed verbal references to the serial murders of children.
threat and horror
There are sustained sequences of intense threat and horror as a supernatural killer stalks his terrified victims in their dreams, forcing them into nightmarish situations they fear they cannot escape. There are scenes of knife threat and sequences in which characters desperately try to keep themselves from falling asleep.
injury detail
Strong gory images include a large quantity of blood supernaturally spewing from a mattress, covering the room's ceiling and walls. A badly injured character is thrown against walls, causing blood to splash and soak into their surroundings. A character pulls the face off another, revealing a bloody skull beneath. A supernatural character slices his own finger off and slashes his chest, resulting in spurts of yellow goo and sight of maggots. There is sight of slash marks on people's flesh and blood in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms such as 'dickhead', 'shit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'bastard', ''screw', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. A supernatural character menaces a teenage girl over the telephone by telling her he is her boyfriend and sending his tongue lashing at her from the receiver. Police believe a murdered character has taken his own life. It is implied a teenage couple have had sex when we see them in bed together. There are brief verbal references to sex, including comic mention of an orgy.
Contains strong sadistic horror and bloody violence
Classified Date:
19/08/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Contains strong sadistic horror and bloody violence
Classified Date:
19/08/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
02/04/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
06/07/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
12/12/1985
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
CBS/Fox Video Ltd
Classified Date:
02/09/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
Classified Date:
29/06/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
02/05/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
03/04/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Classified Date:
29/06/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Audio commentary
Classified Date:
17/10/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material

  • Classified date

    05/09/2024

  • Language

    English