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...
- Harm to children
- Body horror
- Suicide or self-harm
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Unpretentious, plot-driven, classical in form and relentless.
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
27 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Thrill Chasers.
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Cast
- Heather LangenkampNancy Thompson
- Johnny DeppGlen Lantz
- Robert EnglundFred Krueger
- Amanda WyssTina Gray
- Jsu GarciaRod Lane
- John SaxonLt. Donald Thompson
- Ronee BlakleyMarge Thompson
- Charles FleischerDr. King
- Joseph WhippSergeant Parker
- Lin ShayeTeacher
Crew
- Wes CravenDirector
- Wes CravenWriter
- Jacques HaitkinDirector of Photography
- Charles BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Rick ShaineEditor
- Patrick McMahonEditor
- Robert ShayeProducer
- Sara RisherProducer
- John BurrowsProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Both unpretentious, plot-driven, classical in form.
Both classical in form, plot-driven, relentless.
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