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A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

November. 09,1984
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7.4
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R
| Horror

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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Titreenp
1984/11/09

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

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Phonearl
1984/11/10

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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Matrixiole
1984/11/11

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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Phillipa
1984/11/12

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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lordgodyahweh
1984/11/13

Pros: Great Story and SuspenseCons: Confusing Ending and Deleted Scene Taken Out Which Should Have Been Left In The Film - Nancy's Mother Tells Her That She Had An Older Sibling That Was Killed By Freddy

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metize
1984/11/14

Realistic view on sexual abuse survivors, not much graphic imagery (of the actual child abuse), subtle memories. Abuser presented as an actual "harmless" person who the parents trusted. So much as to make us believe the kids lied about the abuse for a part of the movie. Which is very realistic, for real life abusers are often close to the kids, someone trusted. "He's not after us because we lied. He's after us because we told the truth." That line really settles the fear to me, more than anything else to be honest. The adults in the movie are pretty disapointing though, their silence is understandable at first but becomes a bit frustrating and annoying after a while. All in all, great movie, iconic, all that stuff. But the creepiness of child sexual abuse, the idea of helplessness is what hits home for me.

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Heinz Hoogenboom
1984/11/15

when I was a signet, I sneaked downstairs to watch this film. I understood it from the playground to be evil and spine inducing. however as I neared the door to spy into our front room to catch glimpses of the film I smelt the enticing aroma of my mama's cookies. distracted I went into the kitchen and ate two of the blighters. then I went back to bed and never saw any of the film.

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DG_Boy
1984/11/16

Saw this in a DVD.Really this is a very terrific film and a little different from others.The story is good.And this theory is awesome that whenever a person sleep he comes in his or her dream and kills.This is very terrifying guys.The direction was awesome from Wes craven.The screenplay was nice.The dialouges were good.The acting were good from all.So if you are looking for a good horror film with mystery and killings then surely watch this one.Coz it has some terrific horror and killing scenes with a mystery in it.

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