A Nightmare On Elm Street

Robert Englund stars as the undead child killer Freddy Krueger in this horror written and directed by Wes Craven. When teenager Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) begins suffering from terrifying nightmares, she discovers that many of her friends are experiencing them also. Their dreams are haunted by the fiendish Freddy Krueger who, it soon transpires, has the power to kill them in their sleep. As Freddy exacts his revenge on the children of those who burned him alive in retribution for his past crimes, Nancy realises that the only way to avoid Freddy's blades is to avoid sleep. However, she can't stay awake forever... The cast also includes Johnny Depp, Ronee Blakley and Amanda Wyss.